Jamie Victory (born 14 November 1975) is an English former

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. He played as a defender and was last attached to

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1887, ...

, where he wore the number three shirt and usually acted as a left full back. He was born in Hackney.

Career

Early in his career he spent time at

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English f ...

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. He signed on at

on a free transfer from

AFC Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth ( ) is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The club compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. ...

in 1996. At the start of the 2006–07 season, Victory had a testimonial game featuring the current Cheltenham Town team against a team of Cheltenham Town legends including

Julian Alsop Julian Mark Alsop (born 28 May 1973) is an English former professional footballer. Career A tall, strong striker, Alsop first came to prominence with Bristol Rovers before joining Swansea City in 1998 for £30,000 immediately following a ...

, Mike Duff,

Martin Devaney Martin Thomas Devaney (born 1 June 1980) is a football coach and former professional midfielder who is assistant head coach of EFL League One Barnsley. Born in England of Irish parents, Devaney has played for the Republic Ireland at youth level. ...

, and

Steve Book Steven Kim Book (born 7 July 1969) is an English former professional football goalkeeper who is employed as the goalkeeping coach at Cheltenham Town. Book represented a number of clubs in the English football league system during a career which ...

among others. In May 2007, he was released by Cheltenham after eleven years with the club, and in February 2008 he retired from professional football, as the result of a recurrent pelvic injury and is currently working at the radiography department at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.

Honours

Cheltenham Town *

Football League Third Division play-offs The EFL League Two play-offs are a series of play-off matches contested by the association football teams finishing from fourth to seventh in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are part of the annual Engli ...

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* 1975 births Living people English men's footballers AFC Bournemouth players Cheltenham Town F.C. players West Ham United F.C. players English Football League players England men's semi-pro international footballers Cheltenham Town F.C. non-playing staff Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney People from Hackney Central Men's association football defenders {{England-footy-defender-1970s-stub