Keith Jones (English footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keith Aubrey Jones[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Dulwich, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1983 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1987 | Chelsea | 52 | (7) |
| 1987–1991 | Brentford | 169 | (13) |
| 1991–1994 | Southend United | 90 | (11) |
| 1994–2000 | Charlton Athletic | 158 | (6) |
| 2000–2002 | Reading | 39 | (0) |
| Total | 512 | (37) | |
| International career | |||
| 1981 | England Schoolboys | 8 | (0) |
| 1983 | England U17 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Atlanta Silverbacks Women | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Keith Aubrey Jones (born 14 October 1965) is an English retired professional footballer, best remembered for his time as a midfielder in the Football League with Brentford and Charlton Athletic. He also played for Southend United, Chelsea, Reading and was capped by England at youth level. He later became a youth and women's coach.
Chelsea and Brentford (1983–1991)
A midfielder, Jones began his career in the Chelsea youth system and made his senior debut in a 3–0 Second Division defeat to Barnsley on 26 March 1983.[3][4] After one further appearance late in the 1982–83 season, he returned to the youth team and would not appear again until 1984–85,[5] by which time the Blues had been promoted to the First Division.[4][6] Injuries allowed Jones to break through into the team in September 1984 and he remained a squad player until September 1987,[4][5] when he dropped down to the Third Division to join Brentford for a tribunal-fixed fee of £40,000.[3] By the beginning of the 1988–89 season, Jones had been appointed club captain and was a part of the Bees teams which reached the sixth round of the 1988–89 FA Cup and the 1991 Third Division play-off semi-finals.[7] His efforts during the 1990–91 season were recognised with his inclusion in the Third Division PFA Team of the Year.[8] In October 1991, a contract dispute with manager Phil Holder saw Jones transfer to Second Division Southend United for a tribunal-fixed fee of £175,000.[3]
Southend United, Charlton Athletic and Reading (1991–2002)
Despite making over 100 appearances for the club,[2] Jones' four years with Southend United yielded little success on the pitch and he transferred to First Division rivals Charlton Athletic for a £150,000 fee in September 1994.[3][9] In just under six years at The Valley, he was a part of two teams which won promotion to the Premier League – the first in 1998 after victory in the First Division play-off final and the second two years later, when the club won the First Division title.[10][11][12] Jones was transfer-listed in May 2000 and signed a two-year contract with Second Division club Reading on a free transfer on 1 July 2000.[13][14] Now the twilight years of his career, Jones was utilised as a squad player and was a part of the team which won automatic promotion to the First Division on the final day of the 2001–02 season.[14][15][16] He was released in May 2002 and retired from football.[7][17]
International career
Coaching career
Jones began his coaching career in 2000, while still a player.[20] He coached at Chelsea and Tooting & Mitcham United,[21] before moving to the United States in 2006 to coach Atlanta Silverbacks Women.[20] Jones moved to Arizona youth club SC del Sol in 2009.[20]
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