Allan Jones (footballer, born 1940)

Allan Powell Jones (6 January 1940 – September 1993) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a full back. He is best remembered for the seven years he spent in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made 280 appearances in all competitions. Jones was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2015.

Allan Jones
Personal information
Full name Allan Powell Jones[1]
Date of birth (1940-01-06)6 January 1940
Place of birth Flint, Wales
Date of death September 1993 (aged 53)[1]
Place of death Ealing, England[1]
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
1955–1957 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1963 Liverpool 5 (0)
1963–1970 Brentford 249 (3)
1970–1972 Croatia
International career
Wales Schoolboys
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Liverpool

Jones began his career at Second Division club Liverpool, joining as an amateur in April 1955.[2] After two years in the youth team, Jones signed a professional contract in April 1957.[2] He had to wait until 19 December 1959 to make his first team debut, when he deputised for John Molyneux in a 4–0 victory over Cardiff City,[3] a match also notable for the fact that it was Bill Shankly's first in management at Anfield.[2] Jones went on to make only four further appearances for Liverpool (all in April 1963) and he departed the club in August 1963.[3][4]

Brentford

Jones transferred to newly-promoted Third Division club Brentford for a £5,000 fee in August 1963.[4] He became an integral part of the team at left back and made 55 appearances during the 1963–64 season.[5] Jones took over the right back position when Ken Coote retired in 1964.[5] Despite being placed on the transfer list at his own request in August 1966,[6] he averaged 35 league appearances per season until 1969–70, when he made only 13 appearances in all competitions, mostly in a utility role.[4][5] He departed Griffin Park at the end of the 1969–70 season and made 281 appearances and scored three goals in seven seasons with the club.[4] Jones was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2015.[7]

Croatia

Jones signed a two-year contract with Australian club Croatia in 1970.[4]

International career

Jones played for Wales Schoolboys and his mid-1960s performances for Brentford drew the attention of the senior selectors, but he failed to win a call into a squad.[4]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 1959–60[3] Second Division 1 0 0 0 ― 1 0
1962–63[3] First Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Brentford 1963–64[5] Third Division 45 1 6 0 4 0 55 1
1964–65[5] 37 0 4 0 1 0 42 0
1965–66[5] 44 0 2 0 2 0 48 0
1966–67[5] Fourth Division 23 1 4 0 0 0 27 1
1967–68[5] 43 1 2 0 1 0 46 1
1968–69[5] 45 0 2 0 3 0 50 0
1969–70[5] 12 0 1 0 0 0 13 0
Total 249 3 21 0 11 0 281 3
Career total 2543210 11 02863

Honours

Brentford

Individual

References
  1. "Allan Jones". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  2. "Liverpool career stats for Allan Jones". LFChistory – Stats galore for Liverpool FC!. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. "Allan Jones Football Player Statistics". 11v11.com. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  5. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 387–390. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. "Yes And No For Jones". The Brentford & Chiswick Times. 26 August 1966.
  7. Wickham, Chris. "Kevin O'Connor and Marcus Gayle join others in being added to Brentford FC Hall of Fame". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  8. Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 82. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.


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