Ray Jones
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Ray Jones | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Raymond Barry Bankote Jones | |
Date of birth | 28 August 1988 | |
Place of birth | Newham, London, England | |
Date of death | 25 August 2007 (aged 18) | |
Place of death | East Ham, Newham, London, England | |
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |
Playing position | Striker | |
Youth clubs | ||
Colchester United | ||
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
2006–2007 | Queens Park Rangers | 33 (5) |
National team | ||
2006 | England U19 | 1 (0) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Raymond Barry Bankote "Ray" Jones (28 August 1988 – 25 August 2007) was an English professional footballer who played for Queens Park Rangers.
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[edit] Career
He was rejected as a youth team player at Colchester United before impressing the managers at QPR. He made his debut for QPR against Watford in the closing stages of the 2005-06 season and scored his first league goal at Loftus Road against Hull City on 23 September 2006. On 17 November 2006, Jones scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over high flying Cardiff City.
On 5 September 2006, Jones came on as a substitute for England U-19 against the Netherlands, hence earning his only youth cap.[1]
Many Premier League clubs showed interest in Jones after several solid performances for Rangers, and QPR manager John Gregory at one point was resigned to him leaving,[2] but stated he may have been "ill advised" by his agent. However, after scoring in a 1-0 victory over Colchester United on 1 January 2007 he pledged his future to the club, which rang true a week later as he signed a new three and a half year deal,[3] which would have kept him at the club until 2010. Colchester United made a £200,000 offer for Jones in June 2007, which was rejected by QPR, but made another bid the following day, which was also turned down.[4] In total, Jones played 37 games (19 as sub) for QPR in all competitions, scoring 6 goals.[5]
[edit] Death
Jones died, along with two others, in a car accident in East Ham, London in the early hours of August 25, 2007 when the vehicle he was travelling in collided with a bus.[6] As a mark of respect QPR postponed their upcoming game with Burnley, who in turn replaced it with an open training session with proceeds going to the charity of QPR’s choice.[7] QPR have also decided to retire the number 31 shirt in memory of Jones who wore the shirt during his time at Loftus Road.[8] In their league game against Southampton on September 1, 2007 at Loftus Road all of the Queens Park Rangers players carried Ray Jones's name on the back of their shirts as a mark of respect.[9]
[edit] Statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
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App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
Queens Park Rangers | 2005-06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2006-07 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | |
Total | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Lions held by Holland", TheFA.com, 2006-09-05. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
- ^ "QPR chief resigned to Jones exit", BBC Sport, 2006-12-14. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
- ^ "Striking ace Jones commits to QPR", BBC Sport, 2007-01-06. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
- ^ "QPR reject second Colchester bid", BBC Sport, 2007-06-19. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
- ^ a b "Ray Jones Player Profile", Queens Park Rangers FC. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
- ^ "QPR's Ray Jones dies in car crash", BBC Sport, 2007-08-25. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
- ^ "Burnley Pay Their Respects", Queens Park Rangers FC, 2007-08-25. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
- ^ "REMEMBERING RAY - NUMBER 31", Queens Park Rangers FC, 2007-08-28. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
- ^ "Shirt tribute for striker Jones", Queens Park Rangers FC, 2007-08-29. Retrieved on 2007-08-29.
- ^ Ray Jones SoccerBase profile. SoccerBase. Retrieved on 2007-08-29.
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Persondata | |
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NAME | Jones, Raymond Barry Bankote |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jones, Ray, Jones, Raymond |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | Football (soccer) player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 28 August 1988 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Newham, Greater London, England |
DATE OF DEATH | 25 August 2007 |
PLACE OF DEATH | East Ham, Greater London, England |