Paul Hart

Paul Hart
Hart in 2002
Personal information
Full name Paul Anthony Hart[1]
Date of birth (1953-05-04) 4 May 1953 (age 71)[1]
Place of birth Golborne,[1] England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1973 Stockport County 87 (5)
1973–1978 Blackpool 143 (16)
1978–1983 Leeds United 191 (16)
1983–1985 Nottingham Forest 70 (1)
1985–1986 Sheffield Wednesday 52 (2)
1986–1987 Birmingham City 1 (0)
1987–1988 Notts County 23 (0)
Total 567 (40)
Managerial career
1988–1991 Chesterfield
1991–1992 Nottingham Forest (youth)
1992–1997 Leeds United (youth)
1997–2001 Nottingham Forest (youth)
2001–2004 Nottingham Forest
2004–2005 Barnsley
2006 Rushden & Diamonds
2009 Portsmouth
2009–2010 Queens Park Rangers
2010 Crystal Palace (caretaker)
2011 Swindon Town
2015 Notts County (caretaker)
2019 Stoke City (assistant)
2024– Charlton Athletic (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Anthony Hart (born 4 May 1953) is an English football manager, coach, and former professional player who made 567 appearances in the Football League as a defender. Hart currently serves as assistant manager to Nathan Jones at Charlton Athletic.[3]

The son of Johnny Hart, who played for and managed Manchester City, and brother of Nigel, a defender who made more than 300 League appearances,[4][5] Hart had five-year spells with both Blackpool and Leeds United, and shorter spells with Stockport County, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday, among others.

He began his management career with Chesterfield in 1988, but left within three years and spent the following decade as a youth team coach for Leeds United and then Nottingham Forest. In 2001, he returned to management with Nottingham Forest, later managing Barnsley, Rushden & Diamonds, Portsmouth, Queens Park Rangers, Crystal Palace and Swindon Town. In 2014, he joined the youth set-up at Notts County as acting academy manager.

  1. ^ a b c "Paul Hart". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ "Paul Hart – First-Team Assistant Manager". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  4. ^ Leigh, Neil (14 October 2019). "City DNA #16: Johnny Hart – a man for all seasons". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Nigel Hart". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 June 2022.