Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robin James Hulbert | ||
Date of birth | 14 March 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Plymouth, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–1996 | Everton | ||
1996–1997 | Swindon Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2000 | Swindon Town | 29 | (0) |
1998 | → Newcastle United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Bristol City | 39 | (0) |
2003 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Telford United | 22 | (1) |
2004–2008 | Port Vale | 67 | (1) |
2008–2009 | Darlington | 27 | (2) |
2009–2012 | Barrow | 65 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Worcester City | 1 | (0) |
2013 | Barrow | 3 | (0) |
Total | 256 | (4) | |
National team | |||
1997–1998 | England U18 | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Robin James Hulbert (born 14 March 1980) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder for Conference North side Barrow. He played 297 games in a 17-year career in the Football League and Conference.
Signing professional forms with Swindon Town in 1996, he spent four years with the club, also spending a brief time on loan at Newcastle United in 1998. Joining Bristol City in 2000, he moved on to Telford United in 2003, following a loan spell at Shrewsbury Town. He transferred to Port Vale in 2004, and stayed with the club for the next four injury-blighted years. Spending the 2008–09 season with Darlington, he moved on to Barrow in 2009. He stayed for three seasons, and again struggled with injuries. He had a brief spell with Worcester City, before making a brief return to Barrow in August 2013.
Born in Plymouth, Hulbert started his career with Everton. In August 1996, he was signed by First Division Swindon Town on the agreement that Swindon would pay the "Toffees" £25,000 for every 30 games Hulbert played. He made his senior debut for the club on 25 September 1996, making a substitute appearance in a 3–1 win over Queens Park Rangers in the League Cup. He made his league debut on 18 October 1997, in a 3–1 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers, replacing Scott Leitch on 37 minutes. His next appearance was in a 1–1 draw with Port Vale at The County Ground on 29 August 1998, as he won his first start. He went on to make a further seventeen appearances in 1998–99. After thirteen games in 1999–2000, he was sold to Bristol City in March 2000 for a £25,000 fee.