Johnny Hunt

John Hunt (born 23 August 1990) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays for Bootle as a left-back.

Hunt progressed through the youth academy at Wrexham before making his first-team debut towards the end of the 2009–10 season. He spent five seasons at Wrexham, during his time there he scored the winning penalty in the 2013 FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium. In June 2014, Hunt joined League Two club Cambridge United, although returned to Wrexham on loan one month into the 2014–15 campaign. He left the Cambridge by mutual consent in June 2015 and immediately signed for National League club Chester, where he played regularly for two years. Hunt spent the 2017–18 season at Mansfield Town, before being transfer-listed at the end of the campaign. He subsequently joined Stevenage on a free transfer in June 2018 and spent one season there before signing for Hamilton in July 2019. Hunt has also represented the England C team.

Club career Wrexham Hunt began his career in the Wrexham youth academy. He made his first-team debut for Wrexham on 20 April 2010, starting in a 1–0 away defeat to Oxford United. Hunt played just five times over the following two seasons, Hunt scored the winning penalty as Wrexham won the FA Trophy courtesy of a 4–1 penalty shootout victory over Grimsby Town at Wembley Stadium on 24 March 2013. Hunt would return to Wembley two months later as Wrexham made the Conference Premier play-off final in May 2013, Later that month he signed a new contract with Wrexham. He made 49 appearances during the campaign, scoring three times. He received the first red card of his career for a tackle on Curtis Weston in a 1–1 draw with Barnet on 13 October 2013. He finished as the club's top goalscorer for the campaign with 12 goals in 46 appearances, ending the season playing as a striker and scoring four goals in the club's final six league matches. With his contract set to expire, Hunt turned down a new contract offer from Wrexham in June 2014, with Wrexham stating he was set to join "an unnamed League Two club".

Cambridge United Hunt subsequently signed a two-year contract with League Two club Cambridge United on 11 June 2014. Despite being out of contract, Wrexham stated they had agreed a compensation package with Cambridge for the player as he was under the age of 23. He made 14 appearances during the four-month spell, scoring once, before returning to Cambridge. Hunt struggled to cement a first-team place at Cambridge and made nine appearances for the club, scoring once.

Chester On the same day his departure from Cambridge was announced, Hunt joined National League club Chester on a free transfer. He made a goalscoring debut for Chester when he "beat two Braintree defenders before curling into the far corner" in a 1–0 home victory over Braintree Town on 8 August 2015. Hunt was a regular throughout the campaign as he made 49 appearances in all competitions, scoring three times, as Chester consolidated their place in the National League courtesy of a 17th-place finish.

He kept his place as the club's first choice left-back during the 2016–17 season, playing 41 times and scoring once. During the campaign, Hunt was also sent-off twice within the space of four appearances, consequently missing six matches through suspension at the start of 2017. Despite talks continuing in March that year, no deal was agreed, and Chester decided against offering Hunt a new contract. He made his Mansfield debut three weeks into the new campaign, playing the whole match in a 3–1 loss to Lincoln City in the EFL Trophy. Hunt was originally second choice left-back to Mal Benning at the start of the season, but cemented his place a first-team regular from September through to December 2017, with Mansfield manager Steve Evans stating Hunt was "in front of Benning by a nose". Following a change of management, Hunt made just three appearances during the second half of the season. New Mansfield manager David Flitcroft stated Hunt had asked to be guaranteed first-team football, which he could not do, and that Hunt's position in the squad could also prevent the progress of youth graduate left-back Henri Wilder. Hunt made 21 appearances during his one season at Mansfield. He made his Stevenage debut in the club's opening match of the 2018–19 season, a 2–2 draw with Tranmere Rovers at Broadhall Way, in which he was sent-off for two bookable offences. Hunt made 33 appearances during the season as Stevenage finished in tenth position in League Two, one point off of the play-off places. He was released by Stevenage at the end of the season.

Hamilton Academical Hunt signed for Scottish Premiership club Hamilton Academical on 1 July 2019.

Kettering Town On 29 October 2020, Hunt joined National League North side Kettering Town. On 14 November 2020, it was announced that Hunt had left the club after having played just one game for the Poppies.

Prestatyn Town On 20 December 2020, Hunt signed for Cymru North side Prestatyn Town. He left the club without making an appearance due to the suspension of football in Wales below elite level due to the impact of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

Connahs Quay Nomads The following month, he signed for Connah's Quay Nomads. He left the club at the end of the season.

Warrington Rylands 1906 In January 2022 he signed for Warrington Rylands 1906.

Bootle In May 2023 he signed for Bootle.

International career Hunt was called up to represent the England C team, who represent England at non-league level, on 29 May 2013, having initially been on manager Paul Fairclough's stand-by list. He made his England C debut when he played the full 90 minutes in a 6–1 victory over Bermuda on 4 June 2013 in Hamilton.

Style of play Hunt predominantly plays at left-back. Conference Premier

2010–11 Conference Premier

2011–12 Conference Premier

2012–13 Conference Premier

2013–14 Conference Premier

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2015–16 National League

Stevenage

Hamilton Academical 2019–20 Scottish Premiership

Kettering Town 2020–21 National League North

Prestatyn Town 2020–21 Cymru North

Connah's Quay Nomads 2020–21 NPL Division One West

2022–23 NPL Premier Division

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Honours Wrexham FA Trophy: 2012–13