Vaughan Jones (footballer)

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Vaughan Jones
Personal information
Full name Vaughan Jones
Date of birth (1959-09-08) 8 September 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth Tonyrefail, Wales
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1982 Bristol Rovers 101 (3)
1982–1984 Newport County 68 (4)
1984–1985 Cardiff City 11 (0)
1984 → Bristol Rovers (loan) [A]
1985–1993 Bristol Rovers [A] 280 (9)
1993–1994 Inter Cardiff 8 (0)
1994–1995 Bath City 11 (0)
International career
Wales U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vaughan Jones (born 8 September 1959 in Tonyrefail) is a Welsh former professional footballer. Jones played his club football for Bristol Rovers, Cardiff City, Newport County, Inter Cardiff and Bath City before finishing his playing career at Cheltenham Town. [2] He went on to be a youth coach at Bristol Rovers before becoming Assistant Manager at Bath City in November 2003, [3] but a year later had left his job in mysterious circumstances. [4]

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A Welsh youth international, he also attained two Under-21 caps for Wales.

Notes

A. ^ The appearances and goals figures in the infobox for Jones's second permanent spell with Bristol Rovers cover both the loan period and the permanent contract, which Neil Brown fails to separate. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  94. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ↑ Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 105. ISBN   1-85983-462-0.
  3. ↑ "News: November 2003: Gary Owers is named as new City boss". I Love Bath City. 26 November 2003.
  4. ↑ "News: November 2004: Mystery of missing Jones forces Owers to look for new assistant". I Love Bath City. 2 November 2004.
  5. ↑ "Vaughan Jones". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 25 October 2010.


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