David Hilton (footballer) 1998, Hilton joined Scottish First Division club Ayr United on trial, on the recommendation of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson. He signed for them in March, but never played for the first team. David Hilton (footballer) David Hilton (born 10 November 1977) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Darlington. He played as a left back or on the left wing. Hilton was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire. He was a schoolboy international; in June 1993, the "Independent"'s Henry Winter reported that "the chase [was] on to sign David Hilton, a left-sided Barnsley boy with a
David Cross (footballer, born 1950) David Cross (footballer, born 1950) David Cross (born 8 December 1950) is an English former footballer who played as a striker. He scored 223 goals in 599 appearances in the Football League and the North American Soccer League. Cross was born in Heywood, Lancashire. Cross played for Third Division club Rochdale, where he scored against top-flight Coventry City in a third-round FA Cup game in 1971. He moved to Norwich City, with whom he won the Second Division championship in 1972. He joined Coventry City for £150,000, then a club record. In 1976–77, Cross scored hat-tricks on the opening and