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- Gordon Alec Hill is an English former football player. He started in the Athenian League at Southall FC. Hill, a goal scoring winger played a few youth games with Southend whilst his brother was on trial at the club. His career then subsequently got off the marks with Millwall. Known to The Lions fans as Merlin, Hill had outstanding skill that earned him International recognition. The Millwall youngster entertained the fans with some incredible shooting and dribbling and it was not long before scouts from the big clubs noticed him. Hill played 100 overall games for Millwall scoring 22 goals. After playing on loan in the summer with North American Soccer League's Chicago Sting, and being named an NASL all-star, Hill subsequently signed for Manchester United in November 1975 for £70,000 a massive bargain for manager Tommy Docherty, forming an effective wing partnership with Steve Coppell. Hill helped United to the 1976 FA Cup Final, scoring both goals with typical long-range efforts in the semi-final at Hillsborough Stadium against Derby County. He was also part of the winning team in the 1977 FA Cup Final. Hill left United for Derby County in 1978 after scoring 51 goals for United. He left the English game after playing for Q.P.R. , returning to play in the NASL with the Montreal Manic 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 4 goals. He spent the summer of 1986 in Finland with HJK Helsinki, making 2 appearances and scoring two goals before returning to England where he helped his former team mate Stuart Pearson, then manager, playing for Northwich Victoria, before retiring from the game. Hill has since briefly managed Chester City in the early 2000s during their spell in the Nationwide Conference, and had a short spell managing Hyde United. In the summer of 1991, he was Managing Director, Head Coach and Player of the Nova Scotia Clippers in the team's only year in the Canadian Soccer League, where he took the club to the playoffs. He is currently Owner and Head Coach of United FC, a youth soccer club in McKinney, Texas. He holds a UEFA 'A' licence and fashions his coaching methods on the English System.
- Gordon Hill is een voormalig Engels voetballer. Hill kwam begin jaren zeventig uit voor Millwall FC. In honderd wedstrijden scoorde hij 22 doelpunten. Na een kort uitstapje naar Chicago Sting in de North American Soccer League in de zomer van 1975, tekende hij in november van dat jaar voor Manchester United. De vleugelspits maakte naam in de halve finale van de FA Cup in seizoen 1975/76, toen hij beide doelpunten voor Manchester maakte. De finale ging echter verloren tegen Southampton FC. Een jaar later won de club de FA Cup wel, door Liverpool in de finale te verslaan. Hill was inmiddels ook international voor Engeland. Zijn eerste interland was op 28 mei 1976 tegen Italië. Hij kwam in totaal tot zes interlands. In 1978 verruilde Hill Manchester voor Derby County FC. Hij kwam vervolgens uit voor Queens Park Rangers en verkaste in 1981 opnieuw naar Noord-Amerika. Hij speelde achtereenvolgens voor Montreal Manic (1981/1982) en Chicago Sting (1982) in de NASL en Inter Montreal (1983) in de Canadian Professional Soccer League. Vervolgens speelde hij in de Major Indoor Soccer League voor New York Arrows, Kansas City Comets en Tacoma Stars. In de zomer van 1985 tekende Hill een contract bij FC Twente in de Nederlandse Eredivisie. In het begin van het seizoen viel hij vooral op door een gebrek aan wedstrijdritme. Uiteindelijk kwam hij tot vier goals in negentien wedstrijden en vertrok hij na het seizoen naar HJK Helsinki, waarvoor hij in de zomer van 1986 twee keer uitkwam. Hij beëindigde zijn carrière in het seizoen 1986/87 bij Northwich Victoria FC, waar zijn voormalige teamgenoot Stuart Pearson manager was. In 1991 keerde hij terug op het veld als speler van Nova Scotia Clippers in de Canadian Soccer League. Hill was tevens manager en coach van het team. In Engeland was hij manager van Chester City en Hyde United. Later was hij woonachtig in McKinney in Texas, waar hij eigenaar en coach van een jeugdvoetbalvereniging is.
- Gordon Alec Hill, er en tidligere engelsk fotballspiller. Han begynte sin karriere hos Southall FC i amatørligaen Athenian League. Han ble først kjent hos Millwall og fikk kallenavnet Merlin på grunn av sine «magiske» dribleferdigheter. Han spilte 100 kamper og scoret 22 mål for Millwall før han ble kjøpt opp av Manchester United i november 1975 for kun 70 000 pund. Han var med på å vinne FA-cupen i 1977, men etter 134 kamper og 51 mål totalt for United, fulgte han i 1978 etter manager Tommy Docherty til Derby. Senere spilte han for Queens Park Rangers, før han reiste til Canada og USA og spilte for en rekke klubber der. I 1985 spilte han i Nederland for FC Twente, og sommeren 1986 spilte han to kamper i Finland for HJK Helsinki før han la opp som aktiv spiller. Han bor for tiden i Macclesfield og er utdannet trener. Tidlig på 2000-tallet var han i to korte perioder manager for Chester og Hyde.
- Го́рдон А́лек Хилл — английский футболист, вингер.
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- Gordon Alec Hill is an English former football player. He started in the Athenian League at Southall FC. Hill, a goal scoring winger played a few youth games with Southend whilst his brother was on trial at the club. His career then subsequently got off the marks with Millwall. Known to The Lions fans as Merlin, Hill had outstanding skill that earned him International recognition.
- Gordon Hill is een voormalig Engels voetballer. Hill kwam begin jaren zeventig uit voor Millwall FC. In honderd wedstrijden scoorde hij 22 doelpunten. Na een kort uitstapje naar Chicago Sting in de North American Soccer League in de zomer van 1975, tekende hij in november van dat jaar voor Manchester United. De vleugelspits maakte naam in de halve finale van de FA Cup in seizoen 1975/76, toen hij beide doelpunten voor Manchester maakte. De finale ging echter verloren tegen Southampton FC.
- Gordon Alec Hill, er en tidligere engelsk fotballspiller. Han begynte sin karriere hos Southall FC i amatørligaen Athenian League. Han ble først kjent hos Millwall og fikk kallenavnet Merlin på grunn av sine «magiske» dribleferdigheter. Han spilte 100 kamper og scoret 22 mål for Millwall før han ble kjøpt opp av Manchester United i november 1975 for kun 70 000 pund.
- Го́рдон А́лек Хилл — английский футболист, вингер.
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