John Aston Junior

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John Aston
Personnel
Surname John Aston Junior
birthday June 28, 1947
place of birth Manchester ,  England
position Left winger
Juniors
Years station
Manchester United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1963-1972 Manchester United 155 (25)
1972-1977 Luton Town 174 (31)
1977-1988 Mansfield Town 31 0(4)
1978-1979 Blackburn Rovers 15 0(2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1969 England U-23 1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

John "Johnny" Aston junior (born June 28, 1947 in Manchester ) is a former English football player . Mostly used as a left winger in the storm , he won the English championship with Manchester United in 1967 and the European Cup a year later . His father of the same name had previously also been a professional footballer and English champion with "United".

Athletic career

Johnny Aston's footballing career has been overshadowed in two ways at Manchester United. On the one hand, he had to follow in the great footsteps of his father , who had won the FA Cup in 1948 and the English championship in 1952 with the same club and was also an English national player. In addition, he was part of a team that ran up on the offensive with spectacular players such as George Best , Denis Law and Bobby Charlton and his style of play was a little less quality in comparison.

He played his first game in 1965 against Leicester City and already in the early stages of his career he reached the sporting climax by winning the English championship in 1967 and a year later by winning the European Cup . He contributed five goals in 30 games to the league title and in the European Cup final against Benfica Lisbon he represented the hospitalized Denis Law. His performance against Benfica was considered the best game of his career, allegedly benefiting from the fact that his opponent Adolfo Calisto had injured himself early on at right defense and the attacking game from Manchester had often run over his side. Aston's strengths lay in his speed.

When Aston broke their leg against local rivals Manchester City in August 1968 , a slow end was heralded. From then on, he was only rarely able to build on previous performances and the home crowd often looked to the moderately popular Aston as the “scapegoat” for poor team performances. At the end of the 1972/73 season, he finally moved to the second division at Luton Town . There he spent a good five years before joining league rivals Mansfield Town in September 1977 . In Mansfield he suffered relegation for the first time in his career , but in July 1978 he moved on to the Blackburn Rovers . At the time, they continued to play in the second division , but the following year Aston also descended into the third division with the "Rovers". In the third division , he then played two final games before hanging up his football boots.

After his retirement, he worked in a pet shop in Stalybridge .

Title / Awards

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Individual references / footnotes

  1. ^ "England - U-23 International Results- Details" (RSSSF)
  2. ↑ "United 1968 legend John Aston believes magic is back in the Manchester air" (Manchester Evening News)
  3. ^ Ponting, Ivan: Manchester United Player by Player . Hamlyn, London 1998, ISBN 0-600-59496-3 , pp. 85 .
  4. ↑ Football: "Where are they now ... from Stepney to Bestie" (The Independent)
personal data
SURNAME Aston, John junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aston, Johnny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester , England