Joey Hutchinson

Joey Hutchinson

Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Hutchinson [1]
Date of birth	(1982-04-02) 2 April 1982 (age 43) [1]
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [1]
Position(s)	Centre back [2]
Youth career
0000–2000	Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2003	Birmingham City	4	(0)
2003–2007	Darlington	79	(0)
2007	York City	3	(0)
2008–?	Harrogate Town	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jonathan "Joey" Hutchinson (born 2 April 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back.

Career

Born in Middlesbrough, Cleveland, ^[1] Hutchinson signed a professional contract with Birmingham City on 1 July 2000, having been a trainee in the club's youth system, ^[1] and was a member of the first-team squad for the 2000–01 season. ^[3] After Birmingham were promoted to the Premier League Hutchinson made his first appearance in the competition, starting in a defeat to Leeds United. ^[4]

He was told in May 2005 he would only be offered an extension to his Darlington contract if he could convince the club he was over his injury problems. ^[5] After being sent off and conceding a penalty in a game against Wrexham in October 2005, Hutchinson was to be punished by Darlington for comments he made to the referee. ^[6] Hutchinson missed the rest of the 2005–06 season with cruciate knee ligament damage. ^[7]

Hutchinson returned from two separate cruciate ligament injuries in June 2006. ^[8] Hutchinson was released by Darlington in February 2007 due to recurring injury problems. ^[9] He impressed whilst on trial with Hereford United during the 2007 pre-season, ^[10] but was not offered a contract as he lacked what manager Graham Turner wanted physically. ^[11] He eventually joined Conference National club York City on non-contract terms on 10 August 2007. ^[12] He was released by the club on 31 August, as he wanted to move closer to his family in the Midlands. ^[13] Since leaving York, he had a trial with Burton Albion. ^[14]

Hutchinson signed for Harrogate Town of the Conference North in July 2008, ^[15] but failed to make any appearances for the club. ^[16]

Personal life

In June 2016, Hutchinson severed his spinal cord after falling into a swimming pool in Spain. This resulted in him being paralysed and needing to use a wheelchair. ^[17] His claim against Wayne Lineker, the owner of the Ibiza beach club, where the accident occurred moved to the High Court in January 2020. ^[18]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League [A]		FA Cup		League Cup		Other [B]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Birmingham City	2000–01 [19]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2001–02 [20]	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	2002–03 [21]	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	Total	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
Darlington	2003–04 [22]	39	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	42	0
	2004–05 [23]	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
	2005–06 [24]	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	21	0
	2006–07 [25]	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	0
	Total	79	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	86	0
York City	2007–08 [26]	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Harrogate Town	2008–09 [16]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career totals		86	0	2	0	6	0	2	0	96	0

Footnotes

A.  ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Premier League, Football League and Football Conference.

B.  ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League Trophy.

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2007). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08. Mainstream Publishing. p. 204. ISBN   978-1-84596-246-3.
2. "Joey Hutchinson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
3. "Birmingham City". FootballSquads. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
4. "Leeds sink Birmingham". BBC. 1 January 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
5. "Hutchinson must wait for new deal". BBC Sport. 20 May 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
6. "Quakers to discipline Hutchinson". BBC Sport. 31 October 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
7. "Darlington target new goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 29 December 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
8. "Pre-season return for Hutchinson". BBC Sport. 3 June 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
9. "Hutchinson released by Darlington". BBC Sport. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
10. "Turner ready to move on new signings" (reprint hosted at NewsBank). Western Daily Press. 31 July 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
11. "Turner speaks at Fans Forum". Bulls News. 6 August 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
12. "York recruit defender Hutchinson". BBC Sport. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
13. "City release centre-back". The Press. York. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
14. "Burton Albion vs Bedworth United". Burton Albion F.C. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007.
15. "Youngsters have the pedigree – Fotherby". Harrogate Advertiser. 24 July 2008. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
16. "Season 2008/2009". Sportbox.tv. Retrieved 15 June 2011.^{[ dead link ]}
17. "Ex-Birmingham City player Joey Hutchinson paralysed in pool accident". BBC News. 21 April 2017.
18. "Ibiza club run by Lineker's brother sued for £8.5m". The Daily Telegraph. London. 22 January 2020.
19. "Birmingham 2000/2001 Player Appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
20. "Birmingham 2001/2002 Player Appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
21. "Birmingham 2002/2003 Player Appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
22. "Darlington 2003/2004 Player Appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
23. "Darlington 2004/2005 Player Appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
24. "Darlington 2005/2006 Player Appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
25. "Darlington 2006/2007 Player Appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
26. Batters, Dave (2008). York City The Complete Record. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. pp. 411–421. ISBN   978-1-85983-633-0.

External links

• Joey Hutchinson at Soccerbase