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Darren Hare Personal information Full name Darren Hare Date of birth 2 April 1967 Place of birth Canterbury, England Playing position Striker Club information Current club Gillingham (Youth team manager) Youth career 1982–1983 Dover 1982–1983 Gillingham Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1983–1984 Dover Athletic 1984 Gravesend & Northfleet 1984–1986 Dover Athletic 1986 Ashford Town 1986 Thanet United 3 (0) 1986–1988 Ashford Town 1988 Canterbury City 8 (3) 1988–1989 Dover Athletic 1989–? Hastings Town c.1994 Canterbury City 1996–? Folkestone Invicta 1997–1998 Canterbury City 2005 Herne Bay 2005 Sittingbourne 2005–? Herne Bay Teams managed – Canterbury City 1996 Folkestone Invicta 2004 Gillingham * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Darren Hare (born 2 April 1967)[1] is an English former footballer turned coach, currently working as youth team manager at Gillingham F.C.
Born in Canterbury, he began his career playing for the youth teams of Dover and Gillingham and went on to play for a number of Kent-based non-league teams, including Canterbury City, Herne Bay and Sittingbourne. He also managed Canterbury and Folkestone Invicta, and worked as Youth Development Officer for the Kent County Football Association.[1][2]
Hare later became Head of Youth Development for Gillingham.[1] In December 2004 he served as acting manager after the resignation of both Andy Hessenthaler and caretaker manager John Gorman.[3] The following year he left Priestfield Stadium to become Head of Education and Welfare in the academy system at Crystal Palace,[4][5] and made a brief playing comeback at the age of 38.[6]
In 2007 he joined Dover Athletic as assistant to Hessenthaler, the club's new manager, who is also his brother-in-law.[2][4] When Hessenthaler began his second period as manager at Gillingham in May 2010, Hare also returned to Priestfield, as youth team manager.[7]
Personal life
Hare is married to Alison, a nurse, and has three children, Joshua, Chloe and James. The children were born following "pioneering" treatment after Hare's fertility was affected by a childhood bout of mumps.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Darren Hare". Official Margate F.C. history website. http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/darrenhare.htm. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
- ^ a b "Hess drafts in Hare for Whites". yourcanterbury.co.uk. KOS Media. 5 June 2007. http://yourcanterbury.co.uk/kent-news/Hess-drafts-in-Hare-for-Whites-newsinkent3996.aspx?news=sport. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
- ^ "Cardiff 3–1 Gillingham". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 December 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/4047653.stm. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
- ^ a b "Gills youth boss could leave club". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 June 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/football/teams/g/gillingham/4114402.stm. Retrieved 24 December 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Hare Looking to Spot New Stars". Crystal Palace F.C.. 7 June 2007. http://www.cpfc.co.uk/page/Academy/0,,10323~1033503,00.html. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
- ^ "August News Archive". Southern Football League. 27 August 2005. http://www.southern-football-league.co.uk/news/newsAug05.htm. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ^ "Hare tkes charge of youth". Gillingham F.C.. 28 May 2010. http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10416~2059956,00.html. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ Epstein, Angela. "We wish we'd had the MMR". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-130760/We-wish-wed-MMR.html. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
Categories:- 1967 births
- English footballers
- People from Canterbury
- Gillingham F.C. players
- Gillingham F.C. managers
- Margate F.C. players
- Dover Athletic F.C. players
- Ebbsfleet United F.C. players
- Canterbury City F.C. players
- Hastings United F.C. players
- Living people
- Sittingbourne F.C. players
- Herne Bay F.C. players
- Dover F.C. players
- Ashford Town F.C. (Kent) players
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