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John Aitken

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HAN P W D L F A Diff Win%
H 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 100.00
A 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
TOTALS 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 100.00

Name: John Aitken
Birthdate: 11-11-1870
Age: 155
Birthplace: Dumfries, Scotland
Height:
Weight:
Years at Club: 1895
Signing Info: Transferred from: Kings Rifle Volunteers, 07/1895,
Previous Clubs: Kings Rifle Volunteers
Debut: 07/09/1895 v Crewe Alexandria (H) 5-0 (League Division Two)
Farewell: Transferred to ? ,12/1895, £
Passed Away: 17/12/1919

Biography

For several years, John Aitken excelled in the front line of the 5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers, a Scottish side from Dumfries. They were a non-league outfit but Aitken saw plenty of competitive football in the Scottish Cup as well as the Southern Counties Cup, in which he earned a winners' medal in 1894 and its losers' equivalent the following year.
The exceptionally speedy Aitken soon attracted the attentions of clubs south of the border, with Preston North End making a failed attempt to sign him during 1894-95. In July 1895, however, he was signed by Newton Heath, who gave him his debut against Fairfield in a friendly on September 2nd. He was a left winger with pace and a good shot, as he demonstrated on his League debut five days later, crashing the ball into the top of the goal as Heath beat Crewe Alexandra 5-0.
He only made the first team on one more occasion - also against Crewe - appearing for the reserves instead until December. His deficiency seemed to be "uncertainty in his work and the need to put more into his shooting and passing". Aitken was untraced after that. No picture available. Biography kindly provided by Charbel Boujaoude.
 
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1. 1895-1896 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
TOTALS 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

MUFC Player Goals MUFC Player Appearances MUFC Player Opponent Manager MUFC Player Club Manager
No Opponent Goals Apps
1. Crewe Alexandra 1 2
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1. Crewe Alexandra 2 1
No Opponent Manager No
1. Hall, J G 2
No MUFC Managers Count
1. Albut, Alf 2
Opponents Opponent Nationality Competition Stadiums
No Opponent Count
1. Crewe Alexandra 2
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1. England 2
No Competition Count
1. League Division Two 2
No Stadium Count
1. Bank Street 1
2. Gresty Road 1
Red Cards Cup Finals
No Date Opponent Competition
Player has never been sent off during a match.
No Date Opponent WDL F-A Competition
Player never featured in a Cup Final.
Penalties scored for Manchester United Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000
No Date Opponents Competition Penaltys
Player has never scored a penalty for the club.
No Date Opponent Competition Own Goals
Player has never scored an own goal against the club.
 
Manchester United Hat-Tricks  
No Date Opponent Competition Goals
Player has never scored a hat-trick or better during a game.
 

All Matches played
No Date ▲ Comp Opponent WDL F-A HAN Goal!! Scorers Opponent scorers
1. 07-09-1895 League Division Two Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Win 5-0 H 1 William Kennedy ??', Joe Cassidy ??', 73?', John Aitken ??', Richard Smith ??'
2. 28-09-1895 League Division Two Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Win 2-0 A 0 Richard Smith ??', ??'
 

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