Darren Salton

Darren Salton
Personal information
Full name Darren Brian Salton
Date of birth (1972-03-16) 16 March 1972
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Playing position Central Defender
Youth career
1988–1989 Luton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Luton Town 18 (0)
National team
1992 Scotland U-21 7 (0)
Teams managed
2004–2007 Hitchin Town

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Darren Brian Salton (born 16 March 1972 in Edinburgh) is a former Scottish under-21 international footballer, whose career was cut short by injuries suffered in a car accident.

Playing career

Darren Salton joined Luton Town as a trainee in 1988, along with a friend from Edinburgh, Paul Telfer. Salton signed professionally in March 1989, and made his league debut at Elland Road against Leeds United on 29 February 1992.[1]

Salton became a first-team regular in the early part of the 1992–93 season, starting 15 of Luton's first 17 league games that season. He was also capped six times by Scotland under-21, but his promising career came to an abrupt end when he and Telfer were involved in a car crash on 27 November 1992.[2] Although Telfer, the vehicle's driver, suffered only minor injuries, a woman died in the collision and Salton was severely injured; the wounds to his leg ensured that he never played professional football again.[1][3]

Non-playing career

Salton still lives in the Luton area, and was manager of Southern League side Hitchin Town from December 2004 until November 2007.[4] After a spell as assistant manager at Hemel Hempstead, he became assistant manager at Slough Town in March 2009.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wash, Roger (2008). Hatters Heroes. Roger Wash. ISBN 978-0-9560832-0-3.
  2. ↑ Rollin, Jack (1993). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94. p. 14. ISBN 0-7472-7895-4.
  3. ↑ Spillius, Alex (5 December 1992). "Liverpool denied a second chance". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "A brief history of Hitchin Town Football Club". Hitchin Town F.C. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Darren Salton". Slough Town F.C. Retrieved 21 May 2009.

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