Derek Addison

Derek Addison (born 8 July 1955 in Dundee) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Derek Addison

Personal information
Date of birth	(1955-07-08) 8 July 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1971–1972	Hibernian
1972–1973	Lochee United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1981	Dundee United	106	(9)
1981–1982	Heart of Midlothian	32	(4)
1982–1986	St Johnstone	98	(3)
1986–1987	Brechin City	1	(0)
Total		237	(16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

A former pupil of Harris Academy, Addison was briefly attached to Hibernian aged 16 before returning to his native Tayside. After a season playing with Junior side Lochee United he signed for Jim McLean's Dundee United. Considered part of the club's move towards home-grown players, he broke into the first team at the same time as John Holt and Ray Stewart and Billy Kirkwood. However, he was unable to establish himself as a regular in the side: in his eight seasons at Tannadice he only once made more than twenty league starts.^[1]

Addison signed for recently relegated Hearts in September 1981, along with former international striker Willie Pettigrew, in a deal worth almost £200,000.^[1] Although he enjoyed a prominent first team role for the first time, the size of his transfer fee coupled with a failure to gain instant promotion had led to financial problems at Hearts, necessitating his sale after only one season. Fellow First Division side St Johnstone paid £65,000 for his services in 1982 and he made 113 competitive appearances for the Perth side in 4 seasons. He attained a player-coach role with the Saints in 1985 but left the club a year later.^[1]