James Pearson (footballer, born 1993)

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James Pearson
Personal information
Full name James Pearson[1]
Date of birth (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Position(s) Defender, Right back
Team information
Current team
 Barnet
Number 37
Youth career
000?–2009 Rotherham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Leicester City 0 (0)
2014 → Carlisle United (loan) 3 (0)
2014 → Wrexham (loan) 5 (0)
2015 → Peterborough United (loan) 0 (0)
2016– Barnet 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2016 (UTC)

James Pearson (born 19 January 1993) is an English footballer who currently plays as a defender for Barnet.[2]

Early life

Pearson is the son of Nigel Pearson, a former Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough defender, who has later managed teams such as Hull City and Leicester City. James still resides in Sheffield where he was born while his father was playing for Sheffield Wednesday. He attended Westbourne School in Sheffield, and Hartpury College in Gloucestershire.[3]

Career

Early career

Pearson's youth career began at Rotherham United. He was released from the club in the summer of 2009.[3]

Leicester City

On 19 September 2012, Pearson joined, on a 12-month contract, Football League Championship side Leicester City, who were then managed by his father Nigel,[4] the season before they returned to the Premier League after a ten-year absence.

On 11 March 2014, James Pearson joined League One club Carlisle United on loan for the rest of the 2014/15 season, along with Watford's Reece Brown.[2] The next day, he made his professional debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 defeat at Sheffield United.[5] He went on to represent Carlisle in a draw against Stevenage and a loss to Notts County,[6] before returning to Leicester, where he extended his contract by one more year on 2 June.[7]

On 26 August 2014, Pearson made his Leicester City debut, along with Ryan Watson and Michael Cain, in the 0–1 League Cup second round home defeat to League Two Shrewsbury Town, playing the whole match.[8]

On 27 October, Pearson joined Conference Premier side Wrexham on a month-long loan,[9] eventually extended into January 2015.[10] He played five league games for Wrexham, in addition to two FA Trophy games and three rounds of the FA Cup, ending with a 1–3 defeat at top-flight Stoke City in the 3rd round on 4 January.[11]

In March 2015, Pearson joined Peterborough United on loan until the end of the 2014/15season,[12]. He did not make an appearance for the club, featuring twice on the bench.

On 17 June 2015, Pearson's contract was terminated by Leicester City following a controversial incident during the club's promotional tour in Thailand.[13]

Barnet

Following his departure from the Foxes, Pearson trained with his former club Rotherham[14] before joining Barnet on 2 February 2016,[15] "on a non-contract basis."[16]

Controversy

In May 2015, during an Asian promotional tour, Pearson and team mates Tom Hopper and Adam Smith, according to the media reports, "took part in a racist sex tape filmed on the club's end-of-season tour of Thailand",[13] a copy of which was obtained and published by the Sunday Mirror.[17] The three players apologised for their behaviour.[17] All three were sacked on 17 June.[13] In relation to the tape, Nigel Pearson too was sacked as Leicester manager by the club's Thai owners, on 30 June 2015.[18]

References

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Carlisle Utd Facing Four Cup Finals, Says Loan Man Pearson", The Cumberland News & Star, 14 March 2014
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  12. ↑ Peterborough Loan For James Pearson
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  14. ↑ "James Pearson training with Rotherham United months after sacking over 'racist orgy' in Thailand" by David W. Owen, Leicester Mercury,
  15. ↑ "James Pearson: Barnet sign former Leicester defender", BBC Sport, 2 February 2016
  16. ↑ "James Pearson signs for Barnet!", Barnet F.C. website, 2 February 2016
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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