Steve Jones (soccer player, 1960)

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Steve Jones
Personnel
Surname Steven Francis Jones
birthday October 18, 1960
place of birth Liverpool ,  England
position offensive
Juniors
Years station
Manchester United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1977-1979 Manchester United 0 (0)
1979-1981 Port Vale 25 (3)
1981–? Oswestry Town
1985–? Formby FC
1 Only league games are given.

Steven Francis "Steve" Jones (born October 18, 1960 in Liverpool ) is a former English football player .

Career

Jones was a representative of the Bootle district in 1976 of the Merseyside U15 school selection (teammates include Colin Russell ) and joined Manchester United while he was still at school. At Manchester, the midfielder was part of the professional squad from 1977 to 1979, but did not get beyond missions in the reserve team.

In May 1979 he was obliged for the coming season from fourth division Port Vale after he had scored 22 goals for Manchester's reserve team in the Lancashire League in the 1978/79 season . The financially troubled club was only able to sign two free transfer players in addition to Jones with Terry Owen and Alan Woolfall during the summer break . In a chaotic 1979/80 season that saw three different club coaches ( Dennis Butler , Alan Bloor , John McGrath ), the club placed thanks to two successes in the last two game days (including a goal from Jones in the 3-0 win against the Doncaster Rovers on the last day of the match) in 20th place and thus only escaped re-election due to the more goals scored against Hereford United .

At Port Vale, Jones did not succeed in the following season under McGrath to establish himself permanently in the team. The last time Jones, who was called up in midfield and attack, came in a competitive game in January 1981 and left the club after a total of 30 competitive appearances (3 goals) at the end of the season free of charge. He continued his career in the Northern Premier League at Oswestry Town ; in October 1985 he joined Formby FC , playing in the North West Counties League .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ barryhugmansfootballers.com: Profile Steve Jones , accessed June 25, 2020
  2. ^ Merseyside goal chase . In: Liverpool Echo , January 15, 1976, p. 27.  (paid link)
  3. ↑ cf. Leslie Vernon, Jack Rollin (Eds.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1978-79 . Queen Anne Press, London 1978, ISBN 0-354-09043-7 , pp. 274 . & Leslie Vernon, Jack Rollin (Eds.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1979-80 . Queen Anne Press, London 1979, ISBN 0-354-09083-6 , pp. 244 .
  4. ↑ NO SNAGS-COLLIER SET FOR CITY . In: Coventry Evening Telegraph , May 21, 1979, p. 9.  (paid link)
  5. ↑ Jeff Kent: The Valiants' Years: The Story of Port Vale . Witan Books, Stafford 1990, ISBN 0-9529152-0-0 , pp. 258 .
  6. ↑ Jeff Kent: The Valiants' Years: The Story of Port Vale . Witan Books, Stafford 1990, ISBN 0-9529152-0-0 , pp. 258-260 .
  7. ^ Burscough's Trophy test . In: Liverpool Echo , October 4, 1985, p. 45  (paid link)
personal data
SURNAME Jones, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jones, Steven Francis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool