Playing Career
Kidd played for Manchester United (1963–1974), Arsenal (1974–1976), Manchester City (1976–1979), Everton (1979–1980) and Bolton Wanderers (1980–1982) in the Football League; and the Atlanta Chiefs (1981) (29 appearances, 23 goals), Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1982–83) (51 appearances, 34 goals) and Minnesota Strikers (1984) (13 appearances, 8 goals) in the North American Soccer League.
He scored for Manchester United in their 4-1 victory over Benfica in the 1968 European Cup Final on his 19th birthday. He earned both of his England caps two years later. Following United's relegation to the Football League Second Division in 1974, Kidd was transferred to Arsenal for £110,000. He was their leading goalscorer in both of his seasons there, 1974-5 and 1975-6.
Kidd was still scoring on a regular basis in the final years of his career in the NASL during the early 1980s. He finally retired as a player in 1984.
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