Andy Jones (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Mark Jones | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Wrexham, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1981 | Wrexham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1985 | Rhyl | ||
| 1985–1987 | Port Vale | 90 | (47) |
| 1987–1990 | Charlton Athletic | 66 | (15) |
| 1989 | → Port Vale (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| 1990 | → Bristol City (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 1990–1991 | Bournemouth | 40 | (8) |
| 1991–1993 | Leyton Orient | 59 | (13) |
| Poole Town | |||
| Havant Town | |||
| Total | 276 | (87) | |
| National team | |||
| 1986–1989 | Wales | 6 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Andrew Mark Jones (born 9 January 1963) is a former Welsh international footballer. He gained six caps at international level, to add to his 276 appearances in the Football League. He scored one international goal and 89 domestic league goals.
After failing to make an impact at Wrexham, Jones found massive success in Welsh football with Rhyl. This earned him a chance in the English leagues with Port Vale in 1985. He took this chance in fine style, scoring 49 goals in 90 league appearances, helping the club to promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1985–86, and earning himself the club's Player of the Year award in 1986–87. His goal tally won him a £350,000 move to Charlton Athletic in September 1987. However, he did not find success at Charlton, and was loaned back to Port Vale and then to Bristol City. In October 1990 he signed with Bournemouth, before he moved on to his final club Leyton Orient a year later.
Jones played youth football in Wales for Ysgol Y, Berwyn, Bala Town, Wrexham and finally Rhyl in the Northern Premier League, before being bought by manager John Rudge at English Fourth Division side Port Vale for a £3,000 fee in May 1985. After hearing that Arsenal had offered Jones a trial, Rudge drove over to Rhyl to put a contract in front of Jones before he had the chance to go to Highbury. He quickly became a regular in the squad and was the Vale's top-scorer in 1985–86 with eighteen goals, his strike partnership with Robbie Earle helping the club win promotion to the Third Division. One of his goals came against top-flight West Bromwich Albion in a 2–2 draw at The Hawthorns in the League Cup.
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