Jake King (footballer, born 1955)

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

For the Australian rules footballer, see Jake King.

Jake King
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-01-29) 29 January 1955
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
Shrewsbury Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1982 Shrewsbury Town 306 (20)
1982–1985 Wrexham 92 (5)
1985–1986 Cardiff City 30 (0)
Limerick City
Total 428 (25)
Managerial career
19xx–1999 Telford United
1997–1999 Shrewsbury Town
20xx–2004 Telford United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  9. "JAKE KING'S BACK". NonLeagueDaily.com. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  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. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
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