Steve Jones (footballer, born 1957)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Russell Jones[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 July 1957[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Eastbourne, England | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1972–1973 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1978 | Queens Park Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| 1979–1979 | Walsall | 15 | (0) |
| 1979–1983 | Wimbledon | 79 | (1) |
| Total | 94 | (1) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Stephen Russell Jones (born July 1957) was a former English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a right or left back or in central defence.
Jones was born in Eastbourne and as a 14/15 year old played for Eastbourne United FC, a team previously managed by Gordon Jago, who was then in charge at Queens Park Rangers playing in the First Division of the Football League (now known as "The Premier League").
Jones signed for Queens Park Rangers having left Hailsham County Secondary School aged 15 and made his first team debut for Queens Park Rangers aged just 16 (at left back) during a "friendly" end of season tour to Kingson, Jamaica (1973). He never represented the first XI following the managerial appointment of former Chelsea boss, Dave Sexton, who followed Gordon Jago after his resignation.[1]
Jones was transferred to Walsall in January 1979, having made over 180 appearances for the QPR reserve team over six seasons.[2] Later during the same 1979 season he signed for Wimbledon for reported fee of £15,000.
During a Football League Division Three match between Wimbledon and Plymouth Argyle in 1982, Jones sustained a serious knee injury and was forced to retire prematurely from the game aged 26.[2]
Following retirement, Jones started a wholesale wine business based in Wallington, Surrey. He later became the youngest "licensee" in the London Borough of Sutton (aged 28) taking over a bar known as "Cheers North Cheam" in Surrey, before going on to refurbish a nightclub in Wimbledon Broadway also to be called "Cheers".
Harpoon Louies Private Members Club in Windsor, Berkshire was taken over by a company operated and managed by Jones in 1993, later sold in 2003.
And in 2017 started training young 12 year old Harrison Mends to become a professional striker at Nottingham Forest.
References
- 1 2 3 "Steve Jones". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved in July 2017. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - 1 2 Edwards, Leigh. "Ultimate Saddlers A–Z 10". Walsall F.C. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012.