Player Profile

Before joining Swindon, Jones made one of the longest transfers in British football history, moving from Weymouth to Aberdeen. It was Lou Macari who brought him to the County Ground at the beginning of the 1988/1989 season, and he made his debut in the League Cup, coming on as a substitute in a 2-1 home defeat by Crystal Palace on 27th September 1988. His league debut came just four days later, when he scored the winning goal in a 3-2 win at Watford. He didn't miss another game all season.

Jones played a major role in the promotion-winning season of 1989/1990, making 46 appearances, including the Play-Off final versus Sunderland. He was a regular member of the squad for the following two seasons, before Glenn Hoddle sold him to local rivals Reading shortly before the 1992/1993 season, in a swap deal that brought Craig Maskell to Swindon.

Jones made a comeback to the County Ground in 1998, when Steve McMahon brought him back as youth team manager - McMahon actually wanting Jones to register as a player, but he was still under contract at Forest Green Rovers. By the time Jones had got his contract cancelled, McMahon had been sacked, so the playing comeback never materialised - but Jones was able to stay in his role, when the new boss was named as Jimmy Quinn, an old friend from their time together at Reading. They both remained in their roles until May 2000, as Quinn was sacked at the end of the 1999/2000 season - Jones staying in the area to play semi-professionally for Swindon Supermarine.

Playing Record

Senior

Reserve and Youth Team Appearances

Note that appearance data for reserve and youth teams may not be complete. Expand for more information.

Career details

Club	Details
Chelsea Chelsea	July 1981 (apprentice)
Farnborough Town Farnborough Town	cs 1983
Woking Woking
Farnborough Town Farnborough Town
Weymouth Weymouth	July 1986 ; transferred out (May 1987)
Aberdeen Aberdeen	May 1987 (transferred in , £30,000 ); transferred out (September 24th, 1988)
Swindon Town Swindon	September 24th, 1988 (transferred in , £80,000 ); transferred out (July 2nd, 1992)
Reading Reading	July 2nd, 1992 (transferred in, exchange exchange deal with Craig Maskell)
Woking Woking	July 1996
Forest Green Rovers Forest Green	cs 1997
Swindon Town Swindon	August 1998 (youth coach) ; sacked (May 2000)
Swindon Supermarine Supermarine	cs 1999   (academy director) September 30th, 2002 (appointed manager); resigned (October 12th, 2002)
Shrivenham Shrivenham
Busan I'cons Busan I'cons	November 2003 (assistant manager)
Armenia Armenia	2006 (assistant manager) May 2007 (caretaker manager)
Swindon Supermarine Supermarine	rptd June 24th, 2010 (appointed assistant manager); resigned (February 2011)
Swindon Town Ladies Swindon LFC	rptd June 23rd, 2012 (coach)
Chippenham Town Chippenham Town	rptd November 6th, 2013 (appointed assistant manager); sacked (rptd January 3rd, 2018)
Highworth Town Highworth Town	rptd June 1st, 2018 (coach)
Royal Wootton Bassett Town Royal Wootton Bassett Town	rptd June 12th, 2020 (coach) ; resigned (rptd May 26th, 2022)