John Halls

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John Halls
Personal information
Date of birth 14 February 1982 (1982-02-14) (age 26)
Place of birth    Islington, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Defender
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000–2003
2002
2002–2003
2003
2003–2006
2006–2008
2007
2008
2008		 Arsenal
→ Colchester United (loan)
→ KSK Beveren (loan)
→ Stoke City (loan)
Stoke City
Reading
→ Preston North End (loan)
→ Crystal Palace (loan)
→ Sheffield United (loan)		 00 (0)
06 (0)
06 (0)
08 (0)
61 (2)
02 (1)
04 (0)
05 (0)
06 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 09:18, 5 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

John Halls (born 14 February 1982 in Islington, London) is a professional football defender currently without a club after being released by Reading.

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[edit] Football career

His career began in Arsenal's youth set-up, where he featured in the FA Youth Cup-winning team of 2000. However, the young defender found first-team football at Highbury hard to come by, making only a few League Cup appearances for the club. Like many Arsenal juniors, he was frequently loaned out; to Colchester United, KSK Beveren and Stoke City. It was this final loan that yielded a permanent move, in December 2003.

[edit] Reading

Halls made 74 appearances for Stoke, before moving to Reading on 19 January 2006 for an initial fee of £250,000 on a contract that will keep him at Reading until June 2008. An extra sum of £50,000 was paid when Reading were promoted to the Premier League at the end of the 2005–06 season. Stoke will also receive 20% of any future transfer fee.

He spent November 2007 with Preston North End on a month's loan,[1] but returned to Reading after making four league appearances for Preston.[2] On 9 January 2008, he commenced another month's loan, this time at Crystal Palace.[3] On 14 March 2008, Halls commenced his third month-long loan spell of the season at another Championship club, heading North to help out at Sheffield United.[4] He made his debut for the Blades just over a week later, coming on as a first half substitute at Oakwell in a 1-0 victory over Barnsley.[5] The loan was then extended to the end of the 2007–08 season.[6] He was released by Reading following their relegation from the Premier League, on 16 May 2008.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Halls Signs On Loan", pnefc.co.uk, 2007-11-01. Retrieved on 2007-11-01. 
  2. ^ "Halls back, Stack has surgery", readingfc.co.uk, 2007-12-03. Retrieved on 2007-12-03. 
  3. ^ "Halls agrees loan deal", readingfc.co.uk, 2008-01-09. Retrieved on 2008-01-09. 
  4. ^ "Blades land Halls", sheffieldunitedfc.co.uk, 2008-03-14. Retrieved on 2008-03-14. 
  5. ^ "Barnsley 0-1 Sheff Utd", BBC Sport, 2008-03-22. Retrieved on 2008-03-22. 
  6. ^ "News on Halls, Andersen & Webb", readingfc.co.uk, 2008-04-15. Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 
  7. ^ "Four offered deals, six released", readingfc.co.uk, 2008-05-16. Retrieved on 2008-05-16. 

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Persondata
NAME Halls, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 14 February 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Islington, London
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH