Steve Jones (English footballer)

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Steve Jones
Personal information
Full name Steven Gary Jones
Date of birth March 17, 1970 (1970-03-17) (age 38)
Place of birth    Cambridge, England
Height 6' 01"
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 Isthmian League team Hornchurch in June 2002.

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

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