James Weir

Three days later, he made his debut for the club coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute against Sheffield Wednesday.

In a follow–up match, Weir made his first starts for Wigan Athletic, where he played 45 minutes before being substituted at half time, in a 2–2 draw against Norwich City.

However, Weir was featured less in the first team as the season progressed and went on to make four sporadic appearances for the side.

James Michael Weir (born 4 August 1995) is a former English professional footballer.

Born in Preston, Lancashire, he began his career as a youth player with Preston North End and then joined the Manchester United academy.

Born in Preston, Lancashire, Weir began his career with local club Preston North End before joining the Manchester United academy in 2008.

While progressing at the club's academy, he represented England at U16 and U18 level.

At one point, Weir was captain of Manchester United's Academy and later the under-21 side.

Weir made his UEFA Youth League debut for Manchester United U19 against Bayer Leverkusen, where he started and played for 69 minutes, as they won 4–3.

During the tournament, Weir played two matches in the right–back position for the side.

However, in the club's second meeting of the tournament against Bayer Leverkusen, on 27 November 2013, he was sent–off in stoppage time for a second bookable offence, as they lost 3–1.

In the 2015–16 season, Weir spent months training with the first team players.

Weir later appeared seven times as an unused substitute later in the 2015–16 season, as it turned out to be his only appearance.

At the end of the 2015–16 season, Weir was offered a new contract by the club.

He only made one appearance for Manchester United before leaving for Hull City in 2016, but also failed to break into the first team there, and spent the second half of the 2016–17 season on loan to Wigan Athletic.

He was later called to the first team by Manager Louis van Gaal and appeared as an unused substitute against Newcastle United on 12 January 2016.

Weir made his professional debut on 28 February 2016 in a 3–2 Premier League win at home to Arsenal, coming on as an injury-time substitute for Ander Herrera.

After making his debut, he spoke out about his development in the academy.

Instead, on 31 August 2016, Weir signed a three-year contract with Premier League club Hull City.

He made his debut on 21 September 2016 in the third round of the League Cup in a 2–1 away win against Stoke City.

However, Weir found his first team opportunities limited, as he made two more appearances for the side in the 2016–17 season.

On 31 January 2017, Weir joined Wigan Athletic on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.

He made his league debut for Hull City on the opening day of the 2017–18 season, 5 August 2017, away at Aston Villa, in a 1–1 draw.

Weir later described the previous twelve months as "weird", as he played for three clubs.

He later appeared in three more matches for the side.

However, while playing for the club's reserves, Weir suffered a knee injury that kept him out for the rest of the 2017–18 season.

By the time he suffered a knee injury, Weir made four appearances in the 2017–18 season.

The 2018–19 season saw Weir continuing to recover from his knee injury, but was further sidelined with the same injury he sustained last season.

He was released by Hull City at the end of the 2018–19 season.

After returning, his appearances for Hull were sporadic, and he left for Bolton Wanderers in 2019.

After less than six months with Bolton, he was released and soon after signed for Slovak club FK Pohronie.

He played there for 18 months before moving to Hungary to play for MTK Budapest, before being released a year later.

On 3 August 2019, Weir signed a one-year contract for a newly relegated EFL League One side Bolton Wanderers and made his debut the same day, in a 2–0 defeat against Wycombe Wanderers.

Following this, he began to receive a handful of first-team appearances for the side, playing in midfield.

On 29 October 2019, Weir was subbed off in the first half in an EFL Trophy match against Manchester City U21.

Manager Keith Hill criticised Weir for playing badly.

His last appearance came on 1 January 2020 against Burton Albion and set up the club's third goal of the game, in a 4–3 loss.

With his first team opportunities limited under the management of Hill and the winter arrivals, it was announced on 31 January 2020 that Weir's contract was terminated by mutual consent.

On 7 March 2020, Weir signed for Fortuna Liga team Pohronie.

It was Weir's first career stop outside England.