Four days later on 28 February he became the youngest player ever to be sent off playing for Cardiff when he was red carded during a 4–1 win over Blackburn Rovers.
In September 1983, Jones left the club as part of a remarkable exchange deal between Cardiff and Newport County.
Nigel Vaughan and Karl Elsey joined the Bluebirds and Jones, along with John Lewis and Tarki Micallef, moved to Somerton Park in return.
He was a regular for Newport until the club began suffering financial difficulties and he was allowed to join Reading.
He eventually left the club in 1992 and moved into non-league football before fully retiring in 1996, at the age of 36, due to a severe knee injury.