Ryan Jennings

Ryan Jennings (born 8 July 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Newcastle Town.

Ryan Jennings
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-08) 8 July 1995
Place of birth Gorton, Manchester, England
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle Town
Youth career
2010–2012 Stockport County
2012–2013 Wigan Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Wigan Athletic 1 (0)
2015 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 9 (0)
2016 → Grimsby Town (loan) 14 (0)
2016 AFC Fylde 4 (0)
2016–2017 Curzon Ashton 9 (0)
2017–2018 Alfreton Town 34 (0)
2018–2019 Nuneaton Borough 4 (0)
2019 Ashton United 8 (0)
2019–2020 Buxton 12 (0)
2020–2022 Widnes 33 (3)
2022–2023 Ramsbottom United 29 (1)
2023– Newcastle Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:23, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

He began his career in the Football League with Wigan Athletic where he spent spells on loan with Accrington Stanley, Cheltenham Town and Grimsby Town. Since his release by Wigan in 2016 he has turned out for both AFC Fylde and Curzon Ashton.

Career

Jennings began his career with his hometown club Stockport County and joined Wigan Athletic in 2012. He went on loan at Accrington Stanley in March 2015 but failed to make an appearance for Stanley through injury.[1] He made his professional debut on 11 August 2015 in a 2–1 League Cup defeat against Bury.[2] On 12 November 2015, Jennings joined National League side Cheltenham Town on an initial one-month loan deal.[3]

On 15 February 2016, Jennings joined National League side Grimsby Town on loan until the end of the season.[4] Jennings was part of the team that eventually went on to beat Forest Green Rovers 3–1 in the 2016 National League play-off final at Wembley, seeing Grimsby promoted to League Two after a six-year absence from the Football League.[5][6]

In September 2016 Jennings joined National League North side AFC Fylde,[7] but by December he had joined local league rivals Curzon Ashton. On 15 June 2017 he penned a one-year deal with Alfreton Town. During his time at Alfreton he received a call up for England C as back up but never made an appearance .[8]

In July 2022, Jennings joined Northern Premier League Division One West club Ramsbottom United following a spell with Widnes FC.[9] In May 2023, he signed for Newcastle Town.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 16 December 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wigan Athletic 2015–16[11] League One 0000100010
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2015–16[12] National League 9000—2[lower-alpha 1]0110
Grimsby Town (loan) 2015–16[11] National League 9000—0090
AFC Fylde 2016–17[12] National League North 4000—0040
Curzon Ashton 2016–17[12] National League North 9000—0090
Alfreton Town 2017–18[12] National League North 16000—00160
Career total 470001020500
  1. Appearances in the FA Trophy

References
  1. "Accrington Stanley sign Tony Warner and Ryan Jennings". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. "Wigan 1-2 Bury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. "Cheltenham Town loan young Wigan winger". BBC Sport. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  4. "Grimsby Town sign Wigan Athletic winger on loan". BBC Sport. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  5. "Forest Green 1–3 Grimsby". BBC Sport. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  6. "Grimsby secure promotion back to Football League at Wembley". Sky Sports. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  7. "► NonLeagueDaily.com | Non League News and Interviews for 2021".
  8. "StackPath".
  9. "FIVE STAR SIGNINGS". www.ramsbottomutd.com. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  10. "New signing - Ryan Jennings". www.newcastletownfc.co.uk. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  11. "Games played by Ryan Jennings in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  12. Ryan Jennings at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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