David Hillier (born December 18, 1969) is an English former footballer.
Hillier was born in Blackheath, London and had played schoolboy football for his region before joining Arsenal in January 1984 as an associated schoolboy. He later became a trainee and turned professional in February 1988; Hillier captained the Arsenal side which beat Doncaster Rovers in the 1988 FA Youth Cup final. He progressed to the club’s reserve side, winning the Football Combination in 1989-90, before making his first-team debut in a League Cup tie against Chester City on September 25, 1990.
Hillier became a frequent, though not first-choice, player in the Arsenal side that season, making 16 appearances in central midfield, as Arsenal won the First Division title with only a single defeat. The following two seasons Hillier became more of a regular fixture; he played 43 matches in 1992-93, and made a name for himself as a combative, strong midfielder who would make up for any shortcomings in skill with his workrate. However, a leg injury near the end of the season meant he missed both the League Cup and FA Cup finals that season; Arsenal won both, the first time an English club had completed the Cup Double.
Hillier returned the next season but another injury forced him to miss the club’s 1994 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup Final victory over Parma. By now he was less of a regular in the Arsenal side, especially after the signing of Stefan Schwarz, although Hillier did finally play a cup final for Arsenal, featuring in the Gunners’ unsuccessful defence of their Cup Winners Cup title in 1995, losing 2-1 to Real Zaragoza.
Despite this, Hillier’s form had clearly declined since his early days at the club, and he was a marginal player under Bruce Rioch. Additionally, Hillier’s behaviour off the pitch had started to concern the management. In March 1995, a drugs test at the Arsenal training ground revealed that Hillier had taken cannabis,[1] but he avoided punishment after explaining that traces of the drug had entered his bloodstream after smoking a spiked cigarette.[citation needed] A bizarre incident at Gatwick Airport, where he was caught stealing £3,000 of another passenger’s luggage, further damaged his Arsenal career; he was later fined and ordered to pay costs by magistrates.[2] When Arsène Wenger succeeded Rioch in autumn 1996, Hillier was already on the transfer list and did not feature in Wenger’s future plans for the side. Having played 142 matches for Arsenal (scoring two goals), Hillier was sold to Portsmouth for £250,000.
Hillier played 61 matches in two and a half years for Pompey, before moving to Second Division Bristol Rovers in February 1999, where he scored twice against Wycombe Wanderers in the League Cup[3] and Luton Town in the league.[4] However, his spell here was not a success and he was released in 2002; he had a spell at Barnet before retiring in 2003. He now works as a fireman in the Bristol area and managed non-league team, Oldland Abbotonians before moving to Almondsbury UWE.[5]
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Christopher Anderson «Chris» Whyte (born 2 September 1961) is an English former footballer. He made nearly 350 appearances in the Football League for a variety of clubs, and was capped by England at under-21 level.
Whyte is particularly well regarded in the city of Leeds, where he was a pivotal part of the league title winning Leeds United side of 1992.
Playing career
Born in Islington, London, Whyte started his career as a youth player at Arsenal, turning professional in September 1978. A defender who played at centre half (but also less often at full back), he made his Arsenal first-team debut against Manchester City on 17 October 1981. He went on to start all but one of Arsenal’s league matches that season, forming a strong central defensive partnership with David O’Leary. Whyte stood out with his coolness and confidence, as well as his timing and good judgement of the game. Whyte continued to play the following season, and won four caps for the England under-21 side.
However, after Arsenal’s shock League Cup lost to Walsall in November 1983 (and the subsequent dismissal of Terry Neill), Whyte was dropped from the side in favour of new signing Tommy Caton; the emergence of Tony Adams forced Whyte further down the pecking order at Highbury. He didn’t play a single game during 1984-85 (instead being loaned out to Crystal Palace) and although he had a brief run as an emergency striker in 1985-86, he was given a free transfer at the end of that season. In all he played 113 matches for Arsenal, scoring eight goals.
No domestic club offered Whyte a contract, and disenchanted, he left for the United States and played for two years in the Major Indoor Soccer League for New York Express and Los Angeles Lazers. In the summer of 1988, Whyte was offered a return to England by Second Division West Bromwich Albion. Whyte made his Albion debut in a League Cup tie against Peterborough United in September 1988, and ended the 198889 season as the club’s Player of the Year.[1]
Whyte returned to the top flight in 1990, when he was signed for £400,000 by Howard Wilkinson‘s Leeds United. He was a near-ever present for the next three seasons, putting in 146 appearances as Leeds won the 1991-92 First Division title. In 1993 he moved to Birmingham City, winning the 1994-95 Second Division title with the Blues. After a brief spell at Coventry City (on loan), Whyte left Birmingham in 1996, and subsequently played for Charlton Athletic, Leyton Orient, Oxford United and Rushden & Diamonds.
He then returned to the United States for a spell with the Raleigh Express in the A-League before returning to England to play under former Arsenal teammate Ian Allinson, manager of Harlow Town of Rymans League Division One.[2] In 2000 he played for Finnish third-division club HyPS.[3]
David Hillier (born December 18, 1969) is an English former footballer.
Hillier was born in Blackheath, London and had played schoolboy football for his region before joining Arsenal in January 1984 as an associated schoolboy. He later became a trainee and turned professional in February 1988; Hillier captained the Arsenal side which beat Doncaster Rovers in the 1988 FA Youth Cup final. He progressed to the club’s reserve side, winning the Football Combination in 1989-90, before making his first-team debut in a League Cup tie against Chester City on September 25, 1990.
Hillier became a frequent, though not first-choice, player in the Arsenal side that season, making 16 appearances in central midfield, as Arsenal won the First Division title with only a single defeat. The following two seasons Hillier became more of a regular fixture; he played 43 matches in 1992-93, and made a name for himself as a combative, strong midfielder who would make up for any shortcomings in skill with his workrate. However, a leg injury near the end of the season meant he missed both the League Cup and FA Cup finals that season; Arsenal won both, the first time an English club had completed the Cup Double.
Hillier returned the next season but another injury forced him to miss the club’s 1994 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup Final victory over Parma. By now he was less of a regular in the Arsenal side, especially after the signing of Stefan Schwarz, although Hillier did finally play a cup final for Arsenal, featuring in the Gunners’ unsuccessful defence of their Cup Winners Cup title in 1995, losing 2-1 to Real Zaragoza.
Despite this, Hillier’s form had clearly declined since his early days at the club, and he was a marginal player under Bruce Rioch. Additionally, Hillier’s behaviour off the pitch had started to concern the management. In March 1995, a drugs test at the Arsenal training ground revealed that Hillier had taken cannabis,[1] but he avoided punishment after explaining that traces of the drug had entered his bloodstream after smoking a spiked cigarette.[citation needed] A bizarre incident at Gatwick Airport, where he was caught stealing £3,000 of another passenger’s luggage, further damaged his Arsenal career; he was later fined and ordered to pay costs by magistrates.[2] When Arsène Wenger succeeded Rioch in autumn 1996, Hillier was already on the transfer list and did not feature in Wenger’s future plans for the side. Having played 142 matches for Arsenal (scoring two goals), Hillier was sold to Portsmouth for £250,000.
Hillier played 61 matches in two and a half years for Pompey, before moving to Second Division Bristol Rovers in February 1999, where he scored twice against Wycombe Wanderers in the League Cup[3] and Luton Town in the league.[4] However, his spell here was not a success and he was released in 2002; he had a spell at Barnet before retiring in 2003. He now works as a fireman in the Bristol area and managed non-league team, Oldland Abbotonians before moving to Almondsbury UWE.[5]
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