Jack Bridge

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Jack Bridge
Personal information
Full name Jack Bridge [1]
Date of birth (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 28) [2]
Place of birth Southend-on-Sea, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Southend United
Number 7
Youth career
2004–2014 Southend United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2018 Southend United 7 (0)
2014Soham Town Rangers (loan) 5 (2)
2015Chelmsford City (loan) 9 (0)
2016Chelmsford City (loan) 14 (7)
2018–2019 Northampton Town 32 (2)
2019–2020 Carlisle United 28 (0)
2020–2021 Concord Rangers 10 (1)
2021 Bromley 28 (3)
2021– Southend United 112 (22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Jack Bridge (born 21 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southend United.

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Career

Bridge began his career with Southend United at the age of nine and signed his first professional contract with the club in April 2014. [3] Bridge went on loan to Soham Town Rangers in November 2014 and experienced his first taste of first team football, scoring two goals in five starts in his time at the club. [4] After it was reported that Bridge was on the radar of clubs bigger in stature than Soham, [5] Bridge signed for Chelmsford City in January 2015 on an initial one-month loan deal which was later extended to the end of the season. [6] On 22 January 2016, Bridge returned to Chelmsford City alongside fellow Southend loanee Jason Williams. [7] Bridge scored, assisted and was named Man of the Match on his return to the club in a 4–3 win against Whitehawk a day later. [8]

On 30 April 2016, Bridge made his debut for Southend United in a 1–0 loss against Bradford City as a substitute for Glen Kamara. [9] On 9 May 2016, Bridge signed a two-year contract extension at Southend United. [10]

In January 2017, Bridge began training with Bournemouth ahead of a possibility of a permanent transfer to the club. [11]

On 5 January 2018, Bridge joined Northampton Town for an undisclosed fee. [12] On 6 May 2019, Northampton announced Bridge was amongst eight players to be released prior to the start of the next season. [13] A month later he joined fellow League Two side Carlisle United on a one-year deal. [14]

In August 2020, Bridge played in pre-season on trials for both Bristol Rovers and Southend United.

On 30 October 2020, Bridge signed for National League South side Concord Rangers. [15]

On 23 January 2021, Bridge signed for National League side Bromley. [16]

On 9 June 2021, Bridge re-signed for National League side Southend United. [17]

Career statistics

As of end of 2020–21 season [18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southend United 2014–15 [19] League Two 0000000000
2015–16 [20] League One 2000000020
2016–17 [21] 4000102 [lower-alpha 1] 070
2017–18 [22] 1000000010
Southend total70001020100
Chelmsford City (loan) 2014–15 [23] Conference South 9000~~0090
Chelmsford City (loan) 2015–16 [23] National League South 14700~~00147
Northampton Town 2017–18 [24] League One4000000040
2018–19 [25] League Two28211102 [lower-alpha 1] 0323
Northampton total322111020363
Carlisle United 2019–20 [26] League Two28021223 [lower-alpha 1] 0353
Concord Rangers 2020–21 [27] National League South10110~~1 [lower-alpha 2] 0121
Bromley 2020–21 [27] National League28300~~1 [lower-alpha 3] 0293
Southend United 2021–22 [28] National League272100000282
2022–23 [29] National League42130000004213
Southend total69151000007015
Career total1972852316021532
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearances in FA Trophy
  3. One appearance in National League play-offs

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