Gary Hart (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gary Hart

| image =

| fullname = Gary John Hart

| height =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1976|9|21}}

| birth_place = Harlow, England

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Striker, Utility player

| youthyears1 = ?–1998

| youthclubs1 = Stansted

| years1 = 1998–2011

| years2 = 2007–2008

| years3 = 2011–2014

| years4 = 2014–2016

| clubs1 = Brighton & Hove Albion

| clubs2 = → Havant & Waterlooville (loan)

| clubs3 = Eastbourne Borough

| clubs4 = Royston Town

| caps1 = 373

| goals1 = 45

| caps2 = 5

| goals2 = 0

| caps3 = 61

| goals3 = 8

| caps4 = 23

| goals4 = 12

| totalcaps = 462

| totalgoals = 65

| manageryears1 = 2020–

| managerclubs1 = Enfield (Coach)

}}

Gary John Hart (born 21 September 1976) is an English former professional footballer who is a coach for Enfield. Hart spent the majority of his career at Brighton & Hove Albion. He was signed from Stansted in 1998, for £1,000 and a set of tracksuits.[http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10433~10083,00.html Gary Hart Player Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918135002/http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10433~10083,00.html |date=18 September 2012 }}, Seaguls World. Retrieved 24 March 2009

Career

During May 2007, Hart was awarded with a new one-year contract after playing in a certain amount{{clarify|date=January 2018}} of games for the 2006–07 season. Hart was granted a testimonial year with the "Seagulls" with this deal.

On 6 December 2007, Hart joined Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville on a one-month loan deal. Hart joined fellow ex-Albion player Charlie Oatway at the club who retired from the professional game in the summer of 2007 due to injury. With an injury crisis at Brighton, Hart was recalled from his loan spell on 7 January 2008.

Hart was released by Brighton & Hove Albion manager Dean Wilkins during June 2008, but after Wilkins' sacking he was bought back to the club under manager Micky Adams, with whom both had worked during his first spell as manager at the club.[http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/argusgeneralsportsnews/display.var.2249205.0.albion_release_longserving_trio.php Albion release experienced quartet] The Argus, 6 May 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2008[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brighton/7523971.stm Hart and Mayo Offered New Contracts], BBC Football, 24 July 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008

In May 2011 the club announced that he would be released at the end of the season following the ending of his current contract, along with five other players.{{cite news

| title = Poyet to release six of Brighton and Hove Albion squad

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13309009.stm

| work = BBC Sport

| publisher = British Broadcasting Corporation

| date = 6 May 2011

| accessdate = 6 May 2011}} On 16 July 2011, Hart was called back to the Brighton Reserves squad for the final time by manager Gus Poyet to captain the side in their Sussex Senior Cup final against Eastbourne Borough. It was the first competitive match to be played at the club's new Falmer Stadium. The home side won the game 2–0 with Hart scoring the first goal at the new ground.{{cite news

| title = Hart so pleased to score Amex opener

| url = http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/albion/9144064.Hart_so_pleased_to_score_Amex_opener/

| work = Andy Naylor

| publisher = The Argus

| date = 16 July 2011

| accessdate = 26 July 2011}}

After his release, Hart stayed in Sussex as he signed for Eastbourne Borough on 23 July 2011.{{cite news

| title = Albion Legend arrives at Priory Lane

| url = http://www.ebfc.co.uk/news/albion-legend-arrives-at-prior-344571.html

| publisher = Eastbourne Borough F.C.

| date = 23 July 2011

| accessdate = 24 July 2011}}{{cite news

| title = Eastbourne Borough sign ex-Brighton forward Gary Hart

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/9547936.stm

| work = BBC Sport

| publisher = British Broadcasting Corporation

| date = 25 July 2011

| accessdate = 26 July 2011}} Hart was released by Borough on 3 March 2014{{cite news

| title = Hart leaves Borough

| url = http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/11050394.Hart_leaves_Borough/

| work = Howard Griggs

| publisher = The Argus

| date = 3 March 2014

| accessdate = 3 March 2014}} and signed for Royston Town of the Southern League Division One Central on 31 March 2014. For the 2014–15 season he was also a coach for youth team Bishop's Stortford Saints U-16s.{{cite news

|title = Royston Town swoop to sign ex-Brighton & Hove Albion star Gary Hart

|url = http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Sport/Sport-headlines/Royston-Town-swoop-to-sign-ex-Brighton-Hove-Albion-star-Gary-Hart-20140401070000.htm

|work = Marc Bazeley

|publisher = Cambridge News

|date = 1 April 2014

|accessdate = 2 April 2014

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407065121/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Sport/Sport-headlines/Royston-Town-swoop-to-sign-ex-Brighton-Hove-Albion-star-Gary-Hart-20140401070000.htm

|archivedate = 7 April 2014

|df = dmy-all

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