Jason Clive Beardsley (born 12 July 1989) is an English

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who played in

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for

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on the 25 November 1862, it is the ...

Career

Early career

Beardsley was born in

Uttoxeter Uttoxeter ( , ) is a market town in the East Staffordshire district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is near to the Derbyshire county border. It is situated from Burton upon Trent, from Stafford, from Stoke-on-Trent, from De ...

, and started playing football for Uttoxeter Juniors where his father, Clive, was manager. He was approached by many clubs and chose to play for the club he supported as a boy,

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group. Founded in 188 ...

, and was signed up at just seven years old. He attended Windsor Park middle school before going onto Thomas Alleyne's High School in Uttoxeter.

Derby County

Beardsley made his first team debut in a

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second round match against Blackpool. He was booked, and was replaced in the 61st minute with Andy Todd taking his place. The match finished 2–2 after extra time, with Blackpool winning 7–6 on a

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. He began 2008–09 pre-season training with

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team

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

with the hope of securing a

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move for the early part of the season to gain first team experience, but eventually joined

instead on 5 July 2008 on an initial three-month deal, subsequently extended until the end of 2008. He returned to Derby County on New Years Day 2009, after appearing in 11 league games for ''The Magpies'', and made his second appearance for Derby two days later in an

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tie against

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. In April 2009, he agreed a new two-year deal with Derby, having impressed new manager

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, but was unhappy at the club due to not being part of the first team picture and left the club by mutual consent on 29 September 2009. He went on trial with

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, with the opportunity to link up with former Derby County manager Billy Davies, but eventually was not signed by the club.

Tampa Bay

On 28 January 2010, Beardsley was signed by the

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of the new

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in the USA. However, he was released from his contract a few weeks later after becoming homesick.

Post Tampa Bay

When

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was appointed

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manager he offered Beardsley a trial at

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but, after training with the squad and playing a friendly for the club, he was told that he would not be signed by the Latics.

Macclesfield Town

On 31 July 2010, Beardsley signed for

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on a one-year contract after a successful trial period. On 26 October it was announced that he had joined

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on loan for a month. He was released from the Silkmen at the end of the 2010–11 season. In June 2011 he had a short, unsuccessful trial with Scottish Premier League side

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2011–12 season

In August 2011 he joined Mickleover Sports, debuting as a 66th-minute substitute in their 3–1

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victory over

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on 13 August 2011. He departed the club to trial unsuccessfully for a full-time deal with a club in the Netherlands before joining Stafford Rangers on a non-contract basis. Having been an unused substitute in the club's 2–2 draw at

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on 29 October 2011, he was handed his debut in the club's 2–0

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defeat at Leek Town three days later but that proved to be his final appearance for the club as he was released after just two weeks at

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. On 9 December 2011, Beardsley joined Conference National side Lincoln City on a non-contract basis; he had previously trialled with the club in their 2–0 friendly victory at Barton Town Old Boys on 19 July 2011. He made a single appearance for the club, as a 60th-minute substitute for Josh Gowling in the 2–1

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home defeat to

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on 26 December 2011, before his registration was cancelled by the club on 6 January 2012.

2012–13 season

In August 2012, he joined hometown team Uttoxeter Town for their Staffordshire County Senior League Division One campaign. He debuted for the club in their 2–1 home league victory over Hilton Harriers on 22 August 2012 and went on to make 21 appearances for the club, scoring two goals. In March 2013 he rejoined

, but was quickly on the move again linking up with

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the following week. He debuted for the club, as a substitute, in their 1–0 Football Conference North defeat at

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on 30 March 2013 and made a further substitute appearance for them before leaving at the end of the season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beardsley, Jason Living people 1989 births People from Uttoxeter English footballers Men's association football defenders Derby County F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Tampa Bay Rowdies players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Eastwood Town F.C. players Mickleover F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Uttoxeter Town F.C. players Worcester City F.C. players English Football League players Northern Premier League players National League (English football) players English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States English expatriate footballers Footballers from Staffordshire