Steve Jones (footballer, born December 1970) explained

Steve Jones
Fullname:Stephen Robert Jones[1]
Birth Date:25 December 1970
Birth Place:Bristol, England
Position:Defender
Years4:1994–1995
Years5:1995–2001
Years6:2001–2003
Years7:2003
Years8:2003–2009
Years9:2009–2013
Clubs1:Wotton Rovers
Clubs2:Fairford Town
Clubs3:Forest Green Rovers
Clubs4:Cheltenham Town
Clubs5:Swansea City
Clubs6:Cheltenham Town
Clubs7:Forest Green Rovers
Clubs8:Bath City
Clubs9:Bishop's Cleeve
Caps1:?
Goals1:?
Caps2:?
Goals2:?
Caps3:?
Goals3:?
Caps4:?
Goals4:?
Caps5:146
Goals5:4
Caps6:10
Goals6:0
Caps7:11
Goals7:0
Caps8:242
Goals8:6

Stephen Robert Jones (born 25 December 1970) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Swansea City and Cheltenham Town.

Career

Jones played locally in Gloucestershire for Wotton Rovers as well as for Fairford Town before joining Forest Green Rovers. He then joined Cheltenham Town before earning a £25,000 move to Swansea City. He was part of the Swansea side that reached the Third Division play-off final in the 1996–97 season and the following season overcame a broken leg to help Swansea reach the play-offs again under manager John Hollins. In the following 1999–2000 season Jones featured heavily again as Swansea were crowned Third Division champions.[2]

In 2001, Jones returned to Cheltenham Town who were now in the Football League however he was again hit by injuries including another broken leg and in 2003 he was released by manager Bobby Gould.

Jones then returned to Forest Green Rovers who were by now competing in the Conference National.[3] Jones made just 11 appearances for Forest Green under manager Colin Addison.[4]

He then moved to Twerton Park to sign for Bath City where he made 242 appearances between 2003 and 2009 before being released.[5]

He then signed for Southern League side Bishops Cleeve in the summer of 2009.[6] Following the departure of long serving manager Paul Collicutt at the end of the 2010/11 season, Jones was elevated to player-assistant manager following the promotion of Alex Sykes to manager. He left the club, alongside Sykes, in April 2013.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Barry J. . Hugman . The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . 2003 . Queen Anne Press . 9781852916510 . 233 .
  2. Web site: Past Players . swanseacity.net . 1 May 2008.
  3. Web site: Team-by-team guide . The Telegraph. 5 August 2003.
  4. Web site: The A-Z of all Rovers Conference Players . forestgreenroversfc.co.uk.
  5. Web site: Past Players . ilovebathcity.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713010715/http://ilovebathcity.com/index_golf.htm . 13 July 2011.
  6. Web site: Ex-Robin Jones to make Cleeve debut . thisisgloucestershire . 21 July 2009.
  7. Web site: Sykes quits as Bishop's Cleeve boss . Non League Daily . 30 April 2013.