| Lloyd Jones | |
| Full Name: | Lloyd Richard Jones[1] |
| Birth Date: | 7 October 1995[2] |
| Birth Place: | Plymouth, England |
| Height: | 1.91m (06.27feet)[3] |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Charlton Athletic |
| Clubnumber: | 5 |
| Youthyears1: | 2006–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | Plymouth Argyle |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | Liverpool |
| Years1: | 2013–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Liverpool |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2015 |
| Clubs2: | → Cheltenham Town (loan) |
| Caps2: | 6 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2015 |
| Clubs3: | → Accrington Stanley (loan) |
| Caps3: | 11 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs4: | → Blackpool (loan) |
| Caps4: | 10 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs5: | → Swindon Town (loan) |
| Caps5: | 24 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs6: | Luton Town |
| Caps6: | 6 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2019 |
| Clubs7: | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) |
| Caps7: | 9 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2020 |
| Clubs8: | → Northampton Town (loan) |
| Caps8: | 7 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs9: | Northampton Town |
| Caps9: | 27 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs10: | Cambridge United |
| Caps10: | 61 |
| Goals10: | 4 |
| Years11: | 2023– |
| Clubs11: | Charlton Athletic |
| Caps11: | 34 |
| Goals11: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011–2012 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2012 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2014 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 15:10, 17 August 2024 (UTC) |
Lloyd Richard Jones (born 7 October 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Charlton Athletic.
Liverpool signed Lloyd Jones in May 2011 from Plymouth Argyle for a sum of £150,000.[4]
The large figure of Jones quickly became a regular starter for Liverpool's Under-21 squad during the 2012–13 season. He was rewarded with his good performances by earning a call up to the senior squad on 12 May 2013 for Liverpool's Premier League encounter against Fulham. He was an unused substitute in the 3–1 victory for Liverpool.[5] In July 2013, he signed a three-year professional deal with the club.[6]
Jones captained the Reserve team for the latter part of the 2013–14 campaign & throughout the 2014–15 season.
On 1 January 2015, Lloyd Jones signed a six-week loan deal with Cheltenham Town along with fellow reserve teammates Kevin Stewart and Jack Dunn.[7] He made his Cheltenham, and senior debut, on 3 January in a League Two match against Oxford United which saw Cheltenham win 2–1.[8] [9] [10]
On 12 March 2015, Jones joined Accrington Stanley on a six weeks loan.[11]
On 3 August 2015, Jones signed a season long loan with Blackpool.[12] On 30 September 2015, he suffered a serious injury being out for 6 months injuring both knee & ankle in the same tackle.[13]
On 6 August 2016, Jones signed new 2-year contract with Liverpool and on the same day, he was loaned to Swindon Town.[14]
On 31 January 2018, Jones joined Luton Town for an undisclosed fee.[15] He returned to Luton's League One rivals Plymouth Argyle on 31 January 2019 on loan until the end of 2018–19.[16]
Jones was loaned to League Two club Northampton Town on 31 January 2020 until the end of the 2019–20 season.[17] His debut came a day later in a 1–0 win away to Macclesfield Town,[18] which manager Keith Curle described as "a very solid performance".[19] He made seven appearances by the time the season was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in England.[20] [21] Northampton finished in seventh place on points per game,[22] but with his Luton contract expiring at the end of June and another club showing an interest in signing him, Jones chose not to participate in the play-offs to avoid an injury.[21] [23] [24] However, the proposed move fell through and Jones failed to find a club in the summer transfer window.[21]
Northampton were promoted to League One with victory in the 2020 League Two play-off final,[25] and Jones returned to the club in October to train with them.[21] As a result of English Football League rules restricting clubs in League One to 22-man squads, Northampton could only offer Jones a contract in December, after they were able to remove another player from their squad list.[23] He re-signed for the club on 29 December on a contract until the end of the season.[20] His first appearance after returning came later that day in a 3–1 home win over Gillingham, a result that ended a run of four consecutive defeats.[21] [26] After making six successive league starts and helping the team keep three clean sheets, manager Curle praised Jones' efforts to win back his trust.[24] However, Northampton lost their next match 1–0 at home to Wigan Athletic, resulting in Curle being dismissed a day later with the club in 23rd place, and was replaced by caretaker manager Jon Brady.[27] Jones had played every minute of Northampton's 16 league matches since rejoining the club by mid-March 2021, with the team keeping seven clean sheets, and was named as captain by Brady for the first time in a 2–1 away defeat to Charlton Athletic on 9 March.[28] [29]
On 8 June 2021 Jones signed for newly promoted Cambridge United.[30]
On 30 June 2023, Jones signed for Charlton Athletic on a two-year deal.[31]
Jones is eligible to represent his birth country England as well as Wales through his Welsh father. He made eleven appearances for the Welsh under-17s scoring once. He earned one cap for the Welsh U19s before switching allegiance to England in October 2013, having rejected a call-up to the Welsh U21s.[32] He got called up for the England U19s for their 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification matches in May 2014. Jones featured in all three matches. Four months later he made his debut for the U20s in a friendly against Romania. He has played four times for the U20s.
Jones featured as a contestant on the 2024 Peacock reality dating show, Love Undercover.[33]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Liverpool | 2013–14 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cheltenham Town (loan) | 2014–15 | League Two | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Accrington Stanley (loan) | 2014–15 | League Two | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Blackpool (loan) | 2015–16 | League One | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Swindon Town (loan) | 2016–17 | League One | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
| Luton Town | 2017–18 | League Two | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Championship | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 2018–19 | League One | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Northampton Town (loan) | 2019–20 | League Two | 7 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Northampton Town | 2020–21 | League One | 27 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| Total | 34 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||||
| Cambridge United | 2021–22 | League One | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | League One | 36 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4 | ||
| Total | 61 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 4 | |||
| Charlton Athletic | 2023–24 | League One | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| 2024–25 | League One | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Total | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 195 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 222 | 12 | |||
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