Jake King (footballer, born 1955)

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Jake King
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-01-29) 29 January 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
Shrewsbury Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1971–1982 Shrewsbury Town 306 (20)
1982–1985 Wrexham 92 (5)
1985–1986 Cardiff City 30 (0)
Limerick City
Total428(25)
Managerial career
19xx–1999 Telford United
1997–1999 Shrewsbury Town
20xx–2004 Telford United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jake King (born 29 January 1955) [1] is a Scottish football manager and former professional player.

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Career

Playing career

King, who played as a full back, began as an apprentice with Shrewsbury Town, before making his professional debut in 1971. King made a total of 306 appearances in the Football League for Shrewsbury, scoring 20 goals, before leaving in 1982 to join Wrexham. [2] At Wrexham, King made 92 League appearances, scoring 5 goals. [3] On 3 October 1984, away to FC Porto in the first round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, he scored twice in the first half of a 4–3 away defeat as Wrexham beat the Portuguese on the away goals rule. [4] King's final League club was Cardiff City, where he made 30 appearances, before joining Limerick City in Ireland. [5]

Coaching career

In 1987, King advised then Shrewsbury Town player David Moyes to his first coaching role, at Concord College. [6]

King left his position as manager of Telford United to manage former club Shrewsbury Town in May 1997; he was sacked in November 1999. [7] He later returned to Telford United, before being sacked in April 2004. [8]

King was appointed First Team Coach at Aberystwyth Town in June 2009. [9]

Business interests

King worked as a chef before his professional playing career and since has also run restaurants. He ran a restaurant in Ireland for five years, commuting from England to personally run the kitchen. He later acquired a public house called The Cross Gates at Ford near Shrewsbury which three years later he converted into a restaurant called Smokestop BBQ, and ran it as an American smokehouse with his wife and son before selling the business in 2016. [10]

Personal life

Another of King's sons, Jordan, is also a footballer, and played under his father at Telford United. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database.
  2. ↑ "SHREWSBURY TOWN : 1950/51 - 2002/03 & 2004/05 - 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "WREXHAM : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  4. ↑ Horne, Barry (3 October 2016). "The night Wrexham AFC stunned Europe by beating Porto". Daily Post. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "CARDIFF CITY : 1946/47 - 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  6. ↑ Viney, Matthew (9 May 2013). "David Moyes: From Shrews to Manchester United?". Shropshire Star . Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Brief Club History". Shrewsbury Town F.C. official website. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "KING SACKED BY TELFORD". NonLeagueDaily.com. 28 April 2004. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ↑ "JAKE KING'S BACK". NonLeagueDaily.com. 4 June 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ↑ "Ex-footballer and his family hang up their aprons after restaurant venture". Shropshire Star. 28 July 2016. p. 13.Report by Andy Richardson.
  11. ↑ "KING IS KING'S ONLY DOUBT". NonLeagueDaily.com. 14 February 2003. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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