Name: Gordon Alec Hill
Nickname: "Merlin"



Country: England
Club: Manchester United F.C.
Position: *WF, SMF
Side: LF/LS
Age: 22-24 years (01/04/1954)

Height: 170 cm
Weight: 69 kg

Attack: 81
Defence: 40
Balance: 73
Stamina: 78
Top Speed: 85
Acceleration: 86
Response: 81
Agility: 88
Dribble Accuracy: 88
Dribble Speed: 88
Short Pass Accuracy: 79
Short Pass Speed: 80
Long Pass Accuracy: 86
Long Pass Speed: 84
Shot Accuracy: 82
Shot Power: 86
Shot Technique: 85
Free Kick Accuracy: 77
Curling: 80
Header: 76
Jump: 79
Technique: 86
Aggression: 85
Mentality: 72
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 77

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 5
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 6
Growth type: Early/Peak

CARDS:
P05 - Mazing Run
P07 - Early Cross
P10 - Long Ranger
S06 - Outside Curve
S13 - Long Throw


SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling - Tactical Dribbling - Side - Outside - Middle Shooting - Long throw

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack-Minded

INFO:
Blazing, energizing the opposing wings with Steve Coppell on the other side. A fast player with good technical qualities, a scorer (what a volley he had!) but also a passer, he was simply unstoppable, carrying this very rejuvenated United team. He appeared to dance on the pitch and most of the photographs of him always six inches above the ground. In 1976-1977, he scored no less than 22 goals and won the FA Cup in 1977, while in 1977-1978 he scored 19. This magnificent individual record made him the most effective winger since the departure of the legendary George Best.

In 1971, Hill began his club career with Staines Town of the Athenian League as a 17-year-old. In 1972, he moved to Southall F.C., playing a few youth games there while his brother was on trial at the club. He drew the attention of Millwall F.C. and signed with them in 1973. Known to The Lions fans as 'Merlin', Hill had outstanding skill that earned him wide recognition. The Millwall youngster entertained the fans with high-class shooting and dribbling and it was not long before scouts from big clubs noticed him. He played 91 league games for Millwall, scoring 22 goals. After spending the summer of 1975 on loan with the North American Soccer League's Chicago Sting, and being named All League, Hill subsequently signed for Manchester United in November 1975 for £70,000, a bargain for manager Tommy Docherty, forming a wing partnership with Steve Coppell. Hill helped United reach the 1976 FA Cup Final, scoring both goals with typical long-range efforts in the semi-final at Hillsborough Stadium against Derby County. Unfortunately for Hill, United lost in the Final against Southampton. He was also part of the 1977 FA Cup-winning side. Hill left United for Derby County for £250,000 in 1978, with his sale by Dave Sexton deeply unpopular with supporters (Sexton grew tired of the lack of Hill’s tracking back.). At the time of his sale, Hill was United's top scorer and a favourite among fans.

Hill left United for Derby County in 1978 after scoring 51 goals for United. He spent two seasons with Derby County, most of it sidelined with a knee injury suffered in one of his first games, before moving to QPR in 1980. He left England for the Montreal Manic of the NASL in 1981 and part of 1982, playing 36 games and scoring 18 goals, and the Chicago Sting for the remainder of 1982, where he got 9 goals in 26 games. Gordon played for Inter-Montreal of the CPSL in the Summer of 1983. Hill played in the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1983 to 1985 with 3 teams - the New York Arrows, Kansas City Comets (41 apps 46 goals), and the Tacoma Stars (48 apps 18 goals).
He joined FC Twente in the Dutch Premier Division for the 1985–86 season, playing 19 times and scoring four goals. He spent the summer of 1986 in Finland with HJK Helsinki, scoring two goals in as many appearances before returning to England where he played under his former teammate Stuart Pearson at Northwich Victoria, before retiring from the game.

During his career, Hill played at every level for England: as an amateur, youth, under 23, England B and full International, at which level he won six full caps between 1976 and 1977.