David Barry "Dave" Kitson is an English former footballer who played as a striker. Kitson began his career with non-league Hitchin Town and Arlesey Town whilst working as a shelf-stacker for Sainsbury's. He joined Cambridge United in 2001 and became one of the brightest prospects in the Third Division which led to him being signed by Reading in 2003 for a fee of �150,000. He enjoyed great success with the "Royals", forming a formidable partnership with Kevin Doyle as Reading gained promotion to the Premier League in 2006. After two seasons in the top flight Reading were relegated and Kitson signed for newcomers Stoke City for a club record fee of �5.5 million. However his career soon started to become sour and after failing to score a single goal he was loaned back to Reading. He began the 2009?10 season better, scoring twice, but was then loaned out again this time to Middlesbrough. He returned to Stoke in January 2010 but continued to struggle and after manager Tony Pulis branded him 'petulant' he was allowed to join Portsmouth as part of a swap deal for Marc Wilson. 

January 21st, 1980 in Hitchin (Age 44)