Paul Hunt (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Craig Hunt | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Swindon, England | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1988 | Swindon Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | Swindon Town | 11 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Gloucester City | 5 | (0) |
| 1994 | Cardiff City | ||
| Bristol Rovers | |||
| SK Brann | |||
| Andover | |||
| Cirencester Town | |||
| 1996–2001 | Forest Green Rovers | ||
| Aberystwyth Town | |||
| 2001 | Bath City | ||
| 2001–2002 | Merthyr Tydfil | ||
| Taunton Town | |||
| Clevedon Town | |||
| 2002–2003 | Swindon Supermarine | ||
| 2003 | Hungerford Town | ||
| Highworth Town | |||
| Weston-super-Mare | |||
| 2004–2005 | Mangotsfield United | ||
| Fairford Town | |||
| Weston-super-Mare | |||
| Cirencester Town | |||
| Fairford Town | |||
| Andover | |||
| Highworth Town | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Paul Craig Hunt (born 8 October 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Swindon Town as a striker.
Career
[edit]Hunt came through the youth set up at Swindon Town making his first team debut on 16 September 1989 in a home game at the County Ground against Barnsley. Hunt played alongside the likes of Glenn Hoddle, Paul Bodin and Colin Calderwood in his time with Swindon. He eventually left Swindon in May 1993 and signed for Gloucester City.
Brief spells with Cardiff City in the 1993–94 season, Bristol Rovers, Norwegian side SK Brann, Andover and Cirencester Town followed before a long term move to Forest Green Rovers in 1996 where he linked up with manager Frank Gregan who had been his boss at Andover.
Hunt earned back to back promotions with Forest Green through the Southern League in to the Conference National for the 1998–1999 season. He was then a part of the Forest Green side that reached the 1999 FA Trophy final, eventually losing 1–0 against Kingstonian at Wembley Stadium.[1] At the end of the 1999–2000 season he famously came off the bench in a home game against Kettering Town and scored and inspired Forest Green to Conference National safety with just minutes left in the final game of the season.[2] He was again involved in a run which saw Forest Green reach the 2001 FA Trophy Final. However Forest Green again suffered defeat, this time to Canvey Island at Villa Park.[3]
He eventually left Forest Green and followed Frank Gregan to Aberystwyth Town. When Gregan left Aberystwyth Hunt also exited in December 2001.[4] He returned to English football with a short spell at Bath City.[5] He left Bath for a return to Wales with Merthyr Tydfil later that month.[6][7]
Hunt left Merthyr Tydfil for Clevedon Town. He then signed for Swindon Supermarine in October 2002.[8] He then joined Hungerford Town on a deal until the end of the 2002–2003 season.[9]
Hunt went on to represent several non-league sides around the south west including a couple of spells at Weston-super-Mare. In December 2004, he joined Mangotsfield United.[10]
In May 2007, he was appointed assistant manager to Adi Viveash at Cirencester Town.[11] He would then go on to work as assistant manager at Thatcham Town.
References
[edit]- ^ "Kingstonian 1–0 Forest Green Rovers". kingstonian.net.
- ^ "Forest Green pull off great escape". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Canvey stun Forest to lift Trophy". BBC Sport. 13 May 2001.
- ^ "Departures hamper new boss Finley". Non League Daily. 5 December 2001. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Hunt teams up with old mates at City". Non League Daily. 11 December 2001. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "City make loan move for Cheltenham striker Gareth Hopkins". bathcityfc.com.
- ^ "New signings boost Martyrs". Non League Daily. 8 January 2002. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Jones makes Hunt his first signing". Non League Daily. 11 October 2002. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Ackling brings in Hunt". Non League Daily. 29 March 2003. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Hunt checks in at Mangotsfield". Non League Daily. 6 December 2004. Archived from the original on 7 December 2004.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Viveash and Hunt take over at Cirencester". Swindon Advertiser. 27 May 2007.
External links
[edit]- Paul Hunt at Soccerbase
- Hunt player profile at Swindon Town
- Hunt player history at Gloucester City
- Hunt player profile[usurped] at Non League Daily
- 1970 births
- Footballers from Swindon
- Living people
- English men's footballers
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Gloucester City A.F.C. players
- Cardiff City F.C. players
- Bristol Rovers F.C. players
- Andover F.C. players
- Cirencester Town F.C. players
- Forest Green Rovers F.C. players
- Aberystwyth Town F.C. players
- Bath City F.C. players
- Merthyr Tydfil F.C. players
- Taunton Town F.C. players
- Clevedon Town F.C. players
- Swindon Supermarine F.C. players
- Hungerford Town F.C. players
- Highworth Town F.C. players
- Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. players
- Mangotsfield United F.C. players
- Fairford Town F.C. players
- Men's association football forwards
- English Football League players