Jordan Maguire-Drew

Jordan Maguire-Drew

Personal information
Full name	Jordan Luke Maguire-Drew [1]
Date of birth	(1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth	Crawley, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Barnet (on loan from Yeovil Town)
Number	15
Youth career
0000–2016	Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	(0)
2016	→ Worthing (loan)	6	(8)
2016–2017	→ Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)	42	(14)
2017	→ Lincoln City (loan)	12	(0)
2018	→ Coventry City (loan)	3	(0)
2018	→ Wrexham (loan)	17	(3)
2019–2021	Leyton Orient	58	(12)
2021	→ Crawley Town (loan)	17	(1)
2021	Woking	7	(1)
2021–2023	Grimsby Town	23	(6)
2022–2023	→ Yeovil Town (loan)	3	(1)
2023–	Yeovil Town	27	(3)
2023–	→ Barnet (loan)	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:30, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Jordan Luke Maguire-Drew (born 19 September 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for National League club Barnet on loan from Yeovil Town. ^[3]

Beginning his career with Brighton & Hove Albion, he has also played in the Football League for Lincoln City, Coventry City, Leyton Orient, Crawley Town and Grimsby Town. He has had spells at Non-league level for Worthing, Dagenham & Redbridge, Wrexham, Woking and Yeovil Town.

Career

Brighton & Hove Albion

Maguire-Drew was born in Crawley, West Sussex. As a child he played for local side Oakwood F.C. before being offered a trial at the youth team of Brighton & Hove Albion where he signed a two-year scholarship. ^[4] In April 2016, whilst still an under-18 player, he joined local Isthmian League Division One South side Worthing on a youth loan until the end of the season. ^[5] He scored an impressive eight goals in six games, helping Worthing to win the play-offs and promotion as they beat Faversham Town in the final. ^[6]

In July 2016, he signed his first professional contract with Brighton, and later in the month he signed for National League side Dagenham & Redbridge on loan for an initial six-month period. ^[7] He scored on his debut for the club in a 3–0 win against Southport on the first day of the season. ^[8] In January 2017, the loan was extended until the end of the season after scoring eight goals in twenty-nine appearances. ^[9] He continued to remain a first team regular and helped Dagenham to a fifth-place finish where they eventually lost out to Forest Green Rovers in the play-off semi-finals. ^[3] He made a total of forty-eight appearances for the Daggers, scoring sixteen times and won the Young Player of the Year award. ^[10]

In July 2017, he signed for newly promoted EFL League Two side Lincoln City on a season-long loan deal. ^[11] He made his league debut in the 2–2 draw with Wycombe Wanderers, replacing Josh Ginnelly as a second-half substitute. ^[3] In January 2018 he joined another League Two team, Coventry City, on a half-season loan.

On 1 August 2018, he joined Wrexham on loan for the 2018–19 season. ^[12] He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2018–19 season during a 1–0 victory over Dover Athletic. ^[13] He returned to Brighton in December 2018. ^[14]

Leyton Orient

In January 2019, he joined Leyton Orient on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee. ^[15] Maguire-Drew was part of the Orient side that won the National League and finished runners-up in the FA Trophy. ^[16]

He joined Crawley Town on loan until the end of the season on 18 January 2021. ^[17]

At the end of the 2020–21 season, Maguire-Drew was released by Orient and at the end of his tenure with the O's said “I can’t speak highly enough of my time at Orient, but I was a bit disappointed with how it ended,” ^{[18] [19]}

Woking

Maguire-Drew joined Woking in August 2021, following a short-term trial period. ^[20] He went onto feature seven times, scoring once for The Cards before leaving the club three months later via mutual consent. ^[21]

Grimsby Town

On 29 November 2021, Maguire-Drew signed an 18 month contract with Grimsby Town. ^[22] On 5 June 2022, Maguire-Drew scored a 111th minute winner as Grimsby defeated Solihull Moors in the 2022 National League play-off final to secure an immediate return to the Football League. ^[23]

Yeovil Town

On 16 December 2022, Maguire-Drew signed for National League side Yeovil Town on an initial one-month loan deal, with the club announcing that personal terms had been agreed to sign him permanently during the January transfer window, subject to the completion of a satisfactory medical. ^[24] Shortly after the announcement by Yeovil, Grimsby denied that any deal was in place for Maguire-Drew to join on a permanent basis and stipulated that a one month loan was the only thing agreed, but stated that that informal talks over a permanent deal had happened. ^[25] A month later Maguire-Drew officially departed Grimsby by mutual consent, ^[26] and subsequently joined Yeovil Town permanently signing an 18-month contract. ^[27]

On 22 December 2023, Maguire-Drew joined National League side Barnet on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season, with the option of a free permanent transfer subject to terms. ^[28]

Personal life

Maguire-Drew supports Arsenal. ^[29]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 March 2024 ^[30]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brighton & Hove Albion	2015–16 [31]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2016–17 [32]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2017–18 [33]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2018–19 [34]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Worthing (loan)	2015–16 [6]	IL Division One South	6	8	0	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 1]	3	8	11
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)	2016–17 [3]	National League	42	14	3	1	—		3 [lower-alpha 2]	1	48	16
Lincoln City (loan)	2017–18 [33]	League Two	11	0	0	0	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 3]	2	14	2
Coventry City (loan)	2017–18 [33]	League Two	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Wrexham (loan)	2018–19 [3]	National League	17	3	2	0	—		0	0	19	3
Leyton Orient	2018–19 [3]	National League	12	3	0	0	—		4 [lower-alpha 4]	0	16	3
	2019–20 [35]	League Two	33	7	1	0	0	0	4 [lower-alpha 3]	0	38	7
	2020–21 [36]	League Two	13	2	1	0	1	0	4 [lower-alpha 3]	0	19	2
	Total		58	12	2	0	1	0	12	0	73	12
Crawley Town (loan)	2020–21 [36]	League Two	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
Woking	2021–22 [3]	National League	7	1	0	0	—		0	0	7	1
Grimsby Town	2021–22 [3]	National League	16	5	0	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 5]	1	18	6
	2022–23 [37]	League Two	7	1	0	0	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 3]	0	10	1
	Total		23	6	0	0	1	0	4	1	28	7
Yeovil Town (loan)	2022–23 [3]	National League	3	1	—		—		1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	4	1
Yeovil Town	2022–23 [3]	National League	16	2	—		—		0	0	16	2
	2023–24 [3]	National League South	11	1	2	1	—		1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	14	2
	Total		27	3	2	1	—		1	0	30	4
Barnet (loan)	2023–24 [3]	National League	9	0	—		—		—		9	0
Career total			223	49	10	2	3	0	25	7	261	58

1. Appearance(s) in Isthmian League play-offs
2. Two appearances and one goal in National League play-offs, one in FA Trophy
3. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
4. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
5. Appearances in National League play-offs

Honours

Club

Coventry City

• EFL League Two play-offs: 2017–18 ^[38]

Leyton Orient

• National League: 2018–19 ^[39]
• FA Trophy runner-up: 2018–19 ^[40]

Grimsby Town

• National League play-offs: 2021–22 ^[23]

References

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24. "Transfer | Maguire-Drew signs for Yeovil Town". Yeovil Town F.C. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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28. "Jordan Maguire-Drew joins the Bees". barnetfc.com. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
29. "Maguire-Drew says O's changing room is the best he's been part of". East London Advertiser. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
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37. "Games played by Jordan Maguire-Drew in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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40. Stevens, Rob (19 May 2019). "AFC Fylde 1–0 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

External links

• Jordan Maguire-Drew at Soccerbase