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Jeff Cook
Personal information
Full name Jeffery William Cook[1]
Date of birth (1953-03-14) 14 March 1953 (age 71)[1]
Place of birth Hartlepool, England[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1977 Hellenic 64 (46)
1977–1981 Stoke City 30 (5)
1978–1979 → Bradford City (loan) 8 (1)
1979–1980 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 7 (5)
1981–1983 Plymouth Argyle 55 (21)
1983–1985 Halifax Town 56 (9)
– Worksop Town
Total 156 (41)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jeffery William Cook (born 14 March 1953) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City, Halifax Town, Plymouth Argyle and Stoke City.[1][2]

Career

Cook was born in Hartlepool but began his footballing career with South African side Hellenic.[1] Coach at Hellenic was George Eastham and he left in March 1977 to become manager of Stoke City and he brought Cook to Stoke in November 1977.[1] He made to good start scoring in his second game against Blackpool but with Stoke having a poor season Eastham was replaced by Alan Durban in January 1978 and consequently Cook was loaned out to Bradford City.[1] He scored once in eight matches for the "Bantams" and then scored five in seven for Plymouth Argyle.[1] He returned to the Stoke first team in 1979–80 playing 14 matches which included four goals in three games.[1] However, he was unable to maintain his run in the first team at the Victoria Ground and left for Plymouth Argyle in October 1981 this time on a permanent basis.[1]

In 1981–82 at Home Park Cook scored 16 goals in 38 matches but he managed just five goals in 26 in 1982–83 and was sold to Fourth Division, Halifax Town. He spent two years at the Shay scoring ten goals in 65 appearances. He later played for non-league Worksop Town.

Following the end of his footballing career in 1985, he worked for the PFA's Football in the Community scheme. In 1993 he qualified as a primary school teacher and spent his entire teaching career in the same school. He went on to become Head teacher for seven years, before retiring in August 2017.

Career statistics

Source:[3]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke City 1977–78 Second Division 8 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 10 3
1978–79 Second Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1979–80 First Division 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4
1980–81 First Division 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
1981–82 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 30 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 34 7
Bradford City (loan) 1978–79 Fourth Division 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Plymouth Argyle (loan) 1979–80 Third Division 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5
Plymouth Argyle 1981–82 Third Division 35 16 2 0 1 0 0 0 38 16
1982–83 Third Division 20 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 26 5
Total 55 21 6 0 3 0 0 0 64 21
Halifax Town 1983–84 Fourth Division 30 6 1 0 2 0 1 0 34 6
1984–85 Fourth Division 26 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 31 4
Total 56 9 3 1 5 0 2 0 65 10
Career total 156 41 12 3 9 0 2 0 179 44
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  3. ^ Jeff Cook at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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