:Julian Hails
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Julian Hails
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lincoln, England
| position = Midfielder
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| years1 = 1989–1990 | years2 = 1990–1994 | years3 =1994–2000
| clubs1 = Hemel Hempstead Town | clubs2 = Fulham | clubs3 =Southend United
| caps1 = ? | goals1 = ? | caps2 = 109 | goals2 = 12 | caps3 = 164 | goals3 = 7
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| club-update = 22:48, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
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Julian Hails (born 20 November 1967) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder for Fulham and Southend United. He is a maths teacher at the St Albans High School For Girls.
Biography
=Football career=
Hails was studying for a maths degree and playing part-time at Hemel Hempstead Town, before being offered a trial at Fulham.{{cite news
| title = Player detail: Julian Harris
| url = http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/index.php?option=com_indplay&Itemid=61&pno=689
| publisher = SUFC Database
| accessdate = 2009-04-06}} Part of the deal that took Hails to Fulham was that he could stay on and finish his degree. He joined Fulham permanently in 1990.{{cite news
| title = Players: Julian Harris
| url = https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3169
| publisher = Soccerbase
| access-date = 2009-04-06}} He played as a right winger for Fulham, a position his father used to play for Lincoln City, Peterborough United, Luton Town and Northampton Town. Hails made 126 appearances in all competitions scoring 13 goals, being voted as the "Player of the Season" by Fulham fans during his spell with the London club.
Peter Taylor signed Hails for Southend United in early December 1994. He made 182 appearances for Southend in all competitions scoring seven goals. Hails was moved into the right-back position in September 1997, when Alvin Martin took control as the manager. He won the "Player of the Season" award that season after a number of impressive performances. He was forced to retire in 2000, after a two-year struggle with knee injuries.{{cite news
| title = Soccer: Hails force to quit game
| url = http://archive.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/2000/4/19/204219.html
| work = Braintree and Witham Times
| date = 2000-04-19
| accessdate = 2009-04-06}}
=Life after football=
Hails has a BSc honours in Mathematical Studies.{{cite news
|title = Maths staff
|url = http://www.habsboys.org.uk/departments/maths/mathsstaff.php
|publisher = The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
|accessdate = 2009-04-06
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090521072320/http://habsboys.org.uk/departments/maths/mathsstaff.php
|archivedate = 21 May 2009
|df = dmy-all
}} He is now a maths teacher at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, when he joined in May 2006, and has had various football and tennis coaching roles at the school.
Personal life
Hails was born in Lincoln and is married. He now lives with his wife and 3 sons in Hertfordshire. His father, William, was also a professional footballer in the 1950s and 1960s, who played for Lincoln City, Peterborough United, Luton Town and Northampton Town.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Southend United F.C. Player of the Year}}
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Category:Footballers from Lincoln, England
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Schoolteachers from Lincolnshire
Category:Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players
Category:Southend United F.C. players