Keith Jones (English footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Keith Aubrey Jones[1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 October 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Dulwich, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–1983 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1987 | Chelsea | 52 | (7) |
1987–1991 | Brentford | 169 | (13) |
1991–1994 | Southend United | 90 | (11) |
1994–2000 | Charlton Athletic | 158 | (6) |
2000–2002 | Reading | 39 | (0) |
Total | 512 | (37) | |
International career | |||
England Schoolboys | |||
England Youth | |||
Managerial career | |||
2006–2007 | Atlanta Silverbacks Women | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Keith Aubrey Jones (born 14 October 1965) is an English retired professional football midfielder, best remembered for his time in the Football League with Brentford and Charlton Athletic. He also played for Southend United, Chelsea, Reading and was capped by England at youth level. He later became a youth and women's coach.
Club career
Chelsea and Brentford (1983–1991)
A midfielder, Jones began his career in the Chelsea youth system and made his senior debut in a 3–0 Second Division defeat to Barnsley on 26 March 1983.[2][3] After one further appearance late in the 1982–83 season, he returned to the youth team and would not appear again until 1984–85,[4] by which time the Blues had been promoted to the First Division.[3][5] Injuries allowed Jones to break through into the team in September 1984 and he remained a squad player until September 1987,[3][4] when he dropped down to the Third Division to join Brentford for a tribunal-fixed fee of £40,000.[2] By the beginning of the 1988–89 season, Jones had been appointed club captain and was a part of the Bees teams which reached the sixth round of the 1988–89 FA Cup and the 1991 Third Division play-off semi-finals.[6] His efforts during the 1990–91 season were recognised with his inclusion in the Third Division PFA Team of the Year.[7] In October 1991, a contract dispute with manager Phil Holder saw Jones transfer to Second Division Southend United for a tribunal-fixed fee of £175,000.[2]
Southend United, Charlton Athletic and Reading (1991–2002)
Despite making over 100 appearances for the club,[8] Jones' four years with Southend United yielded little success on the pitch and he transferred to First Division rivals Charlton Athletic for a £150,000 fee in September 1994.[2][9] In just under six years at The Valley, he was a part of two teams which won promotion to the Premier League – the first in 1998 after victory in the First Division play-off Final and the second two years later, when the club won the First Division title.[10][11][12] Jones was transfer-listed in May 2000 and signed a two-year contract with Second Division club Reading on a free transfer on 1 July 2000.[13][14] Now the twilight years of his career, Jones was utilised as a squad player and was a part of the team which won automatic promotion to the First Division on the final day of the 2001–02 season.[14][15][16] He was released in May 2002 and retired from football.[6][17]
International career
Jones was capped by England at schoolboy and youth level.[6]
Coaching career
Jones began his coaching career in 2000, while still a player.[18] He coached at Chelsea and Tooting & Mitcham United,[19] before moving to the United States in 2006 to coach Atlanta Silverbacks Women.[18] Jones moved to Arizona youth club SC del Sol in 2009.[18]
Honours
As a player
- Football League First Division: 1999–00[11][12]
- Football League First Division play-offs: 1997–98[10][12]
- Football League Second Division runners-up: 2001–02[15][16]
As a manager
- USL W-League Central Conference: 2007[20]
- USL W-League Atlantic Division: 2007[20]
As an individual
- USL W-League Coach of the Year: 2007[20]
- Football League Third Division PFA Team of the Year: 1990–91[7]
- Football League Young Eagle of the Month: December 1984[4]
Career statistics
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Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chelsea | 1982–83[3] | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
1984–85[3] | First Division | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 26 | 4 | ||
1985–86[3] | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
1986–87[3] | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||
Total | 54 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 10 | ||
Brentford | 1987–88[21] | Third Division | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
1988–89[21] | 40 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4[b] | 0 | 56 | 6 | ||
1989–90[21] | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 50 | 2 | ||
1990–91[22] | 45 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8[c] | 1 | 60 | 10 | ||
1991–92[22] | 6 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
Total | 169 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 213 | 20 | ||
Southend United | 1991–92[23] | Second Division | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 | |
1992–93[23] | First Division | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
1993–94[23] | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | ||
1994–95[23] | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
Total | 90 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 108 | 12 | ||
Charlton Athletic | 1994–95[23] | First Division | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||
1995–96[23] | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
1996–97[24] | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
1997–98[10] | 44 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 51 | 4 | ||
1998–99[25] | Premier League | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
1999–00[11] | First Division | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | ||
Total | 158 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 178 | 7 | ||
Reading | 2000–01[26] | Second Division | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 28 | 1 |
2001–02[15] | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
Total | 40 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
Career total | 509 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 37 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 613 | 50 |
- ^ a b Appearances in Full Members' Cup.
- ^ a b c d Appearances in Football League Trophy.
- ^ 6 appearances and 1 goal in Football League Trophy, 2 appearances in Football League Third Division play-offs.
- ^ a b Appearances in Football League First Division play-offs.
References
- ^ "Barry Hugman's Footballers – Keith Jones". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2011, p. 365.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Keith Jones". 11v11.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Keith Jones – Biography 1983/84-1987/88 – Chelsea FC". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "Football Club History Database – Chelsea". fchd.info. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Brentford FC Played for both: Chelsea". Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ a b Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 45.
- ^ "Keith Jones | Football Stats | No Club | Age 52 | 1983–2002 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "Football Club History Database – Southend United". fchd.info. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Keith Jones | Football Stats | No Club | Season 1997/1998 | 1983–2002 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Keith Jones | Football Stats | No Club | Season 1999/2000 | 1983–2002 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Football Club History Database – Charlton Athletic". fchd.info. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "CAFC". Archived from the original on 13 June 2000. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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- ^ a b "Football Club History Database – Reading". fchd.info. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "Reading release trio". 24 April 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "SC del Sol | Youth Soccer | Phoenix |". SC del Sol | Youth Soccer | Phoenix |. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "The Terrors: Cadette force for the future?". This Is Local London. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Garrett Smith Named FieldTurf Coach of the Year for Women's Soccer". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 429–431. ISBN 978-1906796716.
- ^ a b Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 476–477. ISBN 9781906796723.
- ^ a b c d e f "Keith JONES – League appearances. – Charlton Athletic FC". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Keith Jones | Football Stats | No Club | Season 1996/1997 | 1983–2002 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Keith Jones | Football Stats | No Club | Season 1998/1999 | 1983–2002 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Keith Jones | Football Stats | No Club | Season 2000/2001 | 1983–2002 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
External links
- Keith Jones at Soccerbase
- Keith Jones at premierleague.com
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Brentford F.C. players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Chelsea F.C. non-playing staff
- English footballers
- People from Dulwich
- Premier League players
- Reading F.C. players
- Southend United F.C. players
- Association football midfielders
- English Football League players
- England youth international footballers
- English expatriates in the United States
- Expatriate soccer managers in the United States
- English women's football managers
- Black English sportspeople