From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Jones (footballer)
Paul Jones (footballer)
Paul Jones Stockport County in 1996 where he was ever present in
Personal information the 1996–97 season.
When Stockport County manager Dave Jones joined
Full name Paul Steven Jones
Southampton as manager, he signed Jones. He won
Date of birth 18 April 1967 (1967-04-18) Southampton player of the season in 1998 and earned a
call up to Wales and became the number one goalkeep-
Place of birth Chirk, Wrexham, Wales
er. He played for Southampton in the 2003 FA Cup final
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) against Arsenal (which was lost 1–0) coming on as sub-
Playing Goalkeeper stitute for the injured Antti Niemi. He was the first ever
position goalkeeper to make a substitute appearance in an FA Cup
final. He made his international debut against Scotland
Senior career*
on 27 May 1997, coming on as a half-time substitute for
Years Team Apps† (Gls)† Andy Marriott.[1] He earned a total of 50 caps.
He left Southampton in 2003 and briefly joined Liver-
1986–1991 Kidderminster Harriers 242 (0)
pool during a goalkeeping injury crisis before re-joining
1991–1996 Wolverhampton 33 (0) Wolverhampton Wanderers in January 2004.
Wanderers He was loaned out to Watford in December 2004. In
1996–1997 Stockport County 47 (0) January 2006, Wolves cancelled Jones’ contract by mutual
consent. In February 2006, he joined Queens Park
1997–2004 Southampton 193 (0)
Rangers for the rest of the 2005–06 season. Due to his suc-
2004 → Liverpool (loan) 2 (0) cess at the club he was given a one-year extension to his
contract that would last up until May 2007. When this
2004–2006 Wolverhampton 26 (0)
Wanderers contract expired Jones was released by the London club
and later signed for non-league Bognor Regis Town.
2004–2005 → Watford (loan) 9 (0)
2005 → Millwall (loan) 3 (0) International landmark
Jones won his 50th Welsh cap against Slovakia on 7 Oc-
2006–2007 Queens Park Rangers 26 (0)
tober 2006 but had a match to forget. Wales were beaten
2007–2008 Bognor Regis Town 2 (0) 5–1, their worst home result for 98 years and he was beat-
Total 583 (0) en from long range on three occasions.[2] He marked the
occasion with 50 shaved in his hair.[3]
National team
1997–2006 Wales 50 (0) Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the • FA Cup runner up - 2003
domestic league only.
Kidderminster Harriers
† Appearances (Goals).
• FA Trophy Winner - 1987
Stockport County
Paul Steven Jones (born 18 April 1967) is a retired Welsh
• Division 2 runner up (promotion to Division 1) -
international football goalkeeper. During his playing ca-
1996–97
reer, he played for several clubs, including Wolverhamp-
ton Wanderers, Stockport County and Southampton.
References
Career history [1] 27 May 1997 Scotland 0 Wales 1 (Match summary)
[2] "Jones in Nightmare Landmark". Archived from the
Born in Chirk near Wrexham, Jones started his career
original on 13 October 2006.
at Kidderminster Harriers in 1986 and then moved to
http://web.archive.org/web/20061013140416/
Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of £60,000 in 1991.
http://www.footballersareidiots.co.uk/2006/10/
He only managed to play 44 games before moving on to
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Jones (footballer)
Awards
Preceded by Southampton F.C. player of the season Succeeded by
Egil Østenstad 1997-98 James Beattie
07/jones-in-nightmare-landmark/. Retrieved Persondata
2006-10-11.
Name Jones, Paul
[3] Davies, Sean (7 October 2006). "Wales 1-5 Slovakia".
BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/ Alternative names
football/internationals/5361822.stm. Retrieved 29 Short description
June 2010. Date of birth 18 April 1967
Place of birth Chirk, Wrexham, Wales
External links Date of death
• Paul Jones career stats at Soccerbase Place of death
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• Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
• Stockport County F.C. players
• Southampton F.C. players
• Liverpool F.C. players
• Watford F.C. players
• Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
• Wales national football team non-playing staff
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