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Fitz Hall
Personal information
Full name	Fitz Benjamin Hall
Date of birth	20 December 1980 (1980-12-20) (age 29)
Place of birth	London, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Newcastle United (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)
Number	5
Youth career
1997–2000	West Ham United
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2006 2006–2008 2008– 2010–	Barnet Chesham United Oldham Athletic Southampton Crystal Palace Wigan Athletic Queens Park Rangers → Newcastle United (loan)	00 (0) 21 (2) 41 (4) 11 (0) 75 (3) 25 (0) 47 (2) 01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Fitz Benjamin Hall (born 20 December 1980, Walthamstow, London) is an English footballer who plays for Newcastle United on loan from Queens Park Rangers. He is a central defender who can also play as a central midfielder. His nickname is "One Size". If his name is said with this as a prefix then the following can be heard... "One Size Fits All".

[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

Hall began his career as a West Ham United youth player on the same day as Paul Konchesky, Bobby Zamora and Jlloyd Samuel but was released at the age of 15. He was also once told that he wasn't good enough to become a professional footballer but found his lucky break through a friend that got him a trial at Barnet F.C.^[1] He then joined Barnet as part of a Youth Training Scheme, before moving to non-league Chesham United under the management of Bob Dowie.

[edit] Oldham Athletic

Hall's performances at Chesham came to the attention of Dowie's brother Iain, manager of Oldham Athletic, who bought him for £30,000 during the 2001/02, he made his debut in April 2002 and scored the winner against Stoke City. The following season really saw him shine as he was part of a defence which was only 2nd best to league champions Wigan and was named in the PFA Team of the Year. Following the financial melt down at the club Hall was sold to Premiership side Southampton for £250,000. However, he did not manage to break into Southampton's first team on a regular basis.

[edit] Crystal Palace

Hall re-joined Iain Dowie at Crystal Palace at the beginning of the 2004–05 season for £1.5m,^[2] and went straight into the first team for the club's first season back in the Premiership.

In August 2005, Hall was appointed team captain of Palace, replacing Michael Hughes following the club's relegation back to the Championship. Many fans felt that Hall's performance was being hindered by the burden of captaincy,^{[citation needed]} and after several poor performances, and several yellow cards, Hughes was re-appointed team captain in January 2006.

[edit] Wigan

Hall moved from Palace to Premiership side Wigan Athletic for an undisclosed fee on 26 June 2006.^[3] New Palace boss Peter Taylor cited a £3m get-out clause in Hall's contract as the reason for the transfer.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Queens Park Rangers

Hall was one of a number of players brought in by Championship side Queens Park Rangers during the early part of the January 2008 transfer window. He signed a four and a half year contract, after Rangers paid an undisclosed fee. Hall scored his first goal for Queens Park Rangers on the first game of 2008–09 season against Barnsley, scoring his second two minutes later, before having a penalty saved for a hat-trick.^[4]

[edit] Newcastle United

On 29 January 2010, Hall was signed on loan by Newcastle United for the rest of the season. He made his debut in the 5-1 win over Cardiff City at St James Park and put in a solid performance, before being replaced by Tamas Kadar in the closing stages of the game. ^[5]

[edit] Trivia

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As a 16-year-old he acted in a minor role in The Fifth Element playing a twelve-year-old.^[6]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Fitz Hall player profile at qpr.co.uk
• Fitz Hall player profile at wiganlatics.co.uk
• Fitz Hall career stats at Soccerbase