Gary Hobson

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playername = Gary Hobson


fullname = Gary Hobson
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1972|11|12
cityofbirth = North Ferriby
countryofbirth = England
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currentclub = Retired
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position = Defender
youthyears = 1989–1991
youthclubs = Hull City
years = 1991–1996
1996–2000
2000
2000–2003
2003
2003
2003–200?
clubs = Hull City
Brighton & Hove Albion
Chester City
York City
Spennymoor United
Ossett Town
North Ferriby United
caps(goals) = 0142 0 (0)
0 98 0 (1)
0 20 0 (1)
0 55 0 (0)
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Gary Hobson (born 12 November 1972, North Ferriby) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in The Football League for four clubs.

Hobson began his career as an apprentice with Hull City, making his league debut during the 1990–91 season. Over the next six years he went on to make nearly 150 league appearances for the Tigers before switching to Brighton & Hove Albion in March 1996 for £60,000.

In January 2000, new Chester City manager Ian Atkins recruited Hobson as the club battled against relegation from The Football League, initially on loan [Cite news
title= New Loan Signings | url= http://www.chester-city.co.uk/january00news.asp
publisher= www.chester-city.co.uk
date= 2000-01-07 | accessdate= 2008-02-04] . He played regularly in defence throughout the remainder of the season, but was unable to help Chester avoid being relegated at the end of the season.

Hobson remained in Division Three with York City [Cite news
title= York sign Hobson | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/york_city/820928.stm
publisher= BBC Sport
date= 2000-07-05 | accessdate= 2008-02-04] . He spent three years with the Minstermen, with his final Football League appearance being against Exeter City in April 2003. In the following months, Hobson spent time with non-league clubs Spennymoor United, Ossett Town and North Ferriby United [cite web|url= http://www.chester-city.co.uk/what_happened_to_23.asp| title= What happened to…| publisher= www.chester-city.co.uk | accessdate=2008-02-04] . He has worked for the sports marketing agency HI Sport and Travel, often working abroad in the process [cite web|url= http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa.html?newsID=869| title= Gary Hobson has not only carved out a new career| publisher= www.givemefootball.com| accessdate=2008-02-04] .

External links

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* [http://www.chester-city.co.uk/what_happened_to_23.asp Chester City ‘What Happened To…?’ article]
* [http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa.html?newsID=869 PFA profile and interview]
* [http://www.oncloudseven.com/hobson-g.htm Hull City career statistics]

References