Gareth Jelleyman (born 14 November 1980) is a Welsh

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a defender. He has previously played for

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

Rushden & Diamonds Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Nicknamed "The Diamonds", the club played at Nene Park. The club's main rivals were county neighbours Kettering Town. The cl ...

and

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. Jelleyman is a left-sided player who usually plays at left-back, however he has also occasionally been used in midfield.

Career

Born in

Holywell Holywell may refer to: * Holywell, Flintshire, Wales * Holywell, Swords, Ireland * Holywell, Bedfordshire, England * Holywell, Cambridgeshire, England * Holywell, Cornwall, England * Holywell, Dorset, England * Holywell, Eastbourne, East Susse ...

, Jelleyman began his career as a trainee with

in 1998. He had a short spell on

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in 1998, before breaking into the first team at age 19 during the 1999–00 season, and was called up to the Welsh Under-21 squad for the match against

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in September 2000. In August 2004, Jelleyman joined Boston United on a one-month loan with a view to a permanent deal, but returned to Peterborough before being released on a free transfer and joining

in January 2005. In six seasons at Peterborough United, he made 122 appearances in all competitions. Including the 2000 play off final against Darlington on a very wet evening. it's fair to say the young man got both heads wet that night. Jelleyman signed a new one-year contract at Mansfield Town in June 2007 with manager

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describing him as having ''"...probably been one of my top three players since I came to the club..."''. By the end of the 2007–08 season, Jelleyman had made over 140 appearances in all competitions for Mansfield. After Mansfield Town were relegated to the

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at the end of the 2007–08 season, he was out of contract but was offered new terms by the club. In July 2008, Jelleyman signed for

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outfit

until the end of the 2008–09 season. After a loan spell in 2009 at

Jelleyman signed for

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team

AFC Telford United AFC Telford United is a football club based in Telford, Shropshire, England. The club was formed in 2004 after the original Telford United, founded in 1872, folded due to financial problems. Currently members of the National League North, they ...

in July. He made his debut in Telford's Shropshire Senior Cup final victory against

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

, but returned to Barrow in the Conference National on 28 August. He spent the full season with Barrow, but was released in May 2010. In July, he re-joined

for a third spell at York Street. On 22 February 2013 Jelleyman was released by United, signing for

Corby Town Corby Town Football Club is a football club based in Corby, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Steel Park. History The club was established in 1948, taking over from Stewarts & Lloyds as the main team i ...

In popular culture

Jelleyman's name is

homophonic In music, homophony (;, Greek: ὁμόφωνος, ''homóphōnos'', from ὁμός, ''homós'', "same" and φωνή, ''phōnē'', "sound, tone") is a texture in which a primary part is supported by one or more additional strands that flesh ...

with jelly. The subject of numerous jokes, this most notably appeared on

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, in which presenter

Jeff Stelling Robert Jeffrey Stelling (born 18 March 1955) is an English television presenter. He currently presents '' Gillette Soccer Saturday'' for Sky Sports and hosted coverage of the Champions League between 2011 and 2015. He also presented the Chann ...

said: "Oh no! Gareth Jelleyman's been sent off at Oxford. Let's hope he hasn't thrown a wobbly.", a vernacular expression for losing your temper which also relates to the consistency of jelly. Stelling's April 2009 book discussing his time on Soccer Saturday was entitled ''Jelleyman's thrown a wobbly.''Stelling, Jeff. 2009. ''Jelleyman's Thrown a Wobbly: Saturday Afternoons in Front of the Telly'' HarperSport

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jelleyman, Gareth 1980 births Living people People from Holywell, Flintshire Welsh footballers Wales youth international footballers Wales under-21 international footballers Association football defenders Peterborough United F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players AFC Telford United players English Football League players National League (English football) players