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Line 21: \| nationalyears3 = 1991–1992 \| nationalteam3 = [[England national football team\|England]]\| nationalcaps3 = 3 \| nationalgoals3 = 1 }} '''David Eric Hirst''' (born 7 December 1967) is an English football coach and former professional [[association football\|footballer]]. As a player, he was a [[Striker (association football)\|striker]] who after initially playing with [[Barnsley F.C.\|Barnsley]] he notably spent eleven years with [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.\|Sheffield Wednesday]], during his time at [[Hillsborough Stadium\|Hillsborough]] he played [[Premier League]] football and played in both the 1993 [[FA Cup]] and [[EFL Cup\|League Cup]] finals. He scored 106 league goals in 294 appearances and continuously played in the first seven Premier League seasons, which included three years with [[Southampton F.C.\|Southampton]] before retiring through injury at the age of 32. He was capped three times by [[England national football team\|England]], scoring 1 goal and also made appearances at [[England national under-21 football team\|England U21]] and [[England B national football team\|England B]] level. Line 68: ==International career== He made his international debut in the 1–0 win over [[Australia men's national ~~football~~soccer team\|Australia]], but was replaced at half-time. He was named as a substitute in the next game against [[New Zealand national football team\|New Zealand]]. He came on at half-time and within three minutes of the restart he scored his first (and only) England goal. With [[Gary Lineker]] injured, he lined up with [[Alan Shearer]] against [[France national football team\|France]] at Wembley. ~~Bryan~~Bobby Robson said ~~that~~, "It's not a question of who will replace Lineker, but who will partner David Hirst".{{citation needed\|date=April 2019}} It became Hirst's third and final England match. Although he was selected for more England squads, injuries kept him out of the team. == Coaching career == Line 79: == Style of play == Hirst was often considered a rare breed of 'total striker'<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/David-Hirst-article4457.html \|title=David Hirst – Archive – MirrorFootball.co.uk \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023102753/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/David-Hirst-article4457.html \|archive-date=23 October 2013 \|url-status=dead \|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref> and ~~was blessed with~~had pace, height, heading, strength, dribbling, creativity and being in the right place at the right time. Although predominantly left -footed, he had an excellent right foot too and scored some spectacular goals from range with both feet~~. David Hirst is considered to be the finest striker of his generation including Alan Shearer amongst that list~~. Hirst previously held the record for the fastest recorded shot, hitting the bar at 114 mph against Arsenal at [[Highbury]] in September 1996.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/04/MitreCupFinalBall.htm \|title=TheFA.com – Win a Cup Final ball \|date=19 May 2004 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206013956/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/04/MitreCupFinalBall.htm \|archive-date=2008-12-06 \|url-status=dead \|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref> Line 111: ==External links== {{Englandstats}} {{englandstats\|id=486\|name=David Hirst}} {{1990–91 Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year}} {{Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Player of the Year}} Line 118: [[Category:1967 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English men's footballers]] [[Category:Footballers from Barnsley]]▼ [[Category:England men's international footballers]] [[Category:England men's B international footballers]] Line 128 ⟶ 127: [[Category:Premier League players]] [[Category:People from Cudworth, South Yorkshire]] [[Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley]] ▲[[Category:Footballers from ~~Barnsley~~South Yorkshire]] [[Category:Men's association football forwards]] [[Category:FA Cup final players]]▼ [[Category:Association football coaches]] [[Category:Sheffield Wednesday F.C. non-playing staff]] ▲[[Category:FAEnglish ~~Cup~~Football ~~final~~League players]]