Gareth Hall

Gareth David Hall (born 20 March 1969) is a Welsh former international footballer of the 1980s and 1990s.[1]

Gareth Hall
Personal information
Full name Gareth David Hall[1]
Date of birth (1969-03-20) 20 March 1969
Place of birth Croydon, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1996 Chelsea 138 (4)
1995 → Sunderland (loan) 1 (0)
1996–1998 Sunderland 47 (0)
1997 → Brentford 6 (0)
1998–2001 Swindon Town 87 (3)
2001–2006 Havant & Waterlooville
Total 279+ (7+)
National team
England Schoolboys
Wales U21 1
1988–1992 Wales 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hall was born in Croydon.[1] He started his career as an apprentice at Chelsea and made his first team debut on 5 May 1987 against Wimbledon, having featured in a reserve match earlier in the day. He made a total of 198 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.[3]

He moved to Sunderland in January 1996, having originally been on loan there.[4] 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.[5]

He won 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.[6]

References
  1. "Gareth Hall". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. "Gareth Hall". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. "Gareth Hall – Chelsea FC – Biography (Part 1) 1986/87–1989/90". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  4. Rollin, Glenda, ed. (1996). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline. ISBN 978-0-7472-7781-1.
  5. "Gareth Hall". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Richard Banyard. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  6. "Gareth Hall: Wales". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
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