Richard Jackson
Jackson in 2006
Personal information
Full name Richard Jackson[1]
Date of birth (1980-04-18) 18 April 1980[1]
Place of birth Whitby, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Scarborough 22 (0)
1999–2007 Derby County 118 (0)
2007–2008 Luton Town 29 (0)
2008–2009 Hereford United 25 (0)
2009 Whitby Town 2 (0)
2009–2011 Burton Albion 5 (0)
Total 201 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Jackson (born 18 April 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Scarborough

Born in Whitby, North Yorkshire,[1] Jackson began his career at Third Division club Scarborough, as a trainee in August 1997. He made his first-team debut for the club in a 4–0 win at home to Doncaster Rovers on 1 November 1997.[2] Jackson signed his first professional contract with Scarborough on 27 March 1998.[1] In 1998–99, Jackson made 22 appearances in all competitions for Scarborough.[3]

Derby County

Jackson signed for Premier League club Derby County in March 1999 for a transfer fee of £30,000.[1] He did not feature for the club until making successive appearances in the final two matches of 1999–2000, including his debut for Derby in a 0–0 draw at home to Newcastle United on 6 May 2000.[4] Jackson made three appearances in 2000–01,[5] and seven in 2001–02 respectively,[6] with the latter resulting in Derby's relegation to the First Division.[7] He broke into the first-team on a regular basis in 2002–03, during which he made 21 appearances,[8] and was offered a new contract at the end of the season.[9] Jackson consolidated his place in the first-team in 2003–04, making 37 appearances,[10] and signed a new two-year contract on 12 May 2004.[11] He made 20 appearances in 2004–05, until he suffered a groin injury in a match against Leeds United in January 2005, which ruled him out of first-team action until May as Derby reached the Championship play-offs.[12][13][14] Jackson featured in both play-off semi-final matches against Preston North End, which resulted in a 2–0 defeat for Derby on aggregate.[12][15] He made 27 appearances in 2005–06,[16] which was interrupted by another groin injury that saw him ruled out of first-team action for all of September and October 2005 and a hamstring injury that ruled him out for several weeks in the spring of 2006.[17][18] By this time, Jackson was the longest serving player at Derby and, on 26 January 2006, signed a contract keeping him at the club until the summer of 2008.[19] However, Jackson made only seven further appearances for Derby in 2006–07.[20]

Luton Town

Jackson moved to newly relegated League One club Luton Town on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract on 8 August 2007.[21] He made his Luton debut on the opening day of 2007–08 in a 2–1 win at home to Hartlepool United.[22] Jackson made 37 appearances in all competitions,[22] but his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 21 August 2008.[23]

Hereford United

On 4 September 2008, Jackson signed a one-year contract with League One club Hereford United.[24] He made his Hereford debut one day later in a 1–1 draw at home to Swindon Town.[25] Jackson made 26 appearances for Hereford,[26] but left the club before the end of the season.[27]

Whitby Town and Burton Albion

On 22 October 2009, Jackson was set to sign for Darlington as one of four new players brought in by manager Steve Staunton, but Jackson's own deal fell through.[28] He dropped into non-league to play for his hometown club Whitby Town, before he was signed by League Two club Burton Albion on a one-month contract on 4 December 2009, managed by his former Derby and Luton teammate Paul Peschisolido as cover for injuries to Ryan Austin and Andrew Corbett.[29] He made his debut one day later when he was named in the starting lineup in a 2–2 draw away to Rotherham United.[30] He made two further appearances, before signing a new one-and-a-half-year contract until the end of 2010–11.[31] However, Jackson only made two appearances during this time as a result of various injuries,[32] and was released by Burton at the end of 2010–11.[33]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Scarborough 1997–98[2] Third Division 2000000020
1998–99[3] Third Division 200002000220
Total 220002000240
Derby County 1998–99[3] Premier League 00———00
1999–2000[4] Premier League 200000—20
2000–01[5] Premier League 200010—30
2001–02[6] Premier League 700000—70
2002–03[8] First Division 2100000—210
2003–04[10] First Division 3600010—370
2004–05[12] Championship 19010102[lower-alpha 1]0230
2005–06[16] Championship 2600010—270
2006–07[20] Championship 501010—70
Total 11802050201270
Luton Town 2007–08[22] League One 29040301[lower-alpha 2]0370
Hereford United 2008–09[26] League One 25000001[lower-alpha 2]0260
Whitby Town 2009–10[34] NPL Premier Division 2000—0020
Burton Albion 2009–10[32] League Two 5000000050
Career total 201060100402210

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. 1 2 "Games played by Richard Jackson in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Games played by Richard Jackson in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Games played by Richard Jackson in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Games played by Richard Jackson in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Games played by Richard Jackson in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Liverpool relegate Derby". BBC Sport. 20 April 2002. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Games played by Richard Jackson in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Rams wait on quartet". BBC Sport. 17 June 2003. Retrieved 8 November 2007.
  10. 1 2 "Games played by Richard Jackson in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Derby duo sign contracts". BBC Sport. 12 May 2004. Retrieved 8 November 2007.
  12. 1 2 3 "Games played by Richard Jackson in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Derby boosted by Jackson's return". BBC Sport. 7 April 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2007.
  14. ↑ "Derby 3–1 Preston". BBC Sport. 8 May 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "Derby 0–0 Preston (agg 0–2)". BBC Sport. 19 May 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Richard Jackson in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  17. ↑ "Jackson hoping to overcome injury". BBC Sport. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2007.
  18. ↑ "Rams defender suffers a setback". BBC Sport. 1 March 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2007.
  19. ↑ "Derby duo sign extended contracts". BBC Sport. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2007.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Richard Jackson in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  21. ↑ "Luton sign ex-Derby man Jackson". BBC Sport. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2007.
  22. 1 2 3 "Games played by Richard Jackson in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  23. ↑ "One in, one out as the regeneration continues". Luton Town F.C. 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012.
  24. ↑ "Defender Jackson joins the Bulls". BBC Sport. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  25. ↑ Morgan, Ian (5 September 2008). "Hereford United salvage point against Swindon". Hereford Times. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  26. 1 2 "Games played by Richard Jackson in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  27. ↑ Carley, Steve (18 May 2009). "Smith ready to look for new club". Hereford Times. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  28. ↑ "Quakers bring in four new faces". BBC Sport. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  29. ↑ "Brewers bring in Jackson". Sky Sports. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  30. ↑ "Jackson hails draw of Pesch". Burton Mail. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  31. ↑ "Richard Jackson extends his deal at Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  32. 1 2 "Games played by Richard Jackson in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  33. ↑ "Brewers contract day round up". Burton Albion F.C. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original on 19 September 2011.
  34. ↑ "Richard Jackson". sporting-heroes.net. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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