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Gary Jones
Personal information
Full name	Gary Steven Jones
Date of birth	10 May 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Chester, England
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Marine; (First Team Coach)
Youth career
	Tranmere Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–2000	Tranmere Rovers
2000–2002	Nottingham Forest
2002	→ Tranmere Rovers (loan)
2002–2005	Tranmere Rovers
2005–2008	Grimsby Town
Total
Managerial career
2014	Chester (caretaker)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Gary Steven Jones (born 10 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer and first team coach of Marine.

As a player, he was a forward and makeshift midfielder from 1993 until 2008 for Tranmere Rovers, Nottingham Forest and Grimsby Town. In 2008 after retiring from the playing side of the game he has since held various positions on the coaching staff at Colwyn Bay, Chester, Stockport County and Altrincham.

Playing career

Gary Jones started his career as a trainee at Tranmere Rovers in 1993, and he was a commanding force for the club, which in turn saw him move to Nottingham Forest in the summer of 2000. Whilst at Tranmere he played in the 2000 Football League Cup Final. However, after playing only a brief role in first team affairs at Forest, he re-joined Tranmere in 2002, initially on loan before he made the move permanent. Jones once again played a vital part in the Rovers squad, and remained a regular at Prenton Park until he was released in June 2005. He joined Grimsby Town on trial a month later and after a slow start to the 2005–06 season, due to lack of fitness, Gary provided vital goals in Grimsby's ultimately unsuccessful promotion push. He was leading goal scorer with 17 goals in all competitions and formed a very effective partnership with Michael Reddy who scored 14 goals. He was seemingly going to miss the playoff final due to a 90th minute red card^[1] in the second leg of the semi-final, but this was rescinded on appeal.^[2]

He signed a new one-year deal at Grimsby Town in the summer of 2007. He enjoyed a great rapport with the fans, and his whole-hearted displays made him a big favourite. He played most of the 2007–08 season with an injury (including an appearance as a substitute at Wembley as Grimsby lost out to MK Dons in the Football League Trophy final). Jones underwent surgery to improve his troublesome injury, but left Grimsby due to family reasons and then eventually retired.

Management career

On 24 September 2008, it was announced that Jones was the new assistant manager at Colwyn Bay Football Club.^[3] On 21 May 2010 he returned to his home town and was appointed assistant manager of Chester the new club who were formed out of the liquidation of Chester City.

In January 2014 he was appointed caretaker manager of Chester following the departure of Neil Young.^[4] He has since worked at Stockport County, Altrincham and Marine.^[5]

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Chester (caretaker)^[6]	8 January 2014	18 January 2014	1	1	0	0	100.00
Total			1	1	0	0	100.00

Honours

Tranmere Rovers

Football League Cup runner-up: 1999–2000^[7]

Grimsby Town

Football League Trophy runner-up: 2007–08^[8]

References

^ 2006 Play off semi final, 2nd leg – Match Report at Telegraph.co.uk
^ Successful Appeal – news.bbc.co.uk
^ "Colwyn Bay appoint a new manager". 24 September 2008.
^ "Chester part company with boss Young". BBC Sport.
^ "Gary Jones - Marine Football Club".
^ http://www.chester-city.co.uk/fixtures_2013-14.asp ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Leicester triumph at Wembley". BBC Sport. 27 February 2000. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
^ Mitchener, Mark (30 March 2008). "Grimsby 0–2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

External links

Gary Jones at Soccerbase
Football Heroes Profile – Nottingham Forest

[1] 2006 Play off semi final, 2nd leg – Match Report at Telegraph.co.uk

[2] Successful Appeal – news.bbc.co.uk

[3] "Colwyn Bay appoint a new manager". 24 September 2008.

[4] "Chester part company with boss Young". BBC Sport.

[5] "Gary Jones - Marine Football Club".

[6] ttp://www.chester-city.co.uk/fixtures_2013-14.asp ^{[bare URL]}

[7] "Leicester triumph at Wembley". BBC Sport. 27 February 2000. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

[8] Mitchener, Mark (30 March 2008). "Grimsby 0–2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

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 | birth_place         = [[Chester]], England
 | position            = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
+| currentclub = [[Marine F.C.|Marine]]<br>(First Team Coach)
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 | youthclubs1 = [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]
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-| manageryears1        = 2008–2010
+| manageryears1        = 2014
-| managerclubs1        = [[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]] (assistant)
+| managerclubs1        = [[Chester F.C.|Chester]] (caretaker)
-| manageryears2        = 2010–2014
-| managerclubs2        = [[Chester F.C.|Chester]] (assistant)
-| manageryears3        = 2014
-| managerclubs3        = [[Chester F.C.|Chester]] (caretaker)
-| manageryears4        = 2015–2016
-| managerclubs4        = [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]] (assistant)
-| manageryears5        = 2016
-| managerclubs5        = [[Altrincham F.C.|Altrincham]] (assistant)
 }}
-'''Gary Steven Jones''' (born 10 May 1975) is an English former professional [[Association football|footballer]] and assistant manager of [[Conference North]] side [[Altrincham F.C.|Altrincham]]. Gary Jones also features in the Guinness Book Of World Records for having the largest male reproductive organ in Western Europe.
+'''Gary Steven Jones''' (born 10 May 1975) is an English former professional [[Association football|footballer]] and first team coach of [[Marine F.C.|Marine]].
-As a player, he was a [[forward (association football)|forward]] and makeshift [[Midfielder]] from 1993 until 2008 for [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]], [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] and [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]]. In 2008 after retiring from the playing side of the game he was appointed assistant manager of [[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]], a position he held until the end of the 2009–10 season when he took up a similar role at Chester.
+As a player, he was a [[forward (association football)|forward]] and makeshift [[midfielder]] from 1993 until 2008 for [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]], [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] and [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]]. In 2008 after retiring from the playing side of the game he has since held various positions on the coaching staff at [[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]], [[Chester F.C.|Chester]], [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]] and [[Altrincham F.C.|Altrincham]].
 ==Playing career==
-Gary Jones started his career as a trainee at [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]] in 1993, and he was a commanding force for the club, which in turn saw him move to [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] in the summer of 2000. Whilst at Tranmere he played in the [[2000 Football League Cup Final]]. However, after playing only a brief role in first team affairs at Forest, he re-joined Tranmere in 2002, initially on loan before he made the move permanent. Jones once again played a vital part in the Rovers squad, and remained a regular at [[Prenton Park]] until he was released in June 2005. He joined [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] on trial a month later and after a slow start to the 2005–06 season, due to lack of fitness, Gary provided vital goals in Grimsby's ultimately unsuccessful promotion push. He was leading goal scorer with 17 goals in all competitions and  formed a very effective partnership with [[Michael Reddy]] who scored 14 goals. He was seemingly going to miss the playoff final due to a 90th minute red card<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/sport/2006/05/17/sfggri17.xml 2006 Play off semi final, 2nd leg] – Match Report at Telegraph.co.uk</ref> in the second leg of the semi final, but this was rescinded on appeal.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/5009628.stm Successful Appeal] – news.bbc.co.uk</ref>
+Gary Jones started his career as a trainee at [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]] in 1993, and he was a commanding force for the club, which in turn saw him move to [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] in the summer of 2000. Whilst at Tranmere he played in the [[2000 Football League Cup Final]]. However, after playing only a brief role in first team affairs at Forest, he re-joined Tranmere in 2002, initially on loan before he made the move permanent. Jones once again played a vital part in the Rovers squad, and remained a regular at [[Prenton Park]] until he was released in June 2005. He joined [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] on trial a month later and after a slow start to the 2005–06 season, due to lack of fitness, Gary provided vital goals in Grimsby's ultimately unsuccessful promotion push. He was leading goal scorer with 17 goals in all competitions and  formed a very effective partnership with [[Michael Reddy]] who scored 14 goals. He was seemingly going to miss the playoff final due to a 90th minute red card<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311101551/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/sport/2006/05/17/sfggri17.xml 2006 Play off semi final, 2nd leg] – Match Report at Telegraph.co.uk</ref> in the second leg of the semi-final, but this was rescinded on appeal.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/5009628.stm Successful Appeal] – news.bbc.co.uk</ref>
 He signed a new one-year deal at [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] in the summer of 2007. He enjoyed a great rapport with the fans, and his whole-hearted displays made him a big favourite. He played most of the 2007–08 season with an injury (including an appearance as a substitute at Wembley as Grimsby lost out to MK Dons in the Football League Trophy final). Jones underwent surgery to improve his troublesome injury, but left Grimsby due to family reasons and then eventually retired.
 ==Management career==
-On 24 September 2008, it was announced that Jones was the new assistant manager at [[Colwyn Bay Football Club]].<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_of_wales/7633345.stm</ref> On 21 May 2010 he returned to his home town and was appointed assistant manager of [[Chester F.C.|Chester]] the new club who were formed out of the liquidation of [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]].
+On 24 September 2008, it was announced that Jones was the new assistant manager at [[Colwyn Bay Football Club]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_of_wales/7633345.stm|title = Colwyn Bay appoint a new manager|date = 24 September 2008}}</ref> On 21 May 2010 he returned to his home town and was appointed assistant manager of [[Chester F.C.|Chester]] the new club who were formed out of the liquidation of [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]].
-In January 2014 he was appointed caretaker manager of Chester following the departure of Neil Young.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25656950</ref>
+In January 2014 he was appointed caretaker manager of Chester following the departure of Neil Young.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25656950|title = Chester part company with boss Young|work = BBC Sport}}</ref>  He has since worked at [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]], [[Altrincham F.C.|Altrincham]] and [[Marine F.C.|Marine]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://marinefc.com/staff/gary-jones/|title = Gary Jones - Marine Football Club}}</ref>
+==Managerial statistics==
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
+|-
+!rowspan=2|Team
+!rowspan=2|From
+!rowspan=2|To
+!colspan=5|Record
+|-
+!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
+|-
+|align=left|[[Chester F.C.|Chester]] (caretaker)<ref>http://www.chester-city.co.uk/fixtures_2013-14.asp {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
+|align=left|8 January 2014
+|align=left|18 January 2014
+{{WDL|1|1|0|0}}
+|-
+!colspan=3|Total
+{{WDLtot|1|1|0|0}}
+|}
+==Honours==
+'''Tranmere Rovers'''
+*[[Football League Cup]] runner-up: [[1999–2000 Football League Cup|1999–2000]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/658945.stm |title=Leicester triumph at Wembley |website=BBC Sport |date=27 February 2000 |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref>
+'''Grimsby Town'''
+*[[Football League Trophy]] runner-up: [[2007–08 Football League Trophy|2007–08]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7309420.stm |title=Grimsby 0–2 MK Dons |last=Mitchener |first=Mark |website=BBC Sport |date=30 March 2008 |access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref>
 ==References==
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 [[Category:Tranmere Rovers F.C. players]]
 [[Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. players]]
-[[Category:English footballers]]
+[[Category:English men's footballers]]
 [[Category:Grimsby Town F.C. players]]
 [[Category:English Football League players]]
-[[Category:Sportspeople from Chester]]
+[[Category:Footballers from Chester]]
 [[Category:Chester F.C. managers]]
 [[Category:English football managers]]
-[[Category:Association football forwards]]
+[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
+[[Category:Marine A.F.C. non-playing staff]]