Josh Hare

Joshua Darren Hare (born 12 August 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bristol Rovers.

Josh Hare
Personal information
Full name Joshua Darren Hare[1]
Date of birth (1994-08-12) 12 August 1994[2]
Place of birth Canterbury, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender / midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bristol Rovers
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2012 Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Gillingham 2 (0)
2012 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 1 (0)
2014–2015 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 9 (1)
2016 → Leatherhead (loan)
2016–2017 Eastbourne Borough 36 (3)
2017–2018 Maidstone United 28 (3)
2018–2019 Eastleigh 43 (5)
2019– Bristol Rovers 18 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:23, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Career

Hare signed his first professional contract with Gillingham in November 2012.[3] He signed a one-year contract with the "Gills" in May 2014,[4] but found first-team football hard to come by and was sent on an initial one-month loan to Conference South side Eastbourne Borough.[5] His loan was extended to 10 January but on 5 January the loan was cut short.[6]

On 8 July 2016, having left Gillingham, Hare signed for Eastbourne Borough.[7]

Bristol Rovers

On 12 June 2019, Hare signed for Bristol Rovers on a free transfer following the expiry of his contract at Eastleigh.[8]

After making an impressive start to the season, Hare suffered an injury and had to be stretchered off in a league match against Gillingham on 17 September.[9] He returned to first-team action on 7 March 2020 in a 3-1 defeat to Southend United[10] and featured three days later in a 2-0 win against Sunderland, the last match before the league’s abandonment.[11]

He scored his first goal for the club on 18 November 2020, scoring a 90th minute winner in a 4–3 victory over Chelsea U21 in the final match of the group stage of the EFL Trophy, with Hare's goal seeing the Gas qualify for the knockout stages.[12]

Personal life

Hare is the son of Darren Hare, a former player who has worked as youth team manager at Gillingham, the nephew of former Gillingham player and manager Andy Hessenthaler, and the cousin of another former Gills player, Jake Hessenthaler.[13]

Career statistics
As of match played 29 November 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gillingham 2012–13[14] League Two 0000000000
2013–14[15] League One 0000000000
2014–15[16] 2000100030
2015–16[16] 0000000000
Total 2000100030
Eastbourne Borough (loan) 2012–13[17] Conference South 1000—1[lower-alpha 1]020
Eastbourne Borough (loan) 2014–15[18] Conference South 9100—0091
Eastbourne Borough 2016–17[18] National League South 36320—00383
Eastbourne Total 46420—10494
Maidstone United 2017–18[18] National League 28320—3[lower-alpha 2]0333
Eastleigh 2018–19 [18] National League 43500—3[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4]0465
Bristol Rovers 2019–20[18] League One 100002000120
2020–21[18] League One 10021103[lower-alpha 5]1162
Total 200213031282
Career total 13912614010115914
  1. Appearance in the Sussex Senior Cup
  2. Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. 1 Appearance in the FA Trophy
  4. 2 Appearances in the National League Play-Offs
  5. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy.

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Bristol Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 14. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. "Josh Hare". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "Gillingham youngster Josh Hare signs professional deal". BBC Sport. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  4. "Gillingham: Hare, McKain and Millbank get new deals". BBC Sport. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  5. "Hare returns to Boro on loan". Pitchero. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  6. "Hare loss blow for Boro". Pitchero. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  7. "Josh joins the Borough cause". Eastbourne Borough F.C. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  8. "Josh Hare: Bristol Rovers sign defender from Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 12 June 2019.
  9. "Bristol Rovers suffer blow with defender Josh Hare set for extended spell on the sidelines". www.bristolpost.co.uk. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  10. "Southend United 3-1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  11. "Bristol Rovers 2-0 Sunderland". BBC Sport. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  12. "Papa John's Trophy Match Report: Bristol Rovers 4-3 Chelsea U21s". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 18 November 2020.
  13. Cawdell, Luke (17 July 2012). "Gillingham youth boss Darren Hare believes third year scholars Jake Hessenthaler and Josh Hare have it all to prove". Kent Online. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  14. "Games played by Josh Hare in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  15. "Games played by Josh Hare in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  16. "Games played by Josh Hare in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  17. "Josh Hare". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  18. "J. Hare". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
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