Jon Ashton (soccer player, 1979)

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Jon Ashton
Personnel
Surname Jonathan Frank Ashton
birthday 4th August 1979
place of birth Plymouth ,  England
position External defense (right)
Juniors
Years station
Plymouth Argyle
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1997-2000 Plymouth Argyle 34 (0)
2000-2001 Exeter City 13 (0)
2001-2002 FC Hayes 19 (0)
Dulwich Hamlet
Bodmin Town
Bridgwater Town
Paulton Rovers
1 Only league games are given.

Jonathan Frank "Jon" Ashton (born August 4, 1979 in Plymouth ) is a former English football player .

Career

Ashton was a trainee in the Plymouth Argyle Youth Training Scheme in the mid-1990s before he received his first professional contract in July 1997. In his first year as a professional he came only in August 1997 to a seven-minute competitive game in the League Cup against Oxford United for the first team from Plymouth, mostly he played as a central defender in the reserve team. From December 1999 Ashton established himself as a right full-back and convinced with his speed and determination in a duel. Over the next few months he came to 26 appearances in the fourth division season 1998/99 as well as six appearances in various cup competitions. He had an unusual appearance in March 1999 at Chester City after starting goalkeeper Jon Sheffield had to be replaced after 30 minutes with a concussion. Since there was no nominal goalkeeper on the bench, the choice fell on Ashton, who conceded three goals in the following 60 minutes when his team lost 3-2. Not only players from opposing teams had to experience his tough duel. In a humorous interview from 2010, his former teammate Chris Hargreaves described Ashton as the “toughest opponent”, because he was so “awkward” in training that he regularly unintentionally played a player Cleared the flying tackle.

He received a new contract from coach Kevin Hodges for the 1999/2000 season , but was unable to build on his performance from the previous season and lost his regular place early in the season - also due to injury. After a total of only eleven competitive appearances during the season, his contract was not extended beyond the end of the season. Ashton found a new employer in local rivals and fourth division rivals Exeter City . At Exeter, he was only used regularly in the first two months before he was mostly only in the reserve team due to injury problems and the associated loss of form and received no new contract offer at the end of the season.

For the 2001/02 season he signed a two-year contract with fifth division FC Hayes , where he stood out with his robust style of play, which also earned him numerous yellow cards. After 22 competitive appearances, 19 of them in the league, his contract was dissolved again in March 2002. In the following years he played in non-league football for Dulwich Hamlet , Bodmin Town, Bridgwater Town and the Paulton Rovers , before an Achilles tendon injury forced him to end his career at the age of 26 . He has been working in the financial sector since 2003.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jon Ashton in the database of barryhugmansfootballers.com (English). Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998-99 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 1998, ISBN 1-85291-588-9 , pp. 18 .
  3. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 1999, ISBN 1-85291-607-9 , pp. 18 .
  4. ^ Luke hits a double . In: Liverpool Echo , March 29, 1999, p. 44  (paid link)
  5. ↑ argylelegends.co.uk: Player Of The Month May 2010 , accessed April 20, 2019
  6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 2000, ISBN 1-85291-626-5 , pp. 19 .
  7. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Exxus Ltd, London 2001, ISBN 0-946531-34-X , pp. 17 .
  8. ↑ a b grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk: Ashton, Jonathan , accessed April 20, 2019
  9. ^ John Harman: Alliance to Conference 1979-2004: The First 25 Years . Tony Williams Publications, 2005, ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7 , pp. 323 .
  10. ↑ hyufc.com: AZ of Hayes FC - Anthony - Ayres , accessed April 20, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Ashton, Jon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ashton, Jonathan Frank (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Plymouth