Clubs as Player:

Oldham Athletic
Bury
Ashton United (2 spells)
Witton Albion
Mossley (2 spells)
Oldham Town

Mark Hilton was born in Middleton, Manchester on 15th January 1960.

Ex Football League central defender Hilton joined Mossley initially as a player under Bryan Griffiths in from Ashton United in the closed season of 1989 and when Griffiths resigned amidst internal upheaval on 2nd December 1989 Hilton was hurriedly appointed player-manager.

He brought in his brother Mike as his assistant and with the arrival of strikers Paul Bowler and Brendan Burke things started to look up for the once more financially struggling Lilywhites.

The Hilton brothers were retained for the following season but a poor run of results saw the Lilywhites struggling near the foot of the table and following a 3-1 home FA Trophy defeat by Southern Leaguers Atherstone United on 20th October 1990 Mark and Mike Hilton were dismissed.

Hilton had made 50 appearances for the Lilywhites scoring 4 goals. He returned then for another spell as a player with Ashton United and then Oldham Town.

A third brother, Tony Hilton, who had also played for Ashton United made a solitary Mossley appearance during the 1989/90 season.

He returned briefly to Seel Park as a player in the 1993-94 season during Dave Denby's brief spell in charge and made a further 6 appearances scoring 1 goal.

Hilton began his career as an apprentice at Oldham Athletic in 1976 and signed professional in January 1978.

After 50 League games in midfield for Latics he signed for Bury in July 1981 on a free transfer and was a regular throughout his first season appearing in 34 games.

He suffered a broken leg in a Lancashire Cup game in August 1982 against his former club Oldham and appeared in only two games during 1982-83, being granted a free transfer at the season's end. Hilton then made his mark in the north-west non-league scene playing for Witton Albion and in two spells with Ashton United.

Clubs as Player:

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