Avun Cyd Jephcott (born 16 October 1983 in
Coventry
Coventry ( or ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its ...
, England) is a footballer and plays as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
While a young prodigy at
Coventry City
Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...
, Jephcott was pursued by fellow Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Everton and Leeds United. However, a cruciate ligament injury that Jephcott sustained in a reserve game against Leigh RMI, scared off potential buyers and the player moved to non-league football, having appeared a handful of times from the bench for Coventry City in the Premier League and League Cup, and having spent loan spells with Tamworth and Notts County. Jephcott had spells in the Irish League at Ards and Linfield before joining Larne in January 2008.
Jephcott returned to the English non league scene, and became a much travelled player, taking in spells at Nuneaton Borough, Leamington, Corby Town, Worcester City, Chasetown and Halesowen Town amongst others.
Following a spell at
Wolverhampton Casuals in 2014, Jephcott followed manager Carl Abbott and fellow players
John Melligan
John Joseph "JJ" Melligan (born 11 February 1982 in Whitehall, Dublin) is an Irish footballer who plays for Hinckley AFC.
Career
Melligan first began playing for the Home Farm Club in Dublin before signing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1998. I ...
and Matt Bailey in signing for
Hinckley AFC in May 2014.
Education
He is currently studying for a BA in Spanish Literature at Oxford.
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
English footballers
Coventry City F.C. players
Tamworth F.C. players
Notts County F.C. players
Nuneaton Borough F.C. players
Rugby Town F.C. players
Ards F.C. players
Linfield F.C. players
Stratford Town F.C. players
Leamington F.C. players
Woodford United F.C. players
Worcester City F.C. players
Coventry Alvis F.C. players
Tividale F.C. players
Hinckley A.F.C. players
Coventry United F.C. players
Association football forwards
Footballers from Coventry
English Football League players
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