Gareth Hall
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gareth Hall | ||
| Date of birth | 20 March 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender (retired) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1986–1996 | Chelsea | 139 | (4) |
| 1995 | → Sunderland (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Sunderland | 47 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Brentford | 6 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Swindon Town | 87 | (3) |
| 2001–? | Havant & Waterlooville | 0 | (0) |
| – | Total | 280 | (7 ) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1988–1992 | Wales | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:23, 14 August 2008 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Gareth Hall (born 20 March 1969 in Croydon[1]) is an English-born former Welsh international footballer of the 1980s and 1990s.
He started his career as an apprentice at Chelsea and made his first team debut on 5 May 1987 against Wimbledon F.C., having featured in a reserve match earlier in the day. He made a total of 138 League appearances during his time at the club, although the number of matches he played was limited by the presence of Steve Clarke. Hall was a member of the Chelsea team that won the 1990 Full Members Cup at Wembley Stadium.[2]
He moved to Sunderland in January 1996, having originally been on loan there.[3] Hall went on to make 48 League appearances for the club.[1]
Hall joined Swindon Town in May 1998 and played in most games during his first two seasons. Following the arrival of Colin Todd he was told he could leave on a free transfer, but continued training with the team and he ended up playing a few more matches for them, before leaving in May 2001 to join Havant & Waterlooville. In total he made 97 senior appearances for Swindon, scoring 3 goals.[4]
He attained 9 international caps for Wales, first being selected for the senior side on 23 March 1988, in a 2-1 friendly defeat to Yugoslavia. His last cap came on 29 April 1992 in a 1-1 friendly draw with Austria.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
- ↑ Gareth Hall Part 1 Biography and Stats at Sporting Heroes
- ↑ Rollin (ed), Glenda (1996). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7781-8.
- ↑ Richard Banyard. "Gareth Hall". Player Profile. Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ↑ "Gareth Hall: Wales". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 25 October 2012.