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Stuart Thomas Myall (born 12 November 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He began his career in the Football League at Brighton & Hove Albion and after an unsuccessful spell at Brentford, he dropped into non-League football.

Stuart Myall

Personal information
Full name	Stuart Thomas Myall[1]
Date of birth	(1974-11-12) 12 November 1974 (age 47)
Place of birth	Eastbourne, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder, defender
Youth career
1986–1993	Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1996	Brighton & Hove Albion	80	(4)
1996–1998	Brentford	2	(0)
1996–1997	→ Hastings Town (loan)
1998–2004	Hastings United	31	(7)
2004–2005	Eastbourne Borough	17	(0)
2005–2006	Folkestone Invicta	55	(3)
2006–2008	Horsham	62	(1)
2012–2013	Eastbourne United Association	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Early life

Myall grew up in Eastbourne, East Sussex and was head boy at Cavendish School in the town.[3]

Brighton & Hove Albion

Born in Eastbourne, Myall joined the Brighton & Hove Albion's Centre Of Excellence at age 11.[4] He made his debut for the club during the 1992–93 season and made seven Second Division appearances.[4] He signed his first professional contract in April 1993.[3] He gradually broke through into the first team and made 13 league appearances during the 1993–94 season and 27 in 1994–95, scoring his first two Brighton goals during the latter campaign. In the 1995–96 season, Myall made 33 league appearances and scored two goals. He was released by manager Jimmy Case at the end of the season,[3] after the club's relegation to the Third Division was confirmed. During his time at the Goldstone Ground, Myall made 93 appearances and scored four goals.[2] In 2002, Myall recalled that he "had a great time at Brighton. It was what I always wanted to do and I was at the Albion from a very young age. I had a really fantastic time and I was disappointed when I was released in 1996 because I had played quite a few games for the club. But we got relegated and Jimmy Case wanted to bring in his own players".[3]

Brentford

Myall signed a two-year contract with Second Division club Brentford on a free transfer during the summer of 1996.[5] He failed to win a call into the first team squad during the 1996–97 season under manager David Webb and instead played for the club's reserve team,[6] scoring six goals in 20 appearances.[7] Under new manager Eddie May for the 1997–98 season, Myall had to wait until 1 November 1997 to make his debut, with a starting appearance in a 0–0 draw at AFC Bournemouth.[8] Following May's sacking and the appointment of Micky Adams, Myall failed to make an appearance and departed the club in January 1998,[9] having negotiated a settlement on his contract.[10]

Hastings United

Myall signed for Southern League Premier Division club Hastings Town prior to the start of the 1998–99 season, having previously had a spell on loan at the club during the 1996–97 season.[11] The club resigned from the Southern League in 1999 after a fifth-place finish, but was reinstated to the Southern League First Division East for the 1999–00 season. Myall won the first silverware of his career during the 2001–02 season, when he helped Hastings to the Southern League First Division East title.[12] Myall suffered an injury hit 2002–03 season and his woes were compounded by the club (now renamed Hastings United) being relegated straight back to the Southern League First Division East.[13] He made 13 appearances and scored three goals during the 2002–03 season.[14] Myall left Hastings in February 2004, after making 18 appearances and scoring four goals during the 2003–04 season.[15][16] Myall made over 250 appearances during his time with the Arrows.[17]

Eastbourne Borough

Myall signed for Southern League Premier Division club Eastbourne Borough in February 2004 and made eight appearances in what remained of the 2003–04 season.[15][16] Despite an 11th-place finish, Eastbourne were elevated to the new Conference South for the 2004–05 season, though Myall would depart the club in February 2005.[18] He made only 9 appearances during the 2004–05 season.[19]

Folkestone Invicta

Myall transferred to Isthmian League Premier Division club Folkestone Invicta on 12 February 2005.[18] He made 9 appearances and scored one goal during what remained of the 2004–05 season.[19] Myall was a virtual ever-present during the 2005–06 season and made 41 appearances, scoring three goals.[20][21] He made six appearances during the early part of the 2006–07 season, before leaving the club in September.[22] Myall made 56 appearances and scored four goals during his time with the Seasiders.

Horsham

Myall signed for Isthmian League Premier Division club Horsham in September 2006 and made 31 appearances and scored one goal during the 2006–07 season.[22] Myall left Horsham at the end of the 2007–08 season,[23] after making 33 appearances over the course of the campaign.[24] He made 64 appearances and scored one goal during his time with the Hornets.

Eastbourne United Association

Myall signed for Sussex County League Second Division club Eastbourne United Association in December 2012.[4]

Late career

Myall joined Kuala Lumpur Expat & Veterans League club KL International while resident in Malaysia.[25] After moving to Hong Kong, he played for veterans' club Discovery Bay, finishing as champions of the Legal League in the 2014–15 season.[26]

Coaching and managerial career

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Myall spent time in the US, coaching children in Atlanta and Chicago.[3] As of April 2022, he was manager of Eastbourne Town Vets.[27][28]

Personal life

During a Q&A for a Brentford matchday programme in September 1997, Myall revealed he supported Liverpool as a boy.[29] Myall worked office jobs in the early 2000s, but was inspired to become a PE teacher and enrolled on a course at Brighton University in 2002,[3] graduating with a PE degree in 2005.[30] He worked as a Head of department at a state school in Lambeth and later emigrated to Kuala Lumpur.[25] Myall moved from Kuala Lumpur to take up the position of Head of Secondary Physical Education at the Discovery Bay International School in Hong Kong.[30] He moved back to Britain in 2015 to become a Head of Section and teacher of sport at Gildredge House Free School in his hometown,[31] Eastbourne.[30]

Honours

Hastings United

• Southern League First Division East: 2001–02[12]

Discovery Bay

• Legal League: 2014–15[26]

Career statistics

This section needs expansion with: Cup appearances Hastings Town 1996–97, 1998–2003 Eastbourne United Association. You can help by adding to it. (January 2018)

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brighton & Hove Albion	Total		80	4	4	0	4	0	5	0	93	4
Brentford	1997–98[8]	Second Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Hastings United	2002–03[14]	Southern League Premier Division	13	3	0	0	—		0	0	13	3
	2003–04[16]	Southern League First Division East	18	4	0	0	—		0	0	18	4
	Total		31	7	0	0	—		0	0	31	7
Eastbourne Borough	2003–04[16]	Southern League Premier Division	8	0	—		—		—		8	0
	2004–05[19]	Conference South	9	0	0	0	—		0	0	9	0
	Total		17	0	0	0	—		0	0	17	0
Folkestone Invicta	2004–05[19]	Isthmian League Premier Division	9	1	—		—		—		9	1
	2005–06[20]		39	3	1	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	41	3
	2006–07[22]		6	0	—		—		—		6	0
	Total		54	4	1	0	—		1	0	56	4
Horsham	2006–07[22]	Isthmian League Premier Division	29	1	1	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	31	1
	2007–08[24]		27	0	3	0	—		3[lower-alpha 1]	0	33	0
	Total		56	1	4	0	—		4	0	64	1
Eastbourne United Association	2012–13[32]	Sussex County League Second Division	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Career total			242	16	9	0	4	0	10	0	265	16

References

Bibliography

• Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. ISBN 9781906796723.

External links

• Stuart Myall at Soccerbase

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