| Richard Jackson | |
| Fullname: | Richard Jackson[1] |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Whitby, England |
| Position: | Right-back |
| Years1: | 1997–1999 |
| Clubs1: | Scarborough |
| Caps1: | 22 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1999–2007 |
| Clubs2: | Derby County |
| Caps2: | 118 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2007–2008 |
| Clubs3: | Luton Town |
| Caps3: | 29 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs4: | Hereford United |
| Caps4: | 25 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2009 |
| Clubs5: | Whitby Town |
| Caps5: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2009–2011 |
| Clubs6: | Burton Albion |
| Caps6: | 5 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 201 |
| Totalgoals: | 0 |
Richard Jackson (born 18 April 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Born in Whitby, North Yorkshire,[1] Jackson began his career at Third Division club Scarborough, as a trainee in August 1997. He made his first-team debut for the club in a 4–0 win at home to Doncaster Rovers on 1 November 1997. Jackson signed his first professional contract with Scarborough on 27 March 1998.[1] In 1998–99, Jackson made 22 appearances in all competitions for Scarborough.
Jackson signed for Premier League club Derby County in March 1999 for a transfer fee of £30,000.[1] He did not feature for the club until making successive appearances in the final two matches of 1999–2000, including his debut for Derby in a 0–0 draw at home to Newcastle United on 6 May 2000. Jackson made three appearances in 2000–01, and seven in 2001–02 respectively, with the latter resulting in Derby's relegation to the First Division.[2] He broke into the first-team on a regular basis in 2002–03, during which he made 21 appearances, and was offered a new contract at the end of the season.[3] Jackson consolidated his place in the first-team in 2003–04, making 37 appearances, and signed a new two-year contract on 12 May 2004.[4] He made 20 appearances in 2004–05, until he suffered a groin injury in a match against Leeds United in January 2005, which ruled him out of first-team action until May as Derby reached the Championship play-offs.[5] [6] Jackson featured in both play-off semi-final matches against Preston North End, which resulted in a 2–0 defeat for Derby on aggregate.[7] He made 27 appearances in 2005–06, which was interrupted by another groin injury that saw him ruled out of first-team action for all of September and October 2005 and a hamstring injury that ruled him out for several weeks in the spring of 2006.[8] [9] By this time, Jackson was the longest serving player at Derby and, on 26 January 2006, signed a contract keeping him at the club until the summer of 2008.[10] However, Jackson made only seven further appearances for Derby in 2006–07.
Jackson moved to newly relegated League One club Luton Town on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract on 8 August 2007.[11] He made his Luton debut on the opening day of 2007–08 in a 2–1 win at home to Hartlepool United. Jackson made 37 appearances in all competitions, but his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 21 August 2008.[12]
On 4 September 2008, Jackson signed a one-year contract with League One club Hereford United.[13] He made his Hereford debut one day later in a 1–1 draw at home to Swindon Town.[14] Jackson made 26 appearances for Hereford, but left the club before the end of the season.[15]
On 22 October 2009, Jackson was set to sign for Darlington as one of four new players brought in by manager Steve Staunton, but Jackson's own deal fell through.[16] He dropped into non-league to play for his hometown club Whitby Town, before he was signed by League Two club Burton Albion on a one-month contract on 4 December 2009, managed by his former Derby and Luton teammate Paul Peschisolido as cover for injuries to Ryan Austin and Andrew Corbett.[17] He made his debut one day later when he was named in the starting lineup in a 2–2 draw away to Rotherham United.[18] He made two further appearances, before signing a new one-and-a-half-year contract until the end of 2010–11.[19] However, Jackson only made two appearances during this time as a result of various injuries, and was released by Burton at the end of 2010–11.[20]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Scarborough | 1997–98 | Third Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1998–99 | Third Division | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Derby County | 1998–99 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1999–2000 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2000–01 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2001–02 | Premier League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2002–03 | First Division | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2003–04 | First Division | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2004–05 | Championship | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Championship | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07 | Championship | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 118 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 0 | |||
| Luton Town | 2007–08 | League One | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Hereford United | 2008–09 | League One | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Whitby Town | 2009–10[21] | NPL Premier Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Burton Albion | 2009–10 | League Two | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Career total | 201 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 221 | 0 | |||