Jamie Ashdown

Jamie Ashdown

Personal information
Full name	Jamie Lawrence Ashdown
Date of birth	30 November 1980 (1980-11-30)
Place of birth	Reading, England
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Portsmouth
Number	1
Youth career
1991–1998	Reading
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2004	Reading	13	(0)
2001	→ Gravesend & Northfleet (loan)	0	(0)
2002	→ Arsenal (loan)	0	(0)
2002	→ Bournemouth (loan)	2	(0)
2003–2004	→ Rushden & Diamonds (loan)	19	(0)
2004–	Portsmouth	111	(0)
2006	→ Norwich City (loan)	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:00, 30 September 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Jamie Lawrence Ashdown (born 30 November 1980 in Reading, England) is an English footballer who is currently at Portsmouth where he plays as a goalkeeper.

Reading and the Loans

Ashdown began his career at Reading, where he established a reputation as an exciting prospect. Following loan spells at Gravesend & Northfleet, Bournemouth and Rushden & Diamonds, and a work experience placement at Arsenal, Ashdown broke into Reading's first team squad as a result of an injury to first choice 'keeper Marcus Hahnemann. , he made 13 appearances for the Royals but in the summer of 2004, Ashdown declined Reading's offer of a new contract and instead signed for Premier League club Portsmouth before the start of the 2004–05 season to provide competition for Shaka Hislop, with a view to replacing the veteran on his retirement.

Portsmouth

Ashdown started his first season at Portsmouth as substitute goalkeeper but gained a starting place after an injury to Hislop. After the departure of Harry Redknapp as manager and alleged comments by Hislop, a new goalkeeper, Konstantinos Chalkias was bought to the club and given the first team place. After a number of poor performances by Chalkias, Ashdown was again restored to the first team and remained there for the remainder of the season.

In August 2005, Portsmouth signed another goalkeeper, Sander Westerveld and Ashdown was in competition with him at the beginning of the 2005–06 season for a first team place. Westerveld started the season as first choice 'keeper. However, after a number of poor performances by Westerveld he was dropped and Ashdown was again called on as Portsmouth's number one goalkeeper. With the return of former manager Harry Redknapp, Ashdown was dropped to second choice again after the arrival of Dean Kiely from Charlton Athletic in January 2006. In the 2006–07 season Ashdown faced even more competition from new high-profile signing David James.

Norwich City (Loan)

Due to the large competition for the goalkeepers spot at Fratton Park, Ashdown was given the opportunity to go out on loan, Portsmouth decided that this would help his career and joined Nowrich City. He played the first game of a loan spell with Norwich on 21 October 2006 in a 1–0 win against Cardiff City at Carrow Road, replacing Paul Gallacher in the starting XI. However, he was sent off in his next match, which Norwich went on to lose 5–0 against Stoke City and did not play again for the Canaries, returning to Pompey on 20 November 2006.

Return to Portsmouth

Ashdown returned in late 2006 and was still nowhere near the first team due to the incredible performances of David James during the 2006/2007 season. These performances put Pompey at the top of the table in the early parts of the season. Ashdown picked up an FA Cup winners' medal with Portsmouth in 2008,, although this was subsequently stolen.. Despite not playing in the FA Cup win he made 3 appearances in the 2007/2008 season. In the 2008/2009 season Portsmouth played their first ever European Match against Vitória de Guimarães which they won and qualified for the group stages of the Uefa Cup. Ashdown was the second choice goalkeeper after David James. Ashdown did not feature in the competition or in the League that season. After playing six league games during Portsmouth's 2009–10 Premier League relegation season, he was released by the club. However, before the start of the following season, he re-joined Portsmouth as their first choice goalkeeper after David James' departure to Bristol City. Since returning to Portsmouth, Ashdown get more playing as a first choice goalkeeper and 50 appearance including League Cup and FA Cup and Portsmouth has his team ranked in 16th position in the Championship. In his season season, Ashdown played badly which Portsmouth lose which led the manager replaced Ashdown in favor of newly signing Stephen Henderson as a first choice goalkeeper.

Honours

Portsmouth

Winner:

• FA Cup 2008

Runner up:

• FA Community Shield 2008
• FA Cup 2010

Career Statistics

Club

As of 14:35, 12 November 2011.

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Reading	2000–01	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2001–02	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
Total		2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
Bournemouth (loan)	2002–03	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
Total		2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
Reading	2002–03	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total		1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
Rushden (loan)	2003–04	19	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	0
Total		19	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	0
Reading	2003–04	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Total		10	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	0
Portsmouth	2004–05	16	0	1	0	4	0	-	-	21	0
	2005–06	17	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	18	0
Total		33	0	1	0	5	0	-	-	39	0
Norwich (loan)	2006–07	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Portsmouth	2007–08	3	0	0	0	2	0	-	-	5	0
	2008–09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	2009–10	6	0	0	0	2	0	-	-	8	0
	2010–11	46	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	50	0
	2011–12	9	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	9	0
Total		64	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	73	0
Overall Total		133	0	3	0	12	0	3	0	151	0

External links

• Jamie Ashdown profile at BBC Sport
• Jamie Ashdown career stats at Soccerbase