Jamie Robert Day (born 7 May 1986) is an English former professional

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who played as a defender. He notably spent seven seasons with

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 ...

between 2003 and 2010, for whom he made over 100 league appearances.

Career

Peterborough United

Born in Falmouth,

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, Day started his career at

. After a brief loan spell 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 ...

in the

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, he made his debut on 19 February 2005, appearing as a second-half substitute in a 0–2 home defeat to

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at ...

and, having established himself in the first team, scored his first goal for the club in a 4–1 win over

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on 2 January 2006. He made 24 league appearances the following season, and was ever-present throughout the 2007-08 season as his team won promotion to

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, but was hampered by injury in 2008-09, playing only five times in a season in which Peterborough earned their second successive promotion. In

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, in contrast to his club's fortunes, Day started well, starting two matches and making two further substitute appearances in September and October 2009, before being sent out on loan to

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 ...

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, where he made eight appearances; upon his return, he played once more for Peterborough, in a 0–4 defeat to

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...

on 23 March 2010.

Rushden & Diamonds

In June 2010, Day left Peterborough to join

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in the

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. He was a regular in the first-team, making 38 league appearances, but after the club was expelled from the league and folded in 2011, he returned to Crawley Town, who by this time had earned promotion to the

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Crawley Town and Aldershot Town

At Crawley, Day was again set back by injury, and did not register an appearance - either on the pitch or on the substitutes' bench - for the club. In November 2011, he was loaned out to

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until January 2012; he was an unused substitute for two league matches, but did not play.

Retirement

On 8 August 2012, Day announced his immediate retirement from football due to an ongoing back problem.

Career statistics

Source:

Honours

Promotions

* 2008–09:

Runner Up (promotion to

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) –

* 2007–08:

Runner Up (promotion to

) –

References

External links

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