Jake Reed (footballer)

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Jake Reed
Personal information
Full name Jake Reed [1]
Date of birth (1991-05-13) 13 May 1991 (age 33) [1]
Place of birth Gorleston-on-Sea, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Gorleston
Youth career
Blundeston Magpies
Gorleston
2007–2008 Great Yarmouth Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 Great Yarmouth Town 102 (48)
2011–2013 Dagenham & Redbridge 31 (1)
2013–2014 Lowestoft Town 33 (18)
2014 AFC Sudbury 6 (3)
2014–2018 Lowestoft Town 139 (51)
2018–2019 Leiston 31 (14)
2019–2024 Lowestoft Town 142 (98)
2024– Gorleston 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:20, 28 April 2024

Jake Reed (born 13 May 1991) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a forward for Isthmian League Division One North side Gorleston.

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Early life

Reed grew up in Lowestoft and attended Benjamin Britten High School. He played youth football for Blundeston Magpies and Gorleston.

Career

Reed progressed through Great Yarmouth Town's youth system, before making his first-team debut on 5 April 2008, aged 16. Reed's 20 league goals during the 2009-10 season helped Great Yarmouth Town to the Eastern Counties First Division title and promotion to the Eastern Counties Premier Division for the first time since 2005. In total, Reed scored 51 goals in 110 appearances for Great Yarmouth Town.

On 26 July 2011, Reed signed a two-year professional contract for League Two club Dagenham & Redbridge. [3] He made his professional debut on 9 August 2011, coming on as a substitute in their 5–0 away loss to Bournemouth in the Football League Cup Second Round. [4] Reed signed a two-year contract extension with Dagenham & Redbridge on 3 January 2013. [5] He came off the bench to score his first professional goal on 1 April 2013 in a 4–2 home loss to Bristol Rovers. On 1 October 2013, Reed's contract was terminated by mutual consent. [6]

He quickly signed for hometown club Lowestoft Town in the Isthmian League Premier Division. Reed scored 18 goals in 33 league games in the 2013-14 season, including 4 goals on his home debut in a 5-0 win against Carshalton Athletic. Lowestoft Town entered the play-offs having lost the previous three play-off finals in a row. Reed scored the winning goal in a 2-1 win away at Bognor Regis Town in the play-off semi-finals. He also scored in a 3-0 home win against AFC Hornchurch in the play-off final to secure Lowestoft Town's promotion to the Conference North for the first time in their history. However, he left the club at the end of the season, dropping two divisions to sign for Isthmian League Division One North club AFC Sudbury on 12 June 2014. [7]

But, after just a few months at AFC Sudbury, Reed returned to Lowestoft Town on 19 September 2014. He scored 10 goals in 31 league appearances during the 2014-15 season as Lowestoft Town secured a 16th-place finish and retained their Conference North place for the following season. Reed also came off the bench to score an extra time winning goal as Lowestoft Town defeated Whitton United 2-1 in the 2014-15 Suffolk Premier Cup Final.

Reed scored 15 goals in 31 league appearances during the 2015-16 campaign, but an injury towards the end of the season meant he missed key games as Lowestoft Town were relegated from the National League North on goal difference. Reed also missed the 2015-16 Suffolk Premier Cup Final victory over Leiston at Portman Road.

On 6 March 2018, with Lowestoft Town struggling near the bottom of the Isthmian League Premier Division, Reed left the club for a second time and signed for local rivals Leiston. He started as Leiston won the Suffolk Premier Cup for the first time in their history with a 3-0 win over Bury Town at Portman Road.

On 1 February 2019, after 17 goals in 40 appearances for Leiston, Reed rejoined Lowestoft Town for a third time. At the time of his arrival, having won just five of their opening 27 league games, Lowestoft Town sat in the relegation zone of the Southern League Premier Division Central. But, Reed's 14 goals in 13 league appearances, including three hat-tricks, inspired the club to a further nine victories and a 14th-place finish.

The 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons were both abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic, before Lowestoft Town were relegated from the Southern Premier Division Central at the end of the 2021-22 season. Reed's 14 goals in 32 league appearances were not enough to keep Lowestoft Town from finishing bottom of the league and being relegated back to the Isthmian League Division One North for the first time in 12 years.

Reed scored 23 goals in 32 league appearances during the 2022-23 season as Lowestoft Town finished in 3rd place. The club's promotion hopes were ended in the play-offs with a 2-0 semi-final defeat at home to Heybridge Swifts.

In 2023-24, Reed scored a career best 30 goals in 31 league appearances to finish as the Isthmian League Division One North top goalscorer (joint with Bury Town's Cemal Ramadan). Lowestoft Town were crowned champions and promoted back to Step 3.

Career statistics

As of match played 27 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Great Yarmouth Town 2007-08 [8] Eastern Counties First Division 10——0010
2008-09 [9] Eastern Counties First Division289——00289
2009-10 [10] Eastern Counties First Division3520——6 [a] 24122
2010-11 [8] Eastern Counties Premier Division 3819——2 [b] 14020
Total1024800008311051
Dagenham & Redbridge 2011–12 [11] League Two 7020101 [c] 0110
2012–13 [12] League Two22100101 [c] 0241
2013–14 [13] League Two2000100030
Total311203020381
Lowestoft Town 2013–14 [14] Isthmian League Premier Division 331800—3 [d] 23621
AFC Sudbury 2014–15 [15] Isthmian League Division One North 6330—0093
Lowestoft Town 2014–15 [16] Conference North 311000—4 [e] 33513
2015–16 [17] National League North 331510—3 [f] 13716
2016–17 [18] Isthmian League Premier Division432200—3 [g] 13821
2017–18 [19] Isthmian League Premier Division321420—003414
Total13951300010514454
Leiston 2017–18 [20] Isthmian League Premier Division12500—2 [h] 1146
2018–19 [21] Southern League Premier Central 19921—5 [i] 12611
Total31142100724017
Lowestoft Town 2018–19 [22] Southern League Premier Central131400—101414
2019–20 [21] Southern League Premier Central271532—3 [j] 23319
2020–21 [21] Southern League Premier Central7211—2 [k] 0103
2021–22 [21] Southern League Premier Central321410—1 [l] 03414
2022–23 [23] Isthmian League Division One North322321—3 [m] 13725
2023–24 [24] Isthmian League Division One North313023—2 [n] 23535
Total142989700125163110
Career total484233198304218540257

Honours

Great Yarmouth Town

Lowestoft Town

Leiston

Individual

Notes

  1. ↑ 3 appearances and 1 goal in Eastern Counties League Challenge Cup and 3 appearances and 1 goal in Eastern Counties First Division Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy
  3. 1 2 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  4. ↑ 2 appearances and 2 goals in Isthmian League Premier Division play-offs, 1 appearance in Suffolk Premier Cup
  5. ↑ 1 appearance and 2 goals in FA Trophy, 3 appearances and 1 goal in Suffolk Premier Cup
  6. ↑ 2 appearances and 1 goal in FA Trophy, 1 in Suffolk Premier Cup
  7. ↑ 2 appearances and 1 goal in Suffolk Premier Cup, 1 in FA Trophy
  8. ↑ 2 appearances and 1 goal in Suffolk Premier Cup
  9. ↑ 3 appearances and 1 goal in FA Trophy, 2 in Southern League Cup
  10. ↑ 1 appearance and 1 goal in Suffolk Premier Cup, 1 in FA Trophy, 1 in Southern League Cup
  11. ↑ 2 appearances in FA Trophy
  12. ↑ 1 appearance in Suffolk Premier Cup
  13. ↑ 1 appearance in Isthmian League Division One North play-offs, 2 appearances and 1 goal in FA Trophy
  14. ↑ 2 appearances and 2goals in FA Trophy

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