David William Hutton (born 18 May 1985) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a

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for Airdrieonians. Hutton has previously played for

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

, Petershill,

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, Queen of the South,

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and

Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Formed as Alloa in 1880, the football club shortly changed its name to Alloa Association, and then to Alloa Ath ...

Career

Aberdeen, Petershill Clyde

Born in

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, Hutton started his career with

, but failed to break into the first team. He was in goal for the 2003

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final.

lost 3–1 to

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. Hutton then spent a short time in the Junior League with Petershill. Hutton signed for Clyde on 29 August 2006. He made his debut in a 1–0

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, and went on to establish himself as first choice goalkeeper. Hutton kept 11 clean sheets in 2006–07, and was part of the defence which boasted the best defensive record during the season. Hutton signed a new 18-month contract in January 2008. He was voted Clyde's Player of the Year for season 2007–08. Hutton was released by Clyde in June 2009 along with the rest of the out of contract players, due to the club's financial position.

Queen of the South & Hamilton

Hutton was signed by manager

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for

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club, Queen of the South on 29 June 2009. Hutton's sequence of four consecutive clean sheets in senior games joined the likes of

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, Alan Davidson and

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in equalling the club record. In July 2011, Hutton moved to

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, but after a solitary season at the club he was released at the end of the 2011–12 season.

Greenock Morton

Hutton was listed as a substitute for

in their home league match on 1 September 2012, against

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, who were looking to replace Alan Combe who left

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to join Hearts as their new goalkeeping coach. Hutton signed for the

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club on 11 September 2012, until the end of January 2013, where he would battle for the number one shirt with

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. Despite only 14 minutes of action for the first team, Hutton signed a contract extension in January 2013 to keep him at the club until the end of the season. He was released by Morton at the end of the 2012–13 season.

Ayr United

Hutton signed for Ayr United in July 2013, despite a contract offer from big-spending

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. In July 2014, Ayr United announced that Hutton had re-signed, after impressing in his first season at

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. Despite helping the side avoid relegation, Hutton was not offered a new contract and left the club in May 2015.

Dunfermline Athletic

In July 2015, Hutton signed for

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side

after appearing in three trial matches for the side. Hutton's first season with the Pars saw him make only two competitive starts, after Sean Murdoch kept him out of the first-team. His first appearance came a week after Dunfermline won the league title, in a 1–0 win against

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. His only other start came two weeks later in a 4–1 defeat against

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. For his second season with the side Hutton chose 43 as his squad number, which was his squad number whilst with Aberdeen. In addition to this, Hutton decided that he would have 'Sinclair–Hutton' printed on his jersey, as a tribute to his wife's father who he said had played "a big part of islife". After a wrist injury kept first choice keeper Murdoch out of action, Hutton started the season in goal for the Pars making appearances in both the

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and

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. However, with Murdoch's return from injury in September 2016, Hutton found his first-team chances limited and at the end of the season, he was one of a number of players to be released by the club.

Later career

Hutton subsequently signed with

club

on 21 July 2017. After one season, he was released by Arbroath in May 2018, signing for league rivals Airdrieonians shortly after. On 2 January 2021, Hutton left Airdrieonians by mutual consent and immediately signed with

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club

on an 18-month deal. Hutton signed for

in July 2021.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Dunfermline Athletic *

: 2015–16

Individual

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Player of the Year **Winner: 2007–08

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutton, David 1985 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish footballers Aberdeen F.C. players Petershill F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Scottish Football League players Association football goalkeepers Greenock Morton F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Professional Football League players Brechin City F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players