Jamie Jones (born 18 February 1989) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

. Jones has previously played for

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a professio ...

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...

and

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, and has had loan spells with

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Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

and

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

Club career

Everton

Born in

Kirkby Kirkby ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. The town, historically in Lancashire, has a size of is north of Huyton and north-east of Liverpool. The population in 2016 was 41,495 making it the largest ...

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, Jones signed his first professional contract with Everton on 4 July 2007. In the 2007–08 season he managed some reserve games but failed to secure a new contract at Everton and so left the club at the end of the season and signed a contract with Leyton Orient.

Leyton Orient

On 30 June 2008, Jones signed a two-year contract with

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side

. He signed for the club stating that he was happy to be fighting for a starting place with fellow goalkeeper

Glenn Morris Glenn Edgar Morris (June 18, 1912 – January 31, 1974) was a U.S. track and field athlete. He won a gold medal in the Olympic decathlon in 1936, setting new world and Olympic records. He attended Colorado A&M — now known as Colorado State U ...

. Jones made his debut in a

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match against

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. He made his league debut in a 2–1 defeat to

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. On 10 October 2009, Jones was knocked unconscious after receiving a blow to the head by teammate

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after a goalmouth scramble. He was stretchered off the pitch and taken to hospital. After Glenn Morris' departure from the club, Jones was promoted to the No. 1 shirt from his previous No. 12. During a League One fixture at

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in November 2013, a spectator ran onto the pitch and aimed punches at Jones. Jones was unhurt, the match continued, and the perpetrator was arrested and later convicted. Jones played in 179 games for Leyton Orient.

Preston North End

Jones signed a two-year deal with Preston North End on 6 June 2014 after turning down an extension of contract at Leyton Orient.

Rochdale (loan)

On 26 February 2015, Jones signed for Rochdale on a loan until the end of the season. Jones made his Rochdale debut on 28 February 2015, in a 1–0 defeat against

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

. He made his home debut on 3 March, in a 4–0 win against

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, keeping a clean sheet. On 18 April, in a game against Gillingham, Jones charged out of his box and brought down Gillingham's striker

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, with players from both sides piling into the melee which followed. It had also looked like Jones aimed a punch at one of the Gillingham's players in the scuffle and was sent off. He played his last game for the club in 2–3 defeat against

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on 25 April 2015. He played 13 times for Rochdale in the league that season, as they finished a very credible 8th place, their highest-ever league placing.

Colchester United (loan)

On 11 September 2015, Jones joined

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on a 3-month loan.

Wigan Athletic

On 7 August 2017, Jones signed for

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on a one-year contract after rejecting a new contract at

. Wigan entered into contract talks with him at the end of the 2017–18 season. He sold his League One winners medal to help raise money for the club, with Wigan being in

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– only for the fan that bought it to give it back to him as a gift. Jones also became the club's captain, starting with 2020–21 season.Wigan Athletic: "JAMIE JONES , “IT’S A PRIVILEGE TO WEAR THE ARMBAND EVERY WEEK”
/ref> Entering the 2021–22 season, Jones was no longer the first-choice goalkeeper, as summer signing

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from Charlton had taken over the role. In addition, the on-field captaincy was transferred away from Jones to

Tendayi Darikwa Tendayi David Darikwa (born 13 December 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a right back for EFL Championship club Wigan Athletic. Born in England, he represents the Zimbabwe national team internationally. Early life Born to Zimb ...

by manager

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as part of changes entering his first full season in charge. Jones was the goalkeeper for Wigan's

campaign, which began with consecutive penalty shootout wins over Hull and

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. Jones took a penalty in both shootouts, and saved one in the second shootout.

Career statistics

Honours

Wigan Athletic *

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: 2017–18

References

External links

Profile
at the Wigan Athletic F.C. website {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Jamie 1989 births Living people People from Kirkby Footballers from Merseyside English footballers Association football goalkeepers Everton F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Stevenage F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players English Football League players