Career
He drifted out of the professional game after being released by Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2009. Hughes was a product of the Wolves academy, but failed to make a first team appearance after signing professional forms in 2007. He had a two-month loan spell at League Two side Bury in November 2007, making his Football League début on 24 November 2007 as a substitute in a 2-1 defeat at Morecambe.
To date, Hughes has only made three further appearances at league level
Instead he continued his playing career with non-league Pensnett United, while also entering full-time work. In June 2010 he was jailed for up for 32 months for his part in an armed robbery in his hometown of Gornal on 13 February 2010.
