Chris Jones (footballer born 1956)
Encyclopedia
Chris Jones is a former professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur
, Manchester City
, Crystal Palace
, Charlton Athletic
, Leyton Orient
and represented the England Under 21 national team on one occasion.
played a total of 185 matches including 19 substitute appearances and scoring 42 goals in all competitions. Jones has the distinction of being a member of the 1977
relegated and the 1978
promoted teams during his career at the club. He joined Manchester City in September 1982 in a £110.000 transfer deal. Jones featured in just three games before leaving Maine Road
to join Crystal Palace in the November of the same year. Jones played in 18 matches and netted three times for the club. He transferred to Charlton Athletic in September 1983 where he turned out on 23 occasions with six as sub and finding the net twice. Jones ended his senior career at Leyton Orient where he went on to play in 107 matches including one as sub and scoring 19 goals between September 1984–86.
, Kent
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Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
, Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
, Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
, Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
, Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
and represented the England Under 21 national team on one occasion.
Football career
Jones joined the Spurs as an apprentice in May 1973. The forwardStriker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
played a total of 185 matches including 19 substitute appearances and scoring 42 goals in all competitions. Jones has the distinction of being a member of the 1977
1976-77 in English football
The 1976–77 season was the 97th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:The Football League revamped the tie-breaking criteria for teams level of points, replacing the traditional goal average tie-breaker with one based on goal difference to try to encourage more scoring...
relegated and the 1978
1977-78 in English football
The 1977–1978 season was the 98th season of competitive football in England, from August 1977 to May 1978:-First Division:Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest side took on the First Division by storm, by winning the League Cup on 22 March and confirming themselves as league champions the following month...
promoted teams during his career at the club. He joined Manchester City in September 1982 in a £110.000 transfer deal. Jones featured in just three games before leaving Maine Road
Maine Road
Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England that was home to Manchester City F.C. from its construction in 1923 until 2003...
to join Crystal Palace in the November of the same year. Jones played in 18 matches and netted three times for the club. He transferred to Charlton Athletic in September 1983 where he turned out on 23 occasions with six as sub and finding the net twice. Jones ended his senior career at Leyton Orient where he went on to play in 107 matches including one as sub and scoring 19 goals between September 1984–86.
After football
Today, Jones is working in Schools football development in BroadstairsBroadstairs
Broadstairs is a coastal town on the Isle of Thanet in the Thanet district of east Kent, England, about south-east of London. It is part of the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, which includes St. Peter's and had a population in 2001 of about 24,000. Situated between Margate and...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
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