Alex Jones (footballer, born 1994)

Alexander Richard Jones (born 28 September 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Southern League Premier Division Central club Stourbridge.

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 joined Tamworth in November 2021 and helped the club to the Southern League Premier Division Central title at the end of the 2022–23 season.

[7] During the 2013–14 season he helped the club's reserve team win the Birmingham Senior Cup,[8][9] and in May 2015 he signed his first professional contract, of one year with the option of a second.

[15] After appearing in two under-21 matches as part of his trial, the Championship club were sufficiently impressed to offer Jones a two-year contract, which he accepted.

[18] Jones made six appearances during the month; although he did not score, his contribution to the team was such that Grimsby wanted to keep him on, but Birmingham were not prepared to extend the loan.

[21] The move fell through when New Zealand Football failed to forward the completed paperwork to FIFA before the transfer deadline despite having received it from the Phoenix three days previously.

[36] He scored five goals in 15 league games for the "Bantams" in the second half of the 2016–17 season, and also appeared as a 74th-minute substitute for Billy Clarke in the play-off final defeat to Millwall at Wembley Stadium.

[37] Jones opened the 2017–18 campaign with five goals in 11 games before damaging his ankle in a 1–0 defeat to Plymouth Argyle at Valley Parade on 11 November; he was forced to undergo surgery and was subsequently ruled out of action for four months.

[39] Finding himself out of then-incumbent David Hopkin's first-team plans, on 25 January 2019, Jones moved to League Two club Cambridge United on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.

[49] The "Cobblers" were relegated out of League One at the end of the season and though 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.

[55] Jones returned to action for Tamworth after coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for Alex Bradley in a 1–1 draw at home with Ilkeston Town on 6 August 2022.

[54][58] After illness and injury disrupted the first half of his 2023–24 season, Jones joined Southern League Premier Division Central club Stourbridge in January 2024 on a month's loan.