David Hughes (footballer born 1972)

David Hughes (footballer born 1972)
David Hughes
Personal information
Full name David Robert Hughes
Date of birth 30 December 1972 (1972-12-30) (age 38)
Place of birth St Albans, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Weymouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–2000 Southampton 53 (3)
2002–2008 Eastleigh
2008–2009 Sutton United 28 (5)
Teams managed
2007 Eastleigh
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

David Robert Hughes (born 30 December 1972) is a Welsh footballer, who spent six seasons in the Premiership with Southampton, playing as a midfielder.

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Playing career

Southampton

Hughes was born in St Albans and, after playing youth football with Weymouth, joined Southampton in March 1991, initially as a trainee. He signed a professional contract in August 1991, but did not make his first-team debut until 5 February 1994 (in a 2–1 defeat away to Oldham Athletic) shortly after the appointment of Alan Ball as Saints' manager. He was never a regular member of the first team squad and appeared more often as a substitute than a starter.

In his nine years at The Dell he suffered an incredible catalogue of injuries including broken legs (twice), fractured ribs and back problems which required surgery. When fit, he was an industrious midfielder who could both burst into the box and clear up in defence.[1]

He was a rare goal-scorer, but scored twice in consecutive matches, firstly away to Queens Park Rangers on 28 December 1994 with an acrobatic scissors-kick, and again at home to Manchester United three days later with a right-foot shot, both games ending 2–2.[2]

His career at Southampton finally ended after a knee injury picked up in the August 2000 pre-season at Aldershot.[1] In his six playing seasons at the Saints, Hughes made a total of 64 appearances, scoring three goals.

He also played at Youth level for England and at Under-21 level for Wales.[1]

Eastleigh

After leaving professional football, he went into the building trade and in 2002 he joined Eastleigh as player/assistant manager.[3] When Hughes joined, Eastleigh were in the Wessex League but in Hughes' first season they won the title to earn promotion to the Southern League. After one season in the Southern League, Eastleigh transferred to the Isthmian League for the 2004-05 season, from where they were promoted to the Conference South in 2005.

On 9 July 2007, Hughes was promoted to team manager at Eastleigh, following Jason Dodd's resignation.[4] He relinquished this post following the appointment of Ian Baird in October 2007, operating instead as the player/assistant manager.[5]

In October 2008, Hughes resigned from his position at Eastleigh, who were in serious financial difficulties.[6] During his time with the Stoneham Lane club he made over 250 appearances, scoring 38 goals.

Sutton United

Hughes was snapped up by former Eastleigh manager Paul Doswell, now manager at Sutton United. He made his debut as substitute in the F.A. Cup 1st Round tie at home to Notts County, and was booked. Hughes totalled 28 league appearances and 5 in the cup, and scored 5 goals in the 2008-09 season for Sutton.

References

  1. ^ a b c Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. p. 529. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X. 
  2. ^ In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. p. 238. 
  3. ^ "New 'dream team' revealed at Eastleigh". www.nonleaguedaily.com. 27 February 2002. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=2886. Retrieved 14 February 2009. 
  4. ^ "Eastleigh appoint from within". www.nonleaguedaily.com. 7 July 2007. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=43469. Retrieved 14 February 2009. 
  5. ^ "Baird confirmed as new Eastleigh boss". dailyecho. 3 October 2007. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/football/display.var.1732696.0.baird_confirmed_as_new_eastleigh_boss.php. Retrieved 14 February 2009. 
  6. ^ "Ex-Saint Hughes leaves Eastleigh". Southern Daily Echo. 16 October 2008. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/football/3762720.Ex_Saint_Hughes_leaves_Eastleigh/. Retrieved 14 February 2009. 

External links

David Hughes career stats at Soccerbase


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