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Daniel Paton
Personal information
Full name Daniel John Ferguson Paton[1]
Date of birth 3 December 1871
Place of birth Bonhill, Scotland
Date of death 9 August 1957(1957-08-09) (aged 85)[2]
Place of death Alexandria, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1889-1890 Vale of Leven
1889–1891 Aston Villa 3 (1)
1893–1898 St Bernard's 55 (19)
1898 Aston Villa
1898–1900 Clyde 13 (3)
1900–1902 Vale of Leven
International career
1896 Scotland 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel John Ferguson Paton (3 December 1871 – 9 August 1957) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa.[3] He made one appearance for Scotland in 1896[1] while playing club football for St Bernard's in Edinburgh, where he also won the Scottish Cup a year earlier. He began and ended his career at Vale of Leven and also featured for Clyde.[4]

Some publications assert that Robert Paton, also an international from the same neighbourhood, was his brother,[5] but this is incorrect; however his actual elder brothers were footballers: Alex had several seasons with Bolton Wanderers, and Jim also played for Vale of Leven and made one appearance for Aston Villa.[2][6][7]

Aston Villa

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Daniel Paton made his Football League debut for Aston Villa on 17 March 1890 when they made the trip to the Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent. Paton played at centre-forward. The match ended 1–1.[8]

Paton made two appearances for Aston Villa early in the 1890–91 season, both at centre-forward. The Lancashire Evening Post of 11 October 1890 reported on the Aston Villa vs Everton match, played at Wellington Road on that day: "There were fully 12,000 spectators present, and a great enthusiasm was evinced. Paton re-appeared for the Villa, as did Albert Brown. Everton played their full strength team. At four o'clock Paton kicked off uphill for the Villa, and, with a grand, pretty run, nearly scored, the final shot shaving the post". The match ended 2–2, Paton scoring one of his side's goals.[9] Paton's final appearance was on 18 October 1890; Villa travelled to the County Ground, Derby and lost a very high-scoring match 5–4.[8]

Paton was re-signed by Villa in 1898 but was never selected to play.[8]

Statistics

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Source:[10]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aston Villa 1889–90 The Football League 1 0 - - 1 0
Aston Villa 1890–91 Football League 2 1 - - 2 1
Aston Villa 1898–99 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ a b "(Scotland player) Daniel Paton". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  3. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. p. 204. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  4. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  5. ^ Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 237.
  6. ^ James Paton, Aston Villa Player Database [source combines James and Daniel's spells]
  7. ^ James Paton, 11v11.com [source combines James and Daniel's spells]
  8. ^ a b c "English National Football Archive". Retrieved 17 March 2023. (registration & fee required)
  9. ^ "The British Newspaper Archive". Retrieved 17 March 2023.(registration & fee required)
  10. ^ Daniel Paton at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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