Luke Jones

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Luke Jones
Personal information
Full name Luke Joseph Jones
Date of birth 10 April 1987 (1987-04-10) (age 24)
Place of birth Blackburn, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Kidderminster Harriers
Number 4
Youth career
Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2006 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
2005–2006 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 8 (0)
2006 Ashton United 1 (0)
2006–2008 Shrewsbury Town 14 (0)
2008 → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 6 (0)
2008–2009 Kidderminster Harriers 30 (1)
2009–2010 Mansfield Town 23 (4)
2010–2011 Forest Green Rovers 45 (1)
2011– Kidderminster Harriers 22 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:40, 19 January 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Luke Jones (born 16 August 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Kidderminster Harriers. He plays in the position of central defence but can also operate at right back. His previous clubs include League Two side Shrewsbury Town and Conference National side Forest Green Rovers.

[edit] Career

Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, Jones began his career as a youngster at Premier League team Blackburn Rovers, where he helped the youth team to the semi-final of the FA Youth Cup in 2004, in addition to captaining the side when they won the FA Premier Academy League in 2005, and appearing for the reserve team.[1] He spent the 2005–06 season on loan at Cercle Brugge in Belgium, playing in 8 games, but was released by Blackburn in the summer of 2006.

e joined Ashton United,[1] for whom he made one appearance in the UniBond Northern Premier League in September 2006. After a trial period with Shrewsbury Town,[2] he joined the club in November 2006 until the end of the 2006–07 season.[3] After making five appearances for Shrewsbury, his contract was extended in February 2007 by another year until summer 2008.[4] Jones made twelve appearances in the 2006–07 season, including in both legs of the League Two play-off semi-final against Milton Keynes Dons.[5] He was named on the team-sheet for the League Two play-off final at Wembley in May 2007, but was unable to play after injuring his knee during the warm-up before the game.[6] His knee injury required surgery[6] and it was four months later before he was able to return to full training.[7]

Jones returned to first-team action in November, but, with strong defensive competition, struggled to hold down a regular place in the team.[8] He joined Conference side Kidderminster Harriers on a one-month loan in February 2008,[9] which was extended for a further month.[10] New manager Paul Simpson chose to recall Jones early and he returned to Shrewsbury during March.[11] He made three further appearances for Shrewsbury,[8] but was released by the club at the end of the 2007–08 season.[12] After the successful loan spell earlier in the season, Jones joined Kidderminster in May 2008 on a one-year contract.[13]

At the end of the 2008–09 season Jones was released by Kidderminster, having made 32 appearances.[14] On 11 May 2009, he signed for Mansfield Town.[15]

In June 2010 Jones was recruited by Conference side Forest Green Rovers and was awarded a one year contract[16]. He was appointed first team captain at The New Lawn. Jones finished the season for Forest Green having played every minute in all but one league game. He was awarded with the Forest Green Rovers Directors Player of the Year for the 2010/11 season at the clubs end of season awards dinner.

Despite being offered a new contract by Forest Green, Jones returned to former club Kidderminster Harriers on 18 May 2011.[17]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Two in – two out at Ashton". Non League Daily. 2006-09-23. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=37462. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 
  2. ^ "Triple boost for Green". Non League Daily. 2006-10-09. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=37776. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 
  3. ^ "Shrewsbury bag ex-Blackburn man". BBC Sport. 2006-11-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/6114654.stm. Retrieved 2007-04-23. 
  4. ^ "Jones handed new Shrewsbury deal". BBC Sport. 2007-02-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/6368887.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-01. 
  5. ^ "Games played by Luke Jones in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Racing Post. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=45679&seasonid=136. Retrieved 2008-06-01. 
  6. ^ a b "Jones targets pre-season return". BBC Sport. 2007-06-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/6730263.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-01. 
  7. ^ "Jones close to Shrewsbury return". BBC Sport. 2007-09-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/6988862.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-01. 
  8. ^ a b "Games played by Luke Jones in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Racing Post. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=45679&seasonid=137. Retrieved 2008-06-01. 
  9. ^ "Constable & Bevan leave Harriers". BBC Sport. 2008-02-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/7221569.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-01. 
  10. ^ "Harriers extend Jones loan-spell". BBC Sport. 2008-03-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/7275642.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-01. 
  11. ^ "Yates angered by Jones recall". BBC News. 2008-03-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/7296529.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-01. 
  12. ^ "Five go as Shrews start clear-out". BBC Sport. 2008-04-29. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/7374195.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-01. 
  13. ^ "Three new players in at Harriers". BBC Sport. 2008-05-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/7422108.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-01. 
  14. ^ "Kidderminster boss releases seven". BBC Sport. 2009-05-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/8045147.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-08. 
  15. ^ "Holdsworth rebuilds for new term". BBC Sport. 2009-05-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/8043910.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-13. 
  16. ^ "Forest Green Rovers sign eight players". BBC Sport. 17 June 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/forest_green_rovers/8746785.stm. Retrieved 25 December 2011. 
  17. ^ "Defender Jones returns". harriers.co.uk. 18 May 2011. http://www.harriers.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10438~2362621,00.html. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 

[edit] External links

Kidderminster Harriers F.C. – current squad
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