Samuel James Aiston (born November 21, 1976 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English professional footballer who plays for Hednesford Town as a midfielder. He has made over 200 appearances in the Premier League and the Football League, particularly for Sunderland, Chester City, Shrewsbury Town, Tranmere Rovers, Northampton Town and Wrexham.

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Aiston began his career at Newcastle United in 1994 but made no appearances for the club before joining Sunderland in 1995, where he made over 20 first-team appearances, most as substitute.^[1] He was loaned to Chester City, Stoke City and Shrewsbury Town,^[1] before joining Shrewsbury for a £50,000 transfer fee in the summer of 2000.^[1] Aiston made 165 league appearances for Shrewsbury, scoring seven goals,^[1] helping the club to promotion from the Nationwide Conference at the end of the 2003-04 season.^[2] He was released by Shrewsbury at the end of the 2004–05 season and joined Tranmere Rovers in July 2005,^[3] where he made over 40 league and cup appearances in the 2005–06 season.^[1] He was released by Tranmere at the end of the season, and joined Northampton Town.^[4] Injuries meant he struggled to command a regular first team place and he dropped into the Conference National for a loan spell with Burton Albion.^[5]

In November 2007, Aiston joined Wrexham on loan, having previously played for Wrexham manager Brian Little at Tranmere Rovers.^[6] Aiston made his debut in a 2-2 draw with Chester City three days later. In January 2008, Aiston's move to Wrexham was made into a permanent signing.^[7] He was transfer listed by Wrexham in May 2008 following the club's relegation to the Football Conference.

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• Sam Aiston career stats at Soccerbase