[2] Jones dropped into non-League football and played for Welling United, Epsom & Ewell,[3] Greenwich Borough and Croydon, before starring for Isthmian League Premier Division club Carshalton Athletic, for whom he scored 52 goals in 108 appearances.
[2] Jones joined First Division club Crystal Palace in October 1989, but failed to make an appearance before departing at the end of the 1989–90 season.
[1] He struggled to hold down a place in the team and failed to score in 20 appearances before his contract was cancelled after the Bees' relegation back to the Second Division was confirmed at the end of the 1992–93 season.
He returned to the Far East to sign for Hong Kong First Division League club Frankwell for the 1995–96 season, but failed to inspire the team to better than a mid-table finish.
In tandem with his role at Fulham, Jones was academy manager at Conference South club Bromley between July 2007 and June 2012.
[13] Between June and December 2012, Jones coached Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion's U12, U13, U14 and U15 academy players and held the role of U16 manager.