Steve Jones (English footballer)

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Personal information
Steve Jones
Full name	Steven Gary Jones
Date of birth	March 17, 1970 (age 37)
Place of birth	Cambridge, England
Height	6' 01"
Nickname	Jonah
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
? 1991 – 1992 1992 – 1994 1994 – 1996 1996 – 1997 1997 – 1999 1997 – 1998 1999 – 2002 2000 2000 2000 2002 – ?	Basildon Billericay Town West Ham Bournemouth West Ham Charlton Athletic → Bournemouth (loan) Bristol City → Brentford (loan) → Southend (loan) → Wycombe (loan) Hornchurch	? ? 16 (4) 74 (25) 8 (0) 53 (8) 5 (4) 37 (7) 8 (0) 9 (2) 5 (0) ?
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Steve Jones (born 17 March 1970 in Cambridge) is an English former professional footballer.

Jones started his footballing career at non-league clubs Basildon United and then Billericay Town. He moved to West Ham United in November 1992 for £22,500, and made his first senior appearance for the East London club in a reserve fixture against Southampton on 17 November 1992. He made his first-team debut away to Cosenza in the Anglo-Italian Cup on 8 December 1992, and set up the only goal of the game for Clive Allen. His first goal for the club came against Barnsley on 6 February 1993, ten minutes into his full First Division debut.

After just three starts during the 1993-94 Premiership campaign, Jones joined Bournemouth in October 1994.

In January 1996, after a successful spell at the south coast club, West Ham manager Harry Redknapp again brought the player back to Upton Park for a fee of £150,000, with Mark Watson moving to Dean Court. He joined Charlton Athletic a year later for £400,000.

After another short spell at Bournemouth, Jones moved to Bristol City and had loan spells at Brentford, Southend United and Wycombe Wanderers. He became player-coach for Ryman League team Hornchurch in June 2002.

Following retirement, Jones ran a memorabilia shop on Shaftesbury Avenue until its closure in 2006.

[edit] References

Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media, 112-113. ISBN 1 903135 50 8.
West Ham Stats
Steve Jones profile at Chairboys on the Net
Struggling Jones Turns To Web Sale, Daily Echo Online, 21 December 2006