Jarrett Rivers

Jarrett Anthony Rivers (born 10 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right winger for National League North club Darlington.[3] He previously played in the Football League for Blackpool.

Jarrett Rivers
Rivers in October 2023
Personal information
Full name Jarrett Anthony Rivers[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993[2]
Place of birth Spennymoor, England
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Darlington
Number 21
Youth career
Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Whitley Bay
2014–2015 Blyth Spartans
2015–2016 Blackpool 10 (0)
2016–2019 Blyth Spartans
2019– Darlington 107 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:14, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Rivers played youth football for Middlesbrough; after he was released he began working in a factory but "quit after one day because it made me realise I did not want to do that for the rest of my life, so I have worked hard in football ever since."[4] After spending the 2013–14 season with Whitley Bay, Rivers joined Blyth Spartans.[5][6] He combined his non-league football career with a job in his mother's newsagents shop.[7] After impressing in Blyth Spartans' FA Cup run, including scoring the winner in the second-round victory against Hartlepool United, he went on trial with Oldham Athletic in January 2015.[7] He was named Northern Premier League Young Player of the Season for 2014–15, and in May 2015 he signed a one-year professional contract with an option for a second year with Blackpool, newly relegated to League One.[8] He made 10 League One appearances for Blackpool, mainly as a substitute,[3] but the option for a further year was not taken up and he rejoined Blyth Spartans in August 2016.[9]

He signed for Darlington in May 2019.[10]

Career statistics
As of 21 February 2016
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackpool 2015–16[11] 100100021131
Career total 100100021131

References
  1. "EFL: Free Transfers: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. "Jarrett Rivers". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "J. Rivers". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  4. Rose, Gary (29 May 2015). "FA Cup final: What happened next to this season's giantkillers?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. "Sayer and Rivers join Spartans". Blyth Spartans A.F.C. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  6. "Profile". Blyth Spartans A.F.C. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  7. "Oldham: Blyth Spartans winger Jarrett Rivers on trial". BBC Sport. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  8. Brown, Steve (7 May 2015). "Blyth Spartans starlet Jarrett Rivers joins Lee Clark's Blackpool FC". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  9. "Rivers returns to Spartans". Pitchero Non-League. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  10. Simpson, Ray (29 May 2019). "Darlington sign winger Jarrett Rivers". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  11. "Games played by Jarrett Rivers in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 February 2021.


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