Garry Jones

For the Australian Olympic cyclist, see Garry Jones (cyclist).

Garry Jones (born 11 December 1950) is a retired footballer originally from Wythenshawe. In 1965, at the age of 15, he was known locally for playing for the Manchester Schoolboys.[1]

Spending most of his career at Bolton Wanderers 1968-1975 playing 236 games and scoring 55 goals,[2] also had spells at Sheffield United F.C,[3] Los Angeles Aztecs,[4] Blackpool F.C, Hereford United F.C., Runcorn F.C..[3]

The highlight of his career came on the 5th October 1971 a hat-trick[5] against a great Manchester City Team including Tommy Booth, Joe Corrigan, Francis Lee, Mike Summerbee giving Bolton Wanderers a deserved 3-0[6] win in the Football League Cup

Honours

Bolton Wanderers

Runcorn

References

  1. ↑ Gordon McCully (December 2, 2010), Looking through The Bolton News Archives, retrieved November 11, 2013
  2. ↑ http://bwfcstats.com/play/overall/page9.html
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Garry Jones". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. ↑ http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/J/Jones.Garry.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/sportingmemories/memorablematches/3803234.October_5__1971__League_Cup_Third_Round____Wanderers_3__Man_City_0__/
  6. ↑ http://www.citytilidie.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=382&Itemid=378