Jon Hooker

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Jon Hooker
Personal information
Full name Jonathan William Hooker[1]
Date of birth (1972-03-31) 31 March 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth London, England
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Position(s) Forward, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Hertford Town 0 (0)
1994 Gillingham 0 (0)
1994–1996 Brentford 5 (0)
1996–1997 Bishop's Stortford 0 (0)
1997–1999 Billericay Town 34 (4)
1999–2000 Braintree Town 0 (0)
2000–2002 Harlow Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Jonathan William "Jon" Hooker (born 31 March 1972 in London, England) is a retired English footballer. He began his career in Non-League football at Hertford Town, earning a move to the Football League with Gillingham in 1994. Shortly after, he moved to Brentford, for whom he made eight appearances in an 18-month spell. After his release in 1996, Hooker returned to non-league football and retired in 2002.

Career

Hertford Town

A forward, Hooker began his career in Sunday league football,[2] before moving to Isthmian League Division Three side Hertford Town.[3]

Gillingham

Hooker secured a move to the Football League when he joined Division Three side Gillingham on trial on 7 November 1994,[3] despite harbouring no real ambition to play football professionally.[2] He made his professional debut with a starting appearance in a 3–1 Football League Trophy first round defeat to Brentford the following evening.[2] It was Hooker's only appearance for the Gills and he departed a matter of days later.[3]

Brentford

Hooker signed for Division Two side Brentford in a £5000 deal on 14 November 1994, only a week after joining Gillingham.[3] Hooker initially made Capital League appearances for the club's reserve team and was called into the senior side for the first time for a league match versus Peterborough United on 10 December.[4] Awarded the number 22 shirt, Hooker made his Football League debut when he replaced Darren Annon during the 2–2 draw.[4] It was his only involvement in the first team during the 1994/95 season.[4] He made regular appearances for the reserves, scoring five goals and helping the team to second place in the Capital League.[4] Hooker found himself out of favour during the early part of the 1995/96 season, but an injury to Ijah Anderson saw Hooker called into the team to make his first start for the club in a 0–0 draw with Bristol City on 12 September 1995.[5] He started four games in a row and won "star player" recognition for his performance in a 1–0 home win over Walsall on 16 September.[5] Carl Asaba replaced Hooker in the starting line-up and Hooker failed to appear again until his was used as a winger in a 2–0 defeat at home to Shrewsbury Town on 4 November.[5] Hooker appeared as a substitute for Nicky Forster in the following game and made his final appearance for the club as a substitute for David McGhee in a 4–0 FA Cup first round replay win over Farnborough Town on 11 November.[5] Hooker was released at the end of the season, having made just eight first team appearances for the Bees.[3][5]

Return to non-league football

Hooker dropped back into Non-League football and played for Isthmian League Premier Division side Bishop's Stortford during the 1996/97 season. Hooker signed for Isthmian League Premier Division new boys Billericay Town in 1997.[6] He made 48 appearances and scored six goals during the 1997/98 season.[7] He left the club at the end of the 1998/99 season to join fellow Isthmian League Premier Division side Braintree Town. Hooker joined Isthmian League Division One side Harlow Town in the summer of 2000,[8] playing two seasons before retiring from football in 2002.

Notes

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