Harry Arter

He came on as an 86th-minute substitute for Svetoslav Todorov as Charlton lost 3–1 after extra time.

Soon after, he was diagnosed with chronic tendonitis in his achilles which eventually ruptured, leading to almost a year out of action.

On his return to fitness, he struggled to break into the first team under new manager Phil Parkinson.

Harry Nicholas Arter (born 28 December 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder.

He is currently at club Nottingham Forest, but was not named in their playing squad for either of the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons.

He began his career at Charlton Athletic, progressing through the club's youth academy before making his professional debut in 2007.

He was loaned to non-League clubs Staines Town and Welling United before being released, subsequently joining Woking.

Turning down offers from other clubs to remain with Charlton, he made his professional debut, and only appearance for the club, on 25 September 2007 in the third round of the League Cup, away to Luton Town.

In the 2008–09 season, Arter immediately clashed with Parkinson, accusing the manager of "belittling" him by sending him for a trial with non-League club Staines Town prior to a short loan spell.

He later had a loan spell with Welling United as Charlton suffered relegation to League One and Arter was subsequently released by Parkinson as part of an effort to reduce costs at the club.

Arter later expressed his disappointment with the decision, stating "The money I was asking for [...] was nothing. I would have taken anything to stay at the time, so it wasn't down to finance, it was him (Parkinson) not liking me as a footballer."

Despite his release, he was allowed to train with Charlton's youth team by coach Steve Avory who had worked with Arter for several years in his youth career.

Arter later undertook unsuccessful trials with Gillingham and Ipswich Town and even offered to remain with Charlton without pay but was rejected by Parkinson.

On 2 June 2009, Arter signed for Conference South club Woking on a one-year contract along with his former Charlton teammate Aswad Thomas, after being recommended by assistant manager Jimmy Dack who had worked with Arter previously at Welling.

Arter had been waiting for a firm offer to join AFC Wimbledon but accepted Woking's offer after Wimbledon failed to call back.

He made his debut for the club in the opening day of the 2009–10 season, during a 2–1 victory over his former team Welling United.

On 24 October 2009, Arter scored a hat-trick for the club during a 5–0 win over Hendon in the FA Cup.

At the end of the 2009–10 season, it was well documented that Arter would be leaving Woking, with several Football League clubs chasing Arter.

Woking's website soon confirmed that Arter had agreed to sign for AFC Bournemouth with the fee to be decided by an FA tribunal, as the two clubs could not agree a transfer fee, with Woking hoping to receive around £30,000 for the move after rejecting Bournemouth's initial £2,000 offer.

Arter later described how he had planned to give up football if his season with Woking had failed.

On 7 June 2010, Arter joined League One club Bournemouth for an undisclosed fee, later stated as £4,000, signed by Eddie Howe.

The club had moved to sign Arter after impressing assistant manager Jason Tindall during a scouting assignment, with a previous transfer embargo having been recently lifted.

Two months later, after impressing during the club's preseason fixtures, he made his debut in their first match of the season, away to his former team Charlton.

He was booked in the first half for a foul on Akpo Sodje and substituted at half time for Michael Symes as Bournemouth lost 1–0.

He was subsequently dropped from the first team, not making another start in the league for Bournemouth until November, having also been hampered by a hernia.

The hernia eventually required surgery, resulting in Arter being ruled out for a month.

After one season at Woking, he returned to The Football League with Bournemouth, becoming a first team regular following a loan to Carlisle United in 2011.

Having fallen out of favour under new manager Lee Bradbury, despite being handed a new three-year contract following his appointment, on 4 March 2011, Arter went on a one-month loan to fellow League One club Carlisle United in order to gain first team experience.

The next day he made his debut for the club, replacing Liam Noble for the last 30 minutes away to Brighton & Hove Albion.

He scored an extra-time equaliser, the first of his professional career, but a minute later Liam Bridcutt scored Brighton's winner in a 4–3 victory.

He made four further appearances for the club during his loan spell before returning to Bournemouth.

The sales of Danny Hollands and Anton Robinson during the 2011 summer transfer window allowed Arter to gain increased first team experience with Bournemouth.

On 13 August 2011, Arter replaced Mark Molesley in the 66th minute of a match against Sheffield Wednesday at Dean Court, and 17 minutes later confirmed a 2–0 win with his first goal for the club.

going on to score in his two following appearances, a 3–1 defeat to Stevenage and a 2–1 victory over his former team Carlisle.

He contributed to Bournemouth's promotion to the Championship in 2013, and to the Premier League two years later.

Born and raised in England, Arter represents the Republic of Ireland internationally.

He played for the nation at under-17 and under-19 level, and made his senior debut in June 2015.

Born in Sidcup, Greater London, to parents Terry and Linda Arter, he was raised in the nearby area of Eltham.

He has three brothers, Benji, Daniel and Paddy and a sister, Carly.

He began his career with Charlton Athletic, joining the club's youth system at the age of seven.