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Albion Sports are on cloud nine
after beating FA Cup heroes
Bridlington Town 3-0, hours
after persuading striker Karl
Hall to return.
Hall was a major figure in
Albion’s Division One title
victory in 2012.
He is also a Seychelles
international and brings a
wealth of experience with him
and for the past few seasons
has been in his home country,
playing for Saint Michel United
who play in the Seychelles First
Division (also known as the
Barclays First Division is the top
division of the Seychelles
Football Federation).
Assistant manager Carl
Priestley said: “After the decent
start to the season for Albion,
having a player of Karl’s stature
back is a huge bonus for the
club. Karl brings goals, assists
and bags of ability. We look
forward to seeing him back in
the Albion shirt.” game back in his mother’s
homeland.
Hall commented: “I started
playing for Parkside when I was
ten and stayed with them until I
was 14, when I signed for
Albion Sports.” That spell will always be a very
fond memory for Hall, who
returned to England with more
than just the seven caps he
currently holds.
“I only left when I moved away
from England when I was 20
and I signed for Saint Michel in
the Seychelles.” Hall said: “I was called up for
the national team while playing
for Saint Michel and that is the
biggest and proudest
achievement of my career so
far.”
Hall was born in Bradford, as
was his father, but his mother
comes from the Seychelles. His
family is still in this area and he
returned to Bradford after
almost three years away and
immediately re-signed for Albion
Sports.
His first game back for Albion
was a successful one as he
scored in a 5-4 win over Emley.
The game was reported in the
Seychelles newspaper The
National, which shows what an
impression Hall made in the
“I played twice against
Zimbabwe and Mauritius and
once against Comores, the
Maldives and Reunion. I was
privileged to be part of a major
achievement because we (the
Seychelles) made history by
winning the Indian Ocean Island
Games for the first time.
“I took part in all five games in
the tournament and scored my
first international goal in the last
minute of extra-time in the
semi-final.”
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