Eric Jones (footballer, born 1915)

Eric Jones

Personal information
Full name	Eric Norman Jones
Date of birth	(1915-02-15)15 February 1915
Place of birth	Aston, England
Date of death
Place of death	Lincoln, England
Position(s)	Right-winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Kidderminster Harriers	?	(?)
1936	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	(0)
1937	Portsmouth	1	(0)
1938	Stoke City	0	(0)
1939	West Bromwich Albion	0	(0)
1945	Brentford	0	(0)
1946–1947	Crewe Alexandra	53	(15)
Total		57+	(15+)
Managerial career
1949–1951	BSC Young Boys
1953–1955	Beerschot
1960–1962	De Graafschap
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric Norman Jones (5 February 1915 – 2 October 1985) was an English footballer who played for Kidderminster Harriers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Portsmouth, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Brentford, and Crewe Alexandra. After the war he managed BSC Young Boys (Switzerland), Beerschot (Belgium), and De Graafschap (Netherlands).

Playing career

Jones played for Kidderminster Harriers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Portsmouth, Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion. During the war he guested for Portsmouth, Chelsea, Watford, Southend United, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Queen's Park Rangers, Crystal Palace, Northampton Town, Fulham and Exeter City. After the war he continued his career with Brentford and then Crewe Alexandra.

Management career

Jones managed Swiss side BSC Young Boys, leading the club to a seventh-place finish in the Nationalliga A in 1950–51. After leaving the Wankdorf Stadium, he took charge at Belgian club Beerschot. He later took charge at Dutch club De Graafschap.

He was appointed Port Vale's trainer-coach in June 1962, introducing revolutionary intensive training sessions for the players. He had to be taken off the pitch during his first match with the club after being struck by a bottle thrown from the crowd at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground. His approach of strict discipline was apparently not favoured by the board and he resigned his post at Vale Park for domestic reasons in October 1962.

Statistics

• Sourced from Eric Jones profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1936–37	First Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Portsmouth	1937–38	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Stoke City	1938–39	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Bromwich Albion	1939–40		0	0	0	0	3	4	3	4
Brentford	1945–46		0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0
Crewe Alexandra	1946–47	Third Division North	39	14	1	0	0	0	40	14
	1947–48	Third Division North	14	1	4	1	0	0	18	2
	Total		53	15	5	1	0	0	58	16
Career Total			57	15	9	1	3	4	69	20

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs and Full Members Cup.