Marcus Jones (footballer)

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Marcus Jones
Personal information
Full name Marcus Jones
Date of birth (1974-06-24) 24 June 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Stone, England
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Stoke Ciy 0 (0)
1992–1993 Stafford Rangers
1993–1994 Chasetown
1994–1995 Bolehall Swifts
1995–1996 Willenhall Town
1996–1997 Hinckley Athletic
1997 Kingstonian
1997 VS Rugby
1997–1999 Telford United
1999–2000 Scarborough 52 (1)
2000–2001 Cheltenham Town 2 (0)
2001 Yeovil Town 12 (0)
2001 Northwich Victoria 11 (1)
2001–2002 Scarborough 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcus Jones (born 24 June 1974) is an English former footballer who played as a defender in the Football League. He made only two Football League appearance for Cheltenham Town[1] He had spent the vast majority of his career in non league football with teams like Yeovil Town, Northwich Victoria, Scarborough and Telford United.

Playing career[edit]

Born in Stone, Staffordshire, Jones began his career at Stoke City, before embarking on a non league career with teams such as Chasetown, Bolehall Swifts, Willenhall Town, Hinckley Athletic, VS Rugby, Stafford Rangers, Telford United, Scarborough.

He made a surprise move to Cheltenham Town in November 2000[2] due to an injury crisis at Whaddon Road. He made his debut in an LDV Trophy match against Southend United and his first Football League appearance vs Scunthorpe United as a sub. His first and only other start for the club was against Torquay United on 6 January 2001. He left soon after and joined Yeovil Town,[3] making his debut on 17 February 2001 against Boston United.[4]

After leaving Yeovil Town he went back north this time to Northwich Victoria where he was team captain.

He later returned to the Scarborough area and turned out for local team Eastfield[5] as well as playing local Sunday football for teams like Strongwood and Star, before being appointed player coach at Scarborough Town in 2008.[6]

Career statistics[edit]

Source:[7]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke City 1992–93 Second Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scarborough 1999–2000 Football Conference 36 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 38 1
2000–01 Football Conference 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Total 52 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 54 1
Cheltenham Town 2000–01 Third Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Yeovil Town 2000–01 Football Conference 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Northwich Victoria 2001–02 Football Conference 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Scarborough 2001–02 Football Conference 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
Career total 84 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 88 2

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player3/marcusjones.html [bare URL]
  2. ^ ESPN.com. "Transfers - November 2000" Archived 7 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. 30 November 2000. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
  3. ^ Ley, John. "February transfers". The Daily Telegraph, 7 March 2001. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
  4. ^ http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/asp/statistics/player_profile.asp?PlayerName=Marcus%20Jones&SummaryFlag=True | Yeovil Town profile from ciderspace
  5. ^ Charity is the winner at salt memorial thescarboroughnews.co.uk Retrieved 18 March 2020
  6. ^ Ex boro players town job thescarboroughnews.co.uk Retrieved 18 March 2020
  7. ^ Marcus Jones at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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