Joey Hutchinson
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Hutchinson[1]
Date of birth (1982-04-02) 2 April 1982[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
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Birmingham City 2000–01[19] 0000000000
2001–02[20] 3000100040
2002–03[21] 1010100030
Total 4010200070
Darlington 2003–04[22] 390101010420
2004–05[23] 8000100090
2005–06[24] 190001010210
2006–07[25] 130001000140
Total 790104020860
York City 2007–08[26] 3000000030
Harrogate Town 2008–09[16] 0000000000
Career totals 860206020960

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. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 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. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  16. 1 2 "Season 2008/2009". Sportbox.tv. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  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.
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