Roy Cotton

Roy William Cotton (born 14 November 1955) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Brentford, Orient and Aldershot and later in the Australian National Soccer League.

Playing career A graduate of the Brentford youth team, Cotton began his career as an amateur and after signing his first professional contract, he made his professional debut in December 1973. He departed the club in July 1974, after making just two appearances. Cotton moved to Second Division club Orient and scored prolifically for the reserve team, He dropped back down to the Fourth Division to join Aldershot in July 1976 and made five appearances for the club.

International career Cotton won three caps and scored two goals for the England Youth team. He also made an appearance for the FA Youth XI.

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