Jay Hart (footballer)
English professional footballer
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Jason Stewart Hart (born 5 September 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jason Stewart Hart[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1990[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Oswaldtwistle, England[3] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Blackburn Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009-2011 | Rossendale United | ||
| 2011 | Radcliffe Borough[4] | 8 | (0) |
| 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) |
| 2020–2021 | Doncaster Rovers | 4 | (3) |
| 2021 | St Albans Saints | 8 | (1) |
| 2022 | Caroline Springs George Cross | 21 | (15) |
| 2023 | Sydenham Park SC | 20 | (8) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.[5] After a trial with Accrington Stanley, Hart would return with Rossendale United before featuring in the Accrington Combination League with Church Town.[5] A move to Colne would follow, where he'd score over twenty goals in the 2012–13 North West Counties Football League Premier Division.[5] Hart had a stint with Padiham after leaving Colne, prior to signing with Clitheroe in 2014.[5][6] He spent one season with the Northern Premier League Division One North club, before being sacked.[7]
In 2015, Hart rejoined Colne for a second spell.[8] 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.[9] In June 2016, Hart secured a contract across the competition with recently relegated Ramsbottom United.[10] Upon leaving Ramsbottom, Hart appeared for Nelson and, for a second time, Padiham.[8][11] October 2017 saw Hart head to Northwich Victoria of the NWCFL.[11] However, the forward would return to Padiham in the succeeding March.[12] He would be on the move again within months, penning terms with Longridge Town.[13]
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.[14][15] He scored on his competitive debut against Druk Star, with another goal following in his second match versus Paro.[14][15][16] Hart scored twenty goals and assisted nine more for Thimphu City.[17] Hart departed at the end of 2019, subsequently joining I-League team Punjab.[18][19] He departed Punjab in January 2020 after five appearances.[20][21] Soon after, Hart signed with Australian Victorian State League Division 2 outfit Doncaster Rovers.[22] On 9 May 2021, Hart debuted for NPL side St Albans Saints.[23]
Personal life
In April 2015, Hart was dismissed by Clitheroe F.C. after he was recorded having sex with a woman in the away dugout while wearing their training kit after a league match. The video was circulated widely across social media.[8][7] Anne Barker, chairwoman of Clitheroe, said Hart brought the club into disrepute and he was dismissed following the incident.[24]
He separated from his partner and moved overseas shortly after the incident.[8]
In May 2025, Hart was deported from Australia following multiple convictions for assault, and allegations that he had used domestic violence and coercive control against multiple women.[25] Some of the women started an online petition calling for Hart's visa to be revoked.[26]
Honours
Colne[9]
- North West Counties Football League Premier Division: 2015–16
Longridge Town[15]
- North West Counties Football League Division One North: 2018–19