Don Hutchison

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Don Hutchison
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Don Hutchison (2013)
Personnel
Surname Donald Hutchison
birthday May 9, 1971
place of birth Gateshead ,  England
size 1.85 m
position Midfield (offensive)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-1990 Hartlepool United 24 0(2)
1990-1994 Liverpool FC 45 0(7)
1994-1996 West Ham United 35 (11)
1996-1998 Sheffield United 78 0(5)
1998-2000 Everton FC 75 (10)
2000-2001 Sunderland AFC 40 0(8)
2001-2005 West Ham United 63 0(4)
2005-2006 Millwall FC 11 0(2)
2005-2006 →  Coventry City  (loan) 6 0(3)
2006-2007 Coventry City 32 0(1)
2007-2008 Luton Town 21 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1994 Scotland B 1 0(0)
1999-2003 Scotland 26 0(6)
1 Only league games are given.

Donald "Don" Hutchison (born May 9, 1971 in Gateshead ) is a former Scottish football player . During his almost two decades of professional career between 1989 and 2008, he was active for nine different clubs, including in the Premier League for Liverpool FC , West Ham United , Everton FC and Sunderland AFC . In addition, the midfielder completed 26 international matches for the Scottish national team , in which he scored six goals.

Athletic career

Club career

Hutchison, who was born in Gateshead to a Scotsman and an Englishwoman, began his footballing career as a youth at Hartlepool United . In the then fourth division, he completed his first competitive game on October 7, 1989 against Scunthorpe United and at the beginning of the 1990/91 season Hutchison made a successful contribution to promotion to the third division. However, well before the decisive phase, the young midfielder had moved on to the top English division for the transfer fee of 175,000 pounds to Liverpool FC . His last game for Hartlepool was on November 24, 1990 against Scarborough FC (2-0).

In Liverpool, which was initially looked after by Kenny Dalglish and later by Graeme Souness , Hutchison had to wait until March 1992 for his league debut despite serious injury concerns at the club. In the 1992/93 season he was then a regular player with 42 competitive appearances and ten goals. He showed a good passing game, was strong in tackles and was one of the crowd's favorites. Off the pitch, however, he was noticed by indiscipline and, above all, an unfavorable snapshot in a restaurant caused displeasure in the club and his ultimate departure. In August 1994, he moved for a club-internal record transfer fee of 1.5 million pounds to West Ham United coached by Harry Redknapp .

With the "Hammers" he developed after initial adjustment difficulties to a key player in the attacking midfield and with his nine league attacks in the 1994/95 season he contributed to two away wins against Arsenal and Aston Villa in March 1995 . A late satisfaction was then in May 1995 his "double pack" to 3-0 against the ex-colleagues from Liverpool. Regardless, he only stayed with the club until January 1996. Especially after the signing of Iain Dowie , he found himself on the bench more often and the club let him move on to second division Sheffield United for £ 1.2million.

In Sheffield Hutchison again had his acclimatization problems, especially in the unfamiliar front line of scrimmage, before he found his way back to his old strength in midfield and there his technical strengths in handling the ball and in the passing game were better expressed; in addition, he was considered a specialist in standard situations. His lack of discipline was always considered problematic, which repeatedly earned him a number of warning cards. His performances were seldom constant, as in the 1996/97 season, when he was convincing when he switched from midfield to the top, but then showed weaknesses when he had to help out on the right side with injury problems in the team. In the play-off final for promotion to the Premier League, which was just lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace , Hutchison was absent due to a shoulder injury. In late February 1998 Hutchison moved back to the Premier League for Everton FC as part of a swap deal in which Jon O'Connor moved in the opposite direction.

Hutchison was thus one of only a few players to play for the two big Liverpool clubs, and he immediately took over the jersey of the game designer with the number 10 of Gary Speed who had migrated to Newcastle United . After the coaching change from Howard Kendall to Walter Smith , he was then at the beginning of the 1998/99 season no longer the first choice, as Smith preferred the new signings Olivier Dacourt and John Collins . Only when Collins was out for six months, Hutchison returned to the team and helped the "Toffees" to avert relegation for a second time in a row. In the 1999/2000 season he even temporarily represented Dave Watson as captain and after good performances both in midfield and as a striker he was hired for 2.5 million pounds in July 2000 with league rivals AFC Sunderland .

In the 2000/01 season, Hutchison reached its sporting zenith and in the "Black Cats" trained by Peter Reid , which included Kevin Phillips and Niall Quinn in the storm, Julio Arca on the wing, Gavin McCann and Stefan Schwarz in midfield, Michael Gray and Emerson Thome played in defense and Thomas Sørensen in goal, Hutchison temporarily took second place in January 2001 before the team slipped down to seventh place . At the end of August 2001, he finally returned to West Ham, with the transfer fee of five million pounds again marked an internal record. There he was considered a "veteran" under coach Glenn Roeder at the side of young players like Joe Cole , Michael Carrick , Jermain Defoe and Glen Johnson , but despite the success with seventh place in the Premier League , Hutchison suffered a serious sporting setback when he tore a cruciate ligament against Middlesbrough FC in February 2002 . As a result, he also missed most of the 2002/03 season when West Ham slipped in the table and relegated to the second division at the end . In the period that followed, Hutchison no longer continued his old form and only used sporadically, his engagement ended after the end of the 2004/05 season with promotion to the Premier League, although he was again not in the play-off final West Ham won against Preston North End (1-0) with players like Anton Ferdinand , Jobi McAnuff , Marlon Harewood , Nigel Reo-Coker .

In August 2005, Hutchison moved to London-based Millwall FC on a free transfer and signed a six- month contract there. The episode ended again in November 2005. First on loan and in January 2006 he moved permanently to Coventry City , where he was so convincing that at the end of the 2005/06 season the contract was renewed for another year. After ankle problems, he was only three times for Coventry in the starting line-up and in the 2007/08 season he ended his active professional career with third division Luton Town . At the end he gained media attention by exempting his club, which was suffering from financial difficulties, from outstanding salary payments and, with the funds thus freed up, advanced to sponsor two talents in the club.

Scottish national team

Born and raised in the north-east of England, Hutchison had a very close relationship with his father until his father's death. This came from the Scottish Nairn and so it was always the wish of Filius to appear for the Scottish selection. His first assignment was in 1994 in Wrexham, Wales, for the Bravehearts B selection, but it was disappointing and for five years he received no further probation opportunities.

On March 31, 1999 he made his debut under the then coach Craig Brown in the senior national team by substitution against the Czech Republic in qualifying for the Euro 2000. The game ended with a 2-1 win and on his next mission he scored the only goal to the 1-0 success against Germany in Bremen. In November 1999, his goal at Wembley Stadium against his English arch-rival was long-lasting. In the play-off second leg, however, this header hit was the only goal and thus the 0-2 from the first leg could not be made up for.

In October 2000 he scored his sixth and last international goal against San Marino. Without further successes worth mentioning, Hutchison stayed in the Scottish selection for three years before he made his 26th and final international appearance on November 15, 2003 against the Netherlands .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hugman, Barry J .: Premier League: The Players - A Complete Guide to Every Player 1992-93 . Tony Williams Publishing, 1992, ISBN 1-869833-15-5 , pp. 207 .
  2. ↑ "Player Profile: Don Hutchison" (LFCHistory.net)
  3. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1995-96 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1995, ISBN 0-09-180854-5 , pp. 107 .
  4. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1996-97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1996, ISBN 1-85291-571-4 , pp. 122 .
  5. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1997-98 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1997, ISBN 1-85291-581-1 , pp. 137 .
  6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998-99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1998, ISBN 1-85291-588-9 , pp. 147 .
  7. ↑ "Don Hutchison" (Everton FC)
  8. ↑ "Both Sides of the Fence - Don Hutchison" (whufc.com)
  9. ↑ "Millwall complete Hutchison deal" (BBC Sport)
  10. ^ "Hutchison pens new Coventry deal" (BBC Sport)
  11. ↑ "Midfielder Hutchison joins Luton" (BBC Sport)
  12. ↑ "Hutchison to sponsor youngsters" (BBC Sport)
  13. ↑ England 0 Scotland 1: Is it really 10 years since Don Hutchison's goal at Wembley? (Herald Scotland)
  14. ↑ Don HUTCHISON - Scotland - Scottish Caps 1999–2003 (Sporting Heroes)
personal data
SURNAME Hutchison, Don
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hutchison, Donald (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Gateshead