He then returned to the back-room as a coach at Huddersfield Town, Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers, Leeds United, Bury, Cardiff City, Middlesbrough and Aberdeen.

A relative latecomer to the professional game at 25, Jepson had first appeared for North West Counties League side Nantwich Town as a teenager in August 1982.

He made a big impact, becoming club captain and earning the NWCL Division Two Player of the Month award for January 1989.

[1] The reason for this delay was that he had to spend four years fighting manslaughter charges in Belgium for his alleged involvement in the Heysel Stadium disaster; he was finally found Not Guilty when his trial concluded in April 1989.

[6] He then played eight Second Division games in 1989–90, and seeing as he was unable to nail down a first-team place at Vale Park he was loaned out to Peterborough United in January 1990 for a three-month spell.

He played eighteen Fourth Division games for Mark Lawrenson's "Posh", scoring five goals, as they missed out on the play-offs by just three points.

[7] He helped the "Grecians" to maintain their third tier status in 1992–93; they finished three points ahead of his former club Preston North End, who occupied the final relegation place.

The pair helped the "Terriers" to gain promotion in 1994–95, beating Bristol Rovers 2–1 in the play-off final at Wembley, with Jepson crossing the ball to Booth for the opening goal of the game.

"Rocket Ronnie", as the Huddersfield fans called Jepson,[8] also left the McAlpine Stadium, having played a total of 125 games for the club in all competitions, scoring 42 goals.

He signed with Bury on a £40,000 transfer in August 1996, as he helped Stan Ternent's "Shakers" to top the Second Division table in 1996–97, finishing ahead of Stockport County by a two-point margin; Jepson had scored nine goals in 36 appearances throughout the campaign.

He featured just nine times at Boundary Park, scoring four goals, before departing at the end of the season after Neil Warnock was replaced by Andy Ritchie.

He signed with Burnley in time for the start of the 1998–99 campaign, rejoining former manager Stan Ternent, and scored once in seventeen appearances for "Clarets".

[8] In June 2002 he was linked to the vacant management position at Huddersfield Town, though Jepson opted to stay at Turf Moor.

At the end of the 2006–07 season Jepson was once again linked with the newly vacant management position at Huddersfield,[12] despite claiming to be happy at the Priestfield Stadium.

[18] Jepson spent a year out of football before joining his former manager at Huddersfield, Neil Warnock, then at Crystal Palace, as reserve team coach in July 2009.

[8] He spent a year there before moving to Queens Park Rangers to link up with Warnock once again as reserve team coach in July 2010.

[24] He returned to the game in October 2016, when newly appointed Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock named Jepson his first-team coach.