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Gary Jones
Personal information
Full name Gary Steven Jones
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Centre Forward
Team information
Current team
 Colwyn Bay (Assistant Manager)

Gary Steven Jones(born May 10, 1975 in Chester, England) is a former English footballer who played for Tranmere Rovers , Nottingham Forest and Grimsby Town. Jones played as a forward, but also could operate in the centre of midfield and as a central defender. He is currently the Assistant Manager of Colwyn Bay.

Career

As a player

Gary Jones started his career as a trainee at Tranmere Rovers in 1993, and he was a commanding force for the club, which in turn saw him move to Nottingham Forest in the Summer of 2000. Whilst at Tranmere he played in the 2000 Football League Cup Final. However after playing only a cameo role in first team affairs, he was re-joined Tranmere in 2002, initially on loan before he made the move permanent. Jones once again played a vital part in the Rovers squad, and remained a regular at Prenton Park until he was released in June,2005. He joined Grimsby Town on trial a month later and after a slow start to the 2005-06 season, due to lack of fitness, Gary provided vital goals in Grimsby's ultimately unsuccessful promotion push. He was leading goal scorer with 17 goals in all competitions and formed a very effective partnership with Michael Reddy who scored 14 goals. He was seeming going to miss the play off final due to a 90th minute red card[1] in the second leg of the semi final, but this was rescinded on appeal.[2]

He signed a new one year deal at Grimsby Town F.C. in the summer of 2007.

He enjoyed a great rapport with the fans, and his whole-hearted displays made him a big favourite. He played most of the 2007/08 season with an injury (including an appearance as a substitute at Wembley as Grimsby lost out to MK Dons in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final). Jones underwent surgery to improve his troublesome injury, but left Grimsby due to family reasons and then eventually retired.

After Football

Gary, on the 24 September 2008, was announced as the new assistant manager at Colwyn Bay Football Club[3]

Honours

Grimsby Town

Tranmere Rovers

References

  1. ^ 2006 Play off semi final, 2nd leg - Match Report at Telegraph.co.uk
  2. ^ Successful Appeal - news.bbc.co.uk
  3. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_of_wales/7633345.stm
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