Jay Hart (footballer)

Jason Stewart Hart (born 5 September 1990) is an English professional footballer who last played as a forward for Doncaster Rovers.

Jay Hart
Personal information
Full name Jason Stewart Hart[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-05) 5 September 1990[2]
Place of birth Oswaldtwistle, England[3]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Doncaster Rovers
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– Doncaster Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

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] He departed Punjab in January 2020 after five appearaces.[18][19] Soon after, Hart signed with Australian Victorian State League Division 2 outfit Doncaster Rovers.[20]

Personal life

In April 2015, Hart was sacked by Clitheroe after he was recorded having sex with a woman in the club's home dugout while wearing their training kit.[7][6] Anne Barker, chairwoman of Clitheroe, said Hart brought the club into disrepute.[21] His girlfriend, the mother of his two children, left him after the incident.[7]

Honours
Colne[8]
Longridge Town[14]
  • North West Counties Football League Division One North: 2018–19

References
  1. "Jason Stewart Hart – Thimphu City FC". Thimphu City. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. "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.
  3. "Clitheroe football star sacked by club after video of 'sex romp' in dugout posted online". Lancashire Telegraph. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. "Colne striker Hart targets promotion". Pendle Today. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  5. "Saturday's Transfer List". Northern Premier League. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  6. "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.
  7. "Jay Hart: The footballer rebuilding his life 5,000 miles from home". BBC Sport. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  8. "Sought after Hart becomes 4th signing". Ramsbottom United. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  9. "Ramsbottom sign Jay Hart while Joe Garvin returns to Colne". The Bolton News. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  10. "Player Movements - Friday 20th to Thursday 26th October 2017". North West Counties Football League. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  11. "Latest Moves………". Non-League Pitchero. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  12. "Longridge Town get set for their new adventure". Longridge News. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  13. "Longridge Town striker enjoying a football adventure in the Himalayas". Lancashire Evening Post. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  14. "Journeyman Jay has Hart set on playing out his career abroad". Lancashire Telegraph. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  15. "The English Marksman of the BOB Bhutan Premier League". The Bhutanese. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  16. "Player List". Thimphu City. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  17. "I-League 2019-20 Team Profile: Punjab FC". Khel Now. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  18. 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.
  19. "England - J. Hart". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  20. "East Lancashire footballer's tour takes him to Australia via India and Bhutan". Lancashire Telegraph. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  21. "Clitheroe football star sacked by club after video of 'sex romp' in dugout posted online". The Argus. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.