Billy Jones (footballer born 1983)

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Billy Jones
Personal information
Full name	William Kenneth Jones
Date of birth	June 26, 1983 (1983-06-26) (age 24)
Place of birth	Gillingham, England
Height	6' 1" (185cm)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Crewe Alexandra
Number	3
Youth clubs
	Leyton Orient
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2004 2004–2005 2005–2007 2007–	Leyton Orient Kidderminster Exeter City Crewe Alexandra	72 0(0) 12 0(0) 83 (17) 10 0(0)
National team
2005-2007	England National Game XI	01 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:00, 7 October 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

William Kenneth "Billy" Jones (born June 26, 1983 in Gillingham) is a footballer with Coca-Cola League 1 side Crewe Alexandra. A defender, he was Exeter's first signing of the 2005 pre-season, re-uniting with Alex Inglethorpe, whom he had worked with during his time in Leyton Orient's youth setup.

His league debut came for Orient, in January 2001, when he was just 17. Over the next four seasons he played 79 games for the club, moving to Kidderminster Harriers in January 2005. Unfortunately, though, Kidderminster were relegated from the Football League, and Jones moved to Exeter at the end of the season.

Jones followed former teammate Dan Woodards to League One club Crewe Alexandra for £65,000 on a three-year deal. on 30 May 2007. Jones will become Crewe's second signing of the season from a non-league club.^[1]

[edit] Career statistics

(correct as of May 23, 2007)

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Leyton Orient	2000-01	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
	2001-02	16	0	3 (1)	0	-	-	-	-	19 (1)	0
	2002-03	22 (2)	0	-	-	1	0	-	-	23 (2)	0
	2003-04	29 (2)	0	-	-	1	0	0 (1)	0	30 (3)	0
	All	68 (4)	0	3 (1)	0	2	0	0 (1)	0	73 (6)	0
Kidderminster	2004–05	10 (2)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	10 (2)	0
	All	10 (2)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	10 (2)	0
Exeter City	2005–06	36 (1)	7	1	0	-	-	2	0	39 (1)	7
	2006–07
	All	36 (1)	7	1	0	-	-	2	0	39 (1)	7
Crewe Alexandra	2007-08	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	All	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
Career totals		165 (7)	17	5 (1)	0	3	0	2 (1)	0	175 (9)	17

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Billy Jones career stats at Soccerbase

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