Dave Kitson: Difference between revisions
On 31 August 2012, Kitson joined Sheffield United on a short-term deal.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sufc.co.uk/news/article/20120831-striker-agrees-blades-deal-345888.aspx |title=Striker agrees Blades deal |date=31 August 2012 |publisher=Sheffield United FC Official Web Site |access-date=31 August 2012}} He made his debut on 15 September 2012, coming on as a second-half substitute in the 1–1 draw with [[Bury F.C.|Bury]]. His first goal for the Blades came in a 1–1 draw against [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] at [[Bramall Lane]] on 29 September 2012.
On 31 August 2012, Kitson joined Sheffield United on a short-term deal.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sufc.co.uk/news/article/20120831-striker-agrees-blades-deal-345888.aspx |title=Striker agrees Blades deal |date=31 August 2012 |publisher=Sheffield United FC Official Web Site |access-date=31 August 2012}} He made his debut on 15 September 2012, coming on as a second-half substitute in the 1–1 draw with [[Bury F.C.|Bury]]. His first goal for the Blades came in a 1–1 draw against [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] at [[Bramall Lane]] on 29 September 2012.
On 16 November 2012 Kitson extended his contract until the end of the season, stating that “It wouldn’t have sat comfortably with me to leave a job half done after integrating myself into a great squad… I still would like to go to America but we will revisit that at a later date because the aim is to have a good crack at winning promotion here.”{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20369237 |title=Dave Kitson extends Sheffield United contract |date=16 November 2012 |access-date=16 November 2012 |publisher=BBC Sport}} Kitson played regularly for the remainder of the season, making 37 appearances in total and scoring 11 goals,{{Soccerbase season|24397|2012|name=Dave Kitson|access-date=19 June 2013}} but with the Blades failing to gain promotion he was released when his contract expired in June 2013.{{Cite news |url=http://www.sufc.co.uk/news/article/20130618-retained-list-871843.aspx |title=Retained list |date=18 June 2013 |access-date=18 June 2013 |publisher=Sheffield United FC Official Website}}
On 16 November 2012 Kitson extended his contract until the end of the season, stating that “It wouldn’t have sat comfortably with me to leave a job half done after integrating myself into a great squad… I still would like to go to America but we will revisit that at a later date because the aim is to have a good crack at winning promotion here.”{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20369237 |title=Dave Kitson extends Sheffield United contract |date=16 November 2012 |access-date=16 November 2012 |publisher=BBC Sport}}
Kitson played regularly for the remainder of the season, making 37 appearances in total and scoring 11 goals,{{Soccerbase season|24397|2012|name=Dave Kitson|access-date=19 June 2013}} but with the Blades failing to gain promotion he was released when his contract expired in June 2013.{{Cite news |url=http://www.sufc.co.uk/news/article/20130618-retained-list-871843.aspx |title=Retained list |date=18 June 2013 |access-date=18 June 2013 |publisher=Sheffield United FC Official Website}}
===Oxford United===
===Oxford United===
English footballer
David Barry Kitson (born 21 January 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made 420 appearances in the Premier League and Football League, including 145 for Reading.
Kitson began his career with non-league Hitchin Town and Arlesey Town before he joined Cambridge United in 2001 and became one of the brightest prospects in the Third Division, which led to him being signed by Reading in 2003 for a fee of £150,000. He enjoyed great success with Reading, forming a formidable strike partnership with Kevin Doyle as Reading won the Championship title with a record 106 points and gained promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 2006. After two seasons in the top flight Reading were relegated and Kitson signed for Stoke City for a club record fee of £5.5 million.[3]
He had loan spells with Reading and Middlesbrough then joined Portsmouth as part of a swap deal for Marc Wilson. He spent two seasons at Fratton Park but agreed to cancel his contract with Portsmouth in August 2012 with the club in danger of being liquidated, and subsequently joined Sheffield United on a short-term deal, before signing a two year contract at Oxford United in June 2013.
Early life[edit]
Born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Kitson spent the early part of his football career in non-league with Hitchin Town and Arlesey Town and worked for Sainsbury’s as a shelf stacker.[4]
Club career[edit]
Cambridge United[edit]
Kitson joined Cambridge United, then in Division Two, in 2001 after being recommended by agent Barry Silkman to U’s manager John…
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