Johnny Hunt

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.

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

Hunt started his career known as ‘Fowler’ in St Francis De Sales School Infants and Junior School in Walton, Liverpool.

He then progressed through the youth academy at Wrexham before making his first-team debut towards the end of the 2009–10 season.

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, finally breaking through as a first-team regular during the second half of the 2011–12 campaign.

He played in the Conference Premier play-offs that season as Wrexham narrowly lost to Luton Town at the semi-final stage.

The 2012–13 season marked Hunt's first full season in the first-team at Wrexham, with his first professional goal coming in a 1–1 draw with Ebbsfleet United on 18 August 2012.

He spent five seasons at Wrexham, during his time there he scored the winning penalty in the 2013 FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium.

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, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 defeat to Newport County, meaning Wrexham would remain in the Conference Premier.

Later that month he signed a new contract with Wrexham.

He made 49 appearances during the campaign, scoring three times.

During the 2013–14 season, Hunt played in defence, midfield and also as a striker.

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.

In June 2014, Hunt joined League Two club Cambridge United, although returned to Wrexham on loan one month into the 2014–15 campaign.

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".

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.

Having not played for Cambridge a month into the 2014–15 season, Hunt returned to Wrexham on 1 September 2014, on a loan deal until January 2015.

He made 14 appearances during the four-month spell, scoring once, before returning to Cambridge.

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.

On his return to Cambridge, Hunt made his Football League debut, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring Cambridge's first goal in a 3–2 away loss against Luton Town on 31 January 2015.

Hunt struggled to cement a first-team place at Cambridge and made nine appearances for the club, scoring once.

He left Cambridge when his contract was terminated by mutual consent in June 2015.

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.

He signed a new one-year contract on 23 June 2016.

He kept his place as the club's first choice left-back during the 2016–17 season, playing 41 times and scoring once.

Hunt spent the 2017–18 season at Mansfield Town, before being transfer-listed at the end of the campaign.

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.

Hunt and Chester held "initial talks" over a new contract in January 2017.

Despite talks continuing in March that year, no deal was agreed, and Chester decided against offering Hunt a new contract.

He left the club upon the expiry of his contract in May 2017.

Hunt stated his surprise at not being offered a new contract and added he "would've signed a contract there and then" had it been offered.

He made 90 appearances for the club over his two seasons there.

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.

Hunt began his career in the Wrexham youth academy.