Stuart Tuck

Stuart Tuck
Tuck at Burgess Hill Town FC in 2016
Personal information
Full name Stuart Gary Tuck[1]
Date of birth (1974-10-01) 1 October 1974
Place of birth Brighton, England
Height 2.66 m (8 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Burgess Hill Town
Youth career
Worthing
1992-1993 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2000 Brighton & Hove Albion 93 (1)
2001–2006 Eastbourne Borough 228 (18)
2006 Burgess Hill Town
2006–2007 Bognor Regis Town
2007–2009 Burgess Hill Town
2010 Eastbourne Town
2010–2012 Whitehawk
2012 → Burgess Hill Town (loan)
2012–2018 Burgess Hill Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Stuart Gary Tuck (born 1 October 1974) is a footballer who plays as left-back and centre back. He was most recently player/assistant manager at Burgess Hill Town. He started his career at Worthing, and then moved to Brighton & Hove Albion as a YTS trainee in 1992, [2] making his league debut on 2 October 1993 in a 0-0 draw at the Goldstone Ground against Exeter City. [3]

Tuck went on to make 93 league appearances and captained Albion on several occasions.[4] He appeared at left back in the final ever game at the Goldstone Ground against Doncaster Rovers in 1997 [5] and the following week played the full 90 minutes against Hereford United in the game that secured Brighton & Hove Albion's status as a football league team.[6]

In October 2001, he moved to Eastbourne Borough, where he impressed, winning fans player of the year in the 2003–04 season and player of the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup.[7]

Tuck started the 2006-2007 season at Burgess Hill Town,[8] but then moved to Bognor Regis Town.[9] He picked up a serious achilles tendon injury against Yeading on 31 March 2007[10] but was still voted player-of-the-year. In December 2007, he joined Burgess Hill Town [11] and then Eastbourne Town,[12] after turning down an offer of the manager's job at the Green Elephants Stadium.[13]

Tuck then joined Whitehawk[14] and was part of the promotion winning team from Ryman League Division One South in 2011-2012 that also won the Sussex County Cup at the American Express Community Stadium.[15] He rejoined Burgess Hill Town for a third time, initially on loan,[16] and was then appointed player/assistant manager in November 2012 after Adam Hinshelwood stepped down.[17]

Tuck was mentioned in connection with the vacant manager's job at one of his former clubs Bognor Regis Town in May 2017.[18]

Tuck made a rare start for Burgess Hill Town in the Sussex Senior Cup in January 2018 against Saltdean United, but was sent off early in the second half.[19] He left the club in September 2018.[20]

Personal life

Tuck was born in Brighton and attended Stanley Deason Secondary School in Whitehawk. He is a PE teacher at Varndean School in Brighton, coaching and managing a number of school teams. [21]

References

  1. ↑ Stuart Tuck at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ↑ https://www.flickr.com//photos/75238685@N02/sets/72157632495726910/show/
  3. ↑ https://www.flickr.com//photos/75238685@N02/sets/72157633048208497/show/
  4. ↑ http://hugmansfootballers.com/player/19896
  5. ↑ http://www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/sport/football/albion/the-last-game-at-the-goldstone-ground-remembered-20-years-on-1-7932661
  6. ↑ http://www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/sport/football/albion/albion-s-do-or-die-match-at-hereford-remembered-20-years-on-1-7943644
  7. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/4391068.stm
  8. ↑ https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/sport/hill-tuck-in-for-first-point-1-677282
  9. ↑ http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/4545711.Ryman_premier_preview__Who_s_gone_where_/
  10. ↑ http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1915619.Tuck_signs_for_Burgess_Hill/?ref=arc
  11. ↑ http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1915619.Tuck_signs_for_Burgess_Hill/?ref=arc
  12. ↑ http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/4827823
  13. ↑ https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/sport/tuck-turns-down-hillians-after-manager-sacked-1-684911
  14. ↑ http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/8626799.Godfrey_will_be_a_hit_at_Lewes/
  15. ↑ https://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/sport/more-sport/last-minute-winner-breaks-crawley-down-s-hearts-1-3838079
  16. ↑ Meet Chappers' right-hand man at Burgess Hill Town, Mid-Sussex Times, 30 March 2017
  17. ↑ Burgess Hill Town website
  18. ↑ https://www.bognor.news/sport/el-surprise-sami-el-abd-emerges-shock-candidate-new-rocks-player-boss-role/
  19. ↑ https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/sport/football/chapman-it-was-embarrassing-for-myself-and-the-players-should-be-embarrassed-1-8357302
  20. ↑ https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/sport/football/tuck-and-brivio-leave-burgess-hill-town-wormull-comes-in-1-8621961
  21. ↑ http://www.varndean.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Teaching-Structure-Jan-15.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
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