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| Alex Jones |
 Alexander Richard Jones was born on Wednesday, 28th September, 1994, in Sutton Coldfield. The 6' 1 (11st 7lbs) forward signed for Gary Caldwell's Thistle on Saturday, 13th July, 2019, having most recently been with Bradford City. Aged 24, he made his debut appearance on Tuesday, 16th July, 2019, in a 2-1 win away to Queen's Park in the League Cup. Alex scored his first goal for Thistle on Saturday, 14th December, 2019, in a 3-1 win at home to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the SPFL Championship. He scored his second and final goal on Saturday, 28th December, 2019, in a 2-1 win away to Greenock Morton, also in the SPFL Championship. He played his last game for the club on Friday, 14th February, 2020, in a 2-1 defeat at home to Raith Rovers in the Challenge Cup, having appeared as a Jag on 17 occasions. At September, 2024, Alex's club-list included West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City, Grimsby Town, Port Vale, Bradford City, Cambridge United, Partick Thistle, Northampton Town, Tamworth and Stourbridge. |
 Jones began his career with West Bromwich Albion, and in 2015 spent time with Grimsby Town of the National League. A loan move to A-League club Wellington Phoenix in 2016 fell through because of an administrative error by the governing body, New Zealand Football. He joined Port Vale on a five-month loan deal in August 2016, and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Bradford City the following January. He left Bradford in 2019, following a loan spell at Cambridge United. On 13 July 2019, Jones signed a one-year deal with Partick Thistle of the Scottish Championship, becoming "Jags" manager Gary Caldwell's eighth summer signing. After a three-month spell out injured, Jones returned to the Thistle team to start in a 2–1 win over Queen of the South on 7th December. The following week he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He scored two goals in 17 games in the 2019–20 season, which ended in relegation when the season was declared early with nine games left to play due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jones left Thistle at the expiry of his contract in July 2020. On 2 March 2021, Jones joined Northampton Town until the end of the 2020–21 season. He made his debut for the club seven days later and scored his side's only goal of the game in the 93rd-minute after coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat away at Charlton Athletic. The "Cobblers" were relegated from League One at the end of the season and, although his contract was due to expire in the summer, it was reported that he had been invited to train with the club by manager Jon Brady. However he declined the invitation. On 2 November 2021, Jones was announced as a signing for Southern League Premier Division Central side Tamworth. |
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