Luke Jones
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| Luke Jones | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luke Joseph Jones | |
| Date of birth | 10 April 1987 | |
| Place of birth | Blackburn, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Mansfield Town | |
| Number | 5 | |
| Youth career | ||
| Blackburn Rovers | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2005-2006 2005–2006 2006 2006—2008 2008 2008–2009 2009– |
Blackburn Rovers → Cercle Brugge (loan) Ashton United Shrewsbury Town → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) Kidderminster Harriers Mansfield Town |
0 (0) 8 (0) 1 (0) 14 (0) 6 (0) 30 (1) 23 (4) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Luke Joseph Jones (born 10 April 1987 in Blackburn, Lancashire) is an English professional footballer who plays for Mansfield Town. 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 Kidderminster Harriers, before most recently joining Mansfield Town.
[edit] Career
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.
He 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]
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Yates angered by Jones recall". 2008-03-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/7296529.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
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