How did they get here ? Asa Hall

Asa Hall’s footballing career began in the youth system of Wolverhampton Wanders before moving to Birmingham City’s youth set up where he would eventually sign his first professional contract aged 17. Asa would become a regular starting player for the Birmingham City reserve side and would earn himself two youth caps for England playing once for the u19s and one for the u20s in 2005.

Hall had three loan spells during his time at City, making 12 appearances during a three month period at Boston United in League Two. Asa would spend the last month of the 2006/07 season on loan at Ashford Town where he scored one goal in 10 appearances. The last loan during his time contracted to Birmingham City came in January 2008 when Asa joined Shrewsbury Town until the end of the season, making 15 appearances and finding the back of the net 3 times.

Asa was released from his contract at Birmingham City following his Shrewsbury loan spell and would then go on to sign for Luton Town where he would spend the next two seasons making 89 appearances and scoring 15 goals for the club. Hall was a regular starter for Luton during his first season with The Hatters and would score in a penalty shoot out against Brighton and Hove Albion in the 2009 Football League Trophy Semi-Final to help take Luton to Wembley where Luton would beat Scunthorpe United 3-2 to lift the trophy in front of 40,000 Luton fans.

Following a second season fighting for his spot in the first team at Luton, Asa was released from his contract and found a new home at Oxford United, making 75 appearances before signing a contract with Shrewsbury Town in 2012 at the end of his contract. Hall would go out on loan twice more during his time with Shrewsbury at both Aldershot Town and Oxford United.

Cheltenham Town would be the next destination in Asa’s playing career, signing for the League Two club following Shrewsbury Town’s relegation in 2014, but a calf injury on his debut for the club would keep him out of the action for a year. Hall went on to join York City on a one month loan where he once again picked up silverware at Wembley after starting in a York City side that would beat Macclesfield Town 3-2 in the 2017 FA Trophy Final. Hall was then released by Cheltenham at the end of the 2016/17 season.

On the 23rd of June 2017, Asa signed for National League side Barrow and made 37 appearances in his one and only season with the club. The next club would come to define Asa’s playing career, signing for National League South side Torquay United, a club that Hall would go onto captain and eventually make 192 appearances for scoring 46 goals for the The Gulls.

Asa signed for Tiverton United in June 2024 following his six season stint with Torquay United and would become a vital part of a struggling Tiverton Town side. Following the departure of Leigh Robinson and Ben Gerring, Asa would step up alongside Niall Thompson to briefly become interim manager while the club searched for someone to take the job full time. Hall would briefly return to his role as a player after the club signed Rob Dray however, with ten games left of the season, Dray decided to step away from the club and Hall once again took on the role with a view to see out the season as player manager with Steven Orchard stepping up as his assistant.

In April 2024, following a good turn around of results, Asa was offered the manager role at Tiverton permanently.