| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harry Peter Jessop [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Chesterfield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pickering Town | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 2011–2020 | Scunthorpe United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Scunthorpe United | 5 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Pickering Town (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| 2021 | → Gainsborough Trinity (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2022 | Tadcaster Albion | (0) | |
| 2022 | Pickering Town | 15 | (11) |
| 2022–2024 | Curzon Ashton | ||
| 2024– | Pickering Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Harry Peter Jessop (born 1 August 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Pickering Town.
Born in Chesterfield, [3] Jessop started his youth career at Sheffield Wednesday before signing for Scunthorpe United as an under-10 in December 2011 following his release by Wednesday. [2] After a two-year scholarship with the club, he was offered his first professional contract in summer 2020. [2] [4]
Jessop joined Northern Premier League Division One North/West side Pickering Town on a one-month loan in October 2020, [5] and scored a late goal on his début for the club in a 2–1 win over Ossett United; [6] then the only goal in a win against Brighouse Town. He was recalled shortly before the end of his loan spell due to the suspension of Northern Premier League fixtures as a result of a second national lockdown in England, [7] having scored 3 goals in 7 starts for the club and was named their Player of the Month for October. [7] [8] He made his senior debut for Scunthorpe United on 13 April 2021 as a 71st-minute substitute in a 4–1 defeat away to Morecambe. [9] He made 3 appearances for Scunthorpe in his debut season in professional football. [10]
After three appearances for Scunthorpe in August 2021, [11] it was announced that Jessop had joined Gainsborough Trinity on a month-long loan on 10 September 2021. [12] He made his debut for the club on 11 September 2021 as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Warrington Town. [13]
On 8 March 2022, Jessop joined National League North side Farsley Celtic on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. [14]
Jessop was released by Scunthorpe at the end of the 2021–22 season. [15] At the start of the 2022-23 season he had a brief stint with Tadcaster Albion and then rejoined Pickering Town, now in the Northern Football League. He signed a semi-professional contract with National League North club Curzon Ashton in November 2022.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Scunthorpe United | 2020–21 [10] | EFL League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021–22 [11] | EFL League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pickering Town (loan) | 2020–21 [8] | Northern Premier League Division One North West | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity (loan) | 2021–22 [13] | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Farsley Celtic (loan) | 2021–22 [3] | National League North | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | ||