Jason Christopher Talbot (born 30 September 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back.
In September 2004 he joined George Burley's Derby County on loan,[3] playing two Championship games before returning to the Reebok Stadium early the next month.
[4] He joined the "Stags" permanently in June 2005,[5] having never made a first-team appearance for Bolton Sam Allardyce allowed Talbot to leave for free.
[8] At the end of the season he joined Port Vale on a free transfer,[9] after Mansfield manager Peter Shirtliff made it clear his time at Field Mill was over.
[10] Red cards were a common theme of Talbot's time at Vale Park, and he wrote himself into the club's record books with five dismissals in his brief stay.
[14] The "tenacious tackling defender"[15] was a regular during the 2007–08 season, though he fell out the club's first-team plans under new manager Lee Sinnott, Talbot knew by January 2008 he had no future at Vale.
[16] In July 2008, he signed a two-year deal with Scottish First Division side Livingston, following an appearance as a trialist in a 1–1 pre-season draw with Unirea Urziceni.
He played 31 matches as Athletic reached the play-offs with a fifth-place finish in the 2017–18 season, though was an unused substitute in the quarter-final second leg defeat to Dundee United.
[39] On 4 July 2018, Talbot signed with Scottish League Two club Cowdenbeath after impressing manager Gary Bollan throughout two trial games, thus joining one of Dunfermline's Fife derby rivals.