James Steven Cook (born 2 August 1979) is an English

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Career

Cook started his career with his hometown club

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and th ...

, where he played 77 times in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

, scoring seven goals. He then joined

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 ...

in February 2000, where he was a part of the team that beat

Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as Dag ...

to the

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title that season. The

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 ...

then had a spell with

side

Stevenage Borough Stevenage Football Club (known as Stevenage Borough Football Club until 2010) is a professional association football club based in the town of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, League Two, the fourth tier o ...

in 2002 before joining

Bath City Bath City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset FA and currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club have ...

on loan. In 2005–06 he revived his football career with Hellenic League outfit Witney United scoring more than 30 goals before making a move to

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 ...

in January 2007, where he stayed for three months making 7

appearances, scoring a single goal. Cook rejoined former

manager Steve Evans at

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team co ...

at the start of the 2007–08 season. On 19 January 2008, Cook scored a hat-trick in the 4–1 win over his former club

. He went back to

for £5000 in a transfer funded by Oxford United fans, with Crawley desperate to reduce their wage bill due to financial difficulties, on 1 September 2009. After scoring only three goals in 16 appearances, he left the club by mutual consent on 28 June 2010. Although he was a target for Rushden & Diamonds, he rejoined Crawley Town a day after leaving Oxford. On 31 May 2011, he signed for

. Jamie is also the subject of the song "Jamie Cook" by the singer/songwriter Gavin Osborn which features on the album ''In The Twee Small Hours''.Jamie Cook by Gavin Osborn on Soundcloud
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Jamie 1979 births Living people Footballers from Oxford English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Oxford United F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Stevenage F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Witney Town F.C. players Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Oxford City F.C. players North Leigh F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players