{"id":561865,"date":"2020-08-13T10:04:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T14:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=561865"},"modified":"2020-08-13T10:19:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T14:19:21","slug":"former-manchester-united-midfielder-ethan-hamilton-joins-peterborough-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/13\/former-manchester-united-midfielder-ethan-hamilton-joins-peterborough-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Manchester United Midfielder Ethan Hamilton Joins Peterborough United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/Peterborough+United\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peterborough United<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theposh.com\/news\/2020\/august\/posh-swoop-for-former-united-midfielder\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> the signing of former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/429f107b\/Ethan-Hamilton\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ethan Hamilton<\/a>, 21.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton has signed a two-year contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/league-football\/league12\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">League One<\/a> club.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theposhofficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@theposhofficial<\/a> young 21 year old ex <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ManUtd<\/a> youngster Ethan Hamilton who joins our CM department for 2 years plus. Has plenty L1 experience from various Loan periods. Great addition to our squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darragh MacAnthony (@DMAC102) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DMAC102\/status\/1293891744917065728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Peterborough United Sign Ethan Hamilton<\/h2>\n<h3>League One Experience<\/h3>\n<p>During his time at Manchester United, Ethan Hamilton managed to gain plenty of experience in League One.<\/p>\n<p>He has had spells on loan at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/Rochdale\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rochdale<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/Southend+United\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southend United<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/Bolton+Wanderers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bolton Wanderers<\/a> in the last two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton&#8217;s contract at Manchester United <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/06\/25\/manchester-united-release-largie-ramzani-and-eight-other-academy-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expired<\/a> this summer and the Scottish midfielder has found a place with fellow-Scot Darren Ferguson&#8217;s promotion-chasing Peterborough side.<\/p>\n<p>Darren is of course the son of legendary Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton failed to make a senior competitive appearance during his time with the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p>He has five goals and two assists in his 40 League One appearances to-date.<\/p>\n<h3>Ferguson Reveals Previous Attempt to Sign Hamilton on Loan<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I have followed his progress over the last 12 months,&#8221; Ferguson told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theposh.com\/news\/2020\/august\/posh-swoop-for-former-united-midfielder\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has had a number of loan spells in this league and he is someone I have liked for a while if I am honest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is a good size, a lovely footballer, left-footed and I think he will fit in really well. We enquired about getting him on loan previously, but something happened at Manchester United and it didn&#8217;t materialise, so it is great to get it done now. He is on a free now and I think he will be a good signing for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He might be the last Peterborough addition for a few weeks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Not for couple of weeks. All good. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vUeKk4Veig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/vUeKk4Veig<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darragh MacAnthony (@DMAC102) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DMAC102\/status\/1293895189027848195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Hamilton Keen to Contribute to Attractive Football at the Club<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I am really looking forward to it, when I spoke with the manager, he just reaffirmed what I was thinking, that this is the right place for my development,&#8221; Hamilton also told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theposh.com\/news\/2020\/august\/posh-swoop-for-former-united-midfielder\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Peterborough play great football; I knew that anyway and playing against them last season demonstrated that even more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve had a few loan spells within the league, but it is nice to have a permanent home and I can kick-on and play some football. It is good to get things done now, I can train and hopefully get some minutes under my belt. I have been training on my own for the last few weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"YJmFdODrSaZwOmPoREFpMg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1206477253\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'YJmFdODrSaZwOmPoREFpMg',sig:'_oPOT2dzYzFDpYcC2-BF4pCcIL1IIO8EHO-zjlIBbJY=',w:'594px',h:'392px',items:'1206477253',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peterborough United have announced the signing of former Manchester United midfielder Ethan Hamilton, 21. Hamilton has signed a two-year contract with the League One club. Welcome to @theposhofficial young 21 year old ex @ManUtd youngster Ethan Hamilton who joins our CM department for 2 years plus. Has plenty L1 experience from various Loan periods. Great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3469,"featured_media":561871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,32,2,18,3,28],"tags":[168,4548,188,36,6381,478,136],"class_list":["post-561865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league12","category-league-football","category-featured","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-efl","tag-ethan-hamilton","tag-league-one","tag-manchester-united","tag-peterbrough-united","tag-scotland","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}