Jay Hart (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jason Stewart Hart[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 5 September 1990||
Place of birth | Oswaldtwistle, England[3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Blackburn Rovers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Rossendale United | |||
Church Town | |||
Colne | |||
Padiham | |||
2014–2015 | Clitheroe | ||
2015–2016 | Colne | (34) | |
Ramsbottom United | |||
Nelson | |||
Padiham | |||
2017–2018 | Northwich Victoria | ||
2018 | Padiham | ||
2018–2019 | Longridge Town | (30) | |
2019 | Thimphu City | 9 | (19) |
2019–2020 | Punjab | 5 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Doncaster Rovers | 4 | (3) |
2021 | St Albans Saints | 8 | (1) |
2022 | Caroline Springs George Cross | 21 | (15) |
2023 | Sydenham Park SC | 20 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jason Stewart Hart (born 5 September 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Career
[edit]Hart came through the youth ranks at local club Blackburn Rovers, though would depart without first-team experience and would subsequently take a football break.[4] After a trial with Accrington Stanley, Hart would return with Rossendale United before featuring in the Accrington Combination League with Church Town.[4] A move to Colne would follow, where he'd score over twenty goals in the 2012–13 North West Counties Football League Premier Division.[4] Hart had a stint with Padiham after leaving Colne, prior to signing with Clitheroe in 2014.[4][5] He spent one season with the Northern Premier League Division One North club, before being sacked.[6]
In 2015, Hart rejoined Colne for a second spell.[7] Thirty-four goals would follow in the 2015–16 NWCFL as Colne won the title and promotion to the Northern Premier League division that he played in for Clitheroe.[8] In June 2016, Hart secured a contract across the competition with recently relegated Ramsbottom United.[9] Upon leaving Ramsbottom, Hart appeared for Nelson and, for a second time, Padiham.[7][10] October 2017 saw Hart head to Northwich Victoria of the NWCFL.[10] However, the forward would return to Padiham in the succeeding March.[11] He would be on the move again within months, penning terms with Longridge Town.[12]
Hart, after thirty goals for Longridge, switched England for Bhutan in June 2019, as he joined Premier League side Thimphu City; managed by fellow Englishman Josh Shepherd.[13][14] He scored on his competitive debut against Druk Star, with another goal following in his second match versus Paro.[13][14][15] Hart scored twenty goals and assisted nine more for Thimphu City.[16] Hart departed at the end of 2019, subsequently joining I-League team Punjab.[17][18] He departed Punjab in January 2020 after five appearances.[19][20] Soon after, Hart signed with Australian Victorian State League Division 2 outfit Doncaster Rovers.[21] On 9 May 2021, Hart debuted for NPL side St Albans Saints.[22]
Personal life
[edit]In April 2015, Hart was dismissed by Clitheroe F.C. after he was recorded having sex with a woman in the away dugout while wearing their training kit after a league match. The video was circulated widely across social media.[7][6] Anne Barker, chairwoman of Clitheroe, said Hart brought the club into disrepute and he was sacked following the incident.[23]
He separated from his partner and moved overseas shortly after the incident.
Hart has one son, Lucas (born October 2011).
Honours
[edit]Colne[8]
- North West Counties Football League Premier Division: 2015–16
Longridge Town[14]
- North West Counties Football League Division One North: 2018–19
References
[edit]- ^ "Jason Stewart Hart – Thimphu City FC". Thimphu City. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "A massive happy birthday to striker and crowd favourite Jay Hart who turns 28 today, have a good one!". Longridge Town. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Clitheroe football star sacked by club after video of 'sex romp' in dugout posted online". Lancashire Telegraph. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Colne striker Hart targets promotion". Pendle Today. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Saturday's Transfer List". Northern Premier League. 1 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Jay Hart sex tape: Footballer sacked after being filmed having sex in manager's dug-out". The Independent. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Jay Hart: The footballer rebuilding his life 5,000 miles from home". BBC Sport. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Sought after Hart becomes 4th signing". Ramsbottom United. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Ramsbottom sign Jay Hart while Joe Garvin returns to Colne". The Bolton News. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Player Movements - Friday 20th to Thursday 26th October 2017". North West Counties Football League. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Latest Moves………". Non-League Pitchero. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Longridge Town get set for their new adventure". Longridge News. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Longridge Town striker enjoying a football adventure in the Himalayas". Lancashire Evening Post. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Journeyman Jay has Hart set on playing out his career abroad". Lancashire Telegraph. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "The English Marksman of the BOB Bhutan Premier League". The Bhutanese. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Player List". Thimphu City. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "I-League 2019-20 Team Profile: Punjab FC". Khel Now. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "I-League: Second-half blitzkrieg helps Punjab down champion Chennai City". sportstar.thehindu.com. PTI. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ Hart, Jay (16 January 2020). "My time in India in India has been cut short! Haven't got enough characters to explain but I will be back in England tomorrow and planning my next move as soon as I land! Pass me a fucking drink". @Hart11x. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "England - J. Hart". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "East Lancashire footballer's tour takes him to Australia via India and Bhutan". Lancashire Telegraph. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ @albans_st (9 May 2021). "FT [1-1] A 83rd minute goal from new signing Jay Hart sees us snatch a point on the road after both sides were reduced to ten men. #VolimTeDinamo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Clitheroe football star sacked by club after video of 'sex romp' in dugout posted online". The Argus. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Oswaldtwistle
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Rossendale United F.C. players
- Colne F.C. players
- Padiham F.C. players
- Clitheroe F.C. players
- Ramsbottom United F.C. players
- Nelson F.C. players
- Northwich Victoria F.C. players
- Longridge Town F.C. players
- Thimphu City FC players
- North West Counties Football League players
- Northern Premier League players
- I-League players
- English expatriate men's footballers
- English expatriate sportspeople in Bhutan
- English expatriate sportspeople in India
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bhutan
- Expatriate men's footballers in India
- Footballers from Lancashire
- 21st-century English sportsmen