Dave Jones – SkyBlueArchive

Position

Defender

Nationality

Place Of Birth

Liverpool

Date Of Birth

August 17, 1956

Age

Games Played

Per Game

Games Started

0.8

Per Game

Minutes

811

67.6

Per Game

Goals

Per Game

Assists

Per Game

Signed as a player by Gordon Milne in the summer of 1979. City paid Everton £250,000 for the England under 21 central defender who had played almost 100 games for the Toffees. It was a disastrous move for the Scouser who was played at full back in most of his 12 appearances for the club. The form of Gary Gillespie and Jim Holton and then later Paul Dyson meant he couldn’t play in his favourite position. Dave had a couple of stinkers for City but was in central defence the night that City won at Old Trafford in the League Cup in 1980. Jones went on loan to Seiko in Hong Kong and later signed permanently before finishing his playing career at Preston.

Since moving into management in the 1990s he has had great success with Stockport, and managed Southampton in the Premier League until he became embroiled in unsubstantiated child abuse charges. He took Wolves to promotion to the Premier League but couldn’t keep them up and was later boss at Cardiff.

Own goals (1)
1979-80
3 November 1979 v Stoke City H