| Born:
14th December 1967 in Stevenage. Position:
midfield.
Lincoln
City career: 29 appearances and 1 goal between
November 2001 - October 2002.
Previous
clubs: Southampton, Cambridge United, Scunthorpe,
West Brom, Sheffield United, Grimsby, Notts
County, Lincoln City and Woking.
Ian
Hamilton began his football career as an
apprentice at Southampton in 1985, but he left
after three years without making a single first
team appearance.
He
joined Cambridge United where he became a first
team regular although he was allowed to leave for
Scunthorpe United on a free transfer after just
six months at Cambridge. This was Scunthorpe's
gain because in 1992, West Bromwich Albion paid
£160,000 for Hamilton.
It
was while at West Brom that former Lincoln City
manager Alan Buckley first worked with Hamilton.
He was already a first choice at West Brom, and
continued to be both during and after Buckley's
reign. He made a £325,000 transfer to Sheffield
United in March 1998 but the move turned sour and
Buckley was only too pleased to loan Hamilton for
Grimsby Town. The loan expired in May 2000 and by
August 2000, Buckley had been dismissed by
Grimsby. Any hopes of a permanent move to Grimsby
were dashed so instead, he signed for Notts
County in August 2000. That too proved a mistake
because injury and other players limited his
appearances for Notts County.
Once
again, injury limited Hamilton's first team
appearances and he struggled to play regularly
for Notts County. Nine months after taking over
as Lincoln manager, Buckley persuaded Notts
County to allow Hamilton to join City on a free
transfer in November 2001.
However,
Lincoln City FC's supporters took against his
indifferent performances and he was constantly
criticised. He left Lincoln in October 2002 via a
severance deal, which terminated his contract; he
signed for Woking but left in May 2003.
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