Personal information | |||
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Full name | Steven Francis Jones [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 18 October 1960||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England [1] | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Manchester United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1979–1981 | Port Vale | 25 | (2) |
Total | 25 | (2) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Steve Francis Jones (born 18 October 1960) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his professional career with Manchester United before moving to Port Vale.
Jones was signed by Manchester United but did not make a senior first-team appearance for the "Red Devils" before joining Port Vale in July 1979. [1] He played sixteen games in 1979–80, scoring his first senior goal in a final day 3–0 win over Doncaster Rovers at Vale Park, as the "Valiants" finished 20th in the Fourth Division. [1] He opened the 1980–81 season with a goal, in another 3–0 home win over Doncaster Rovers, but went on to suffer a broken collarbone and finished the season with fourteen appearances to his name. [1] He left Vale by mutual consent in June 1981, having played 30 games in league and cup competitions. [1]
Source: [3]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Port Vale | 1979–80 | Fourth Division | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
1980–81 | Fourth Division | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
Total | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 |