Jay Lovett
 Lovett playing for Eastbourne Borough | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jay Lovett[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Metropolitan Police F.C. | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995–1997 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Saltdean United | ? | (?) |
| 1998–2000 | Crawley Town | ? | (?) |
| 2000–2003 | Brentford | 28 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Hereford United (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2003 | → Gravesend & Northfleet (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2003 | Farnborough Town | 9 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Lewes | 98 | (7) |
| 2004 | → Aldershot Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Eastbourne Borough | 147 | (7) |
| 2009–2010 | Whitehawk | ? | (?) |
| 2010 | Horsham | ? | (?) |
| 2010–2011 | Tooting & Mitcham United | ? | (?) |
| 2012- | Metropolitan Police F.C. | ? | (?) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:03, 27 April 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Jay Lovett (born 2 January 1978) is an English football defender and midfielder who plays for Metropolitan Police F.C.. He has spent his career playing in league football with Brentford and also non league football in both county level, with Saltdean United, and in national level where he has played for the majority of his career with Crawley Town and Eastbourne Borough.
Playing career
Early career
Lovett started his career in the west country for Plymouth Argyle in Devon but was unable start a first team game, which he moved back to Sussex and played for Saltdean United, a small team in Division Three of the Sussex County League. A season later he moved to Crawley Town in 1998 and played for two seasons. In which the then Division Two team, Brentford took interest in Jay, after watching him in a pre-season friendly and paid Crawley their record sum of £75,000 for the midfielder in July 2000.[2]
Brentford
In his first year at Brentford he was back on loan to Crawley for nine games before making 28 appearances for the first team. In 2003, Lovett made two more loan signings, firstly at Hereford United where he played for two months,[3] and a month at Gravesend & Northfleet,[4] before his contract expired at the end of the 2002–03 season.
Non-League football
Farnborough Town manager, Tommy Taylor signed Lovett in June,[5] although he played nine games, he transferred to Lewes later in the year. In 2004, Aldershot Town signed Lovett on a month loan.[6]
Lovett joined Sussex rivals Eastbourne Borough in June 2006. He spent the end of their 2006–07 campaign with a broken collar bone, but helped the team win promotion into the Conference National league at the end of the 2007–08 season via the Conference South play-off final against Hampton & Richmond Borough, the game ending 2–0.
He played in Eastbourne's first ever season in the Conference National, scoring two goals and helping to win the Sussex Senior Cup over a 1–0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion reserves, before being released in May 2009 failing to agree to a new deal with the club,[7] scoring seven goals in 149 appearances.
At the start of the 2009–10 season, Lovett signed for Whitehawk despite having offers from clubs in higher divisions, such as Grays Athletic in the Conference National, Havant & Waterlooville in the Conference South and Worthing in Isthmian League Division One South.[8]
In June 2010, Lovett signed for Isthmian League Premier Division club Horsham.[9]
After failing to hold down a regular starting berth at Horsham, Lovett joined fellow Isthmian League club Tooting & Mitcham United in October 2010. During his spell at Imperial Fields, Lovett was made the club captain and was instrumental in ensuring that Tooting & Mitcham avoided relegation. In March 2011, Lovett left Tooting & Mitcham in order to take up a position as assistant manager with Vietnamese V-League side Đồng Tâm Long An, working as assistant to Simon McMenemy.[citation needed]
Honours
Brentford
- Football League Trophy runner-up: 2001
Eastbourne Borough
- Conference South Play-off winner: 2007–08
References
- ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2002). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003. Queen Anne Press. p. 258. ISBN 9781852916480.
- ↑ "Brentford capture Crawley defender". BBC Sport. 2000-07-29. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ↑ "Bulls extend Lovett loan". BBC Sport. 2003-02-19. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ↑ "Lovett goes to Gravesend". BBC Sport. 2003-03-20. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ↑ "Taylor to bag Lovett". BBC Sport. 2003-06-09. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ↑ "Shots sign Lovett". BBC Sport. 2004-02-25. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ↑ "Hook and Lovett among Boro casualties". Eastbourne Herald. 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ↑ "Lovett joins Hawks revolution". The Argus. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ↑ "Lovett joins Hornets as Acheampong quits". Non League News 24. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2010-08-12.