Jonathan Barry "Jon" Beswetherick (born 15 January 1978) is an English retired

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who played as a defender.

Playing career

Beswetherick was born in Liverpool, before moving to

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where he started his career at his home town club of

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making over 100 appearances before moving to Sheffield Wednesday. During his time at

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Beswetherick had loan spells at Swindon Town and

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and he eventually left Sheffield Wednesday to join Bristol Rovers. He appeared in the famous

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game against Carlisle, in which the goalkeeper scored in the 94th minute to keep

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in the

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. He briefly played with the Bristol Rovers before signing for

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where another short spell was followed by a move to

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side Forest Green Rovers. He was released by the Gloucestershire based club and dropped two divisions to sign for

Salisbury City Salisbury City Football Club was an English football club based in Salisbury, Wiltshire. They were formed in 1947 and played at The Raymond McEnhill Stadium. Salisbury had gained back-to-back promotions in recent years, first to the Conference S ...

where he found two successful promotions to the Conference National as well as making over 50 appearances. On 8 September 2007, Beswetherick joined

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on loan. His debut came the same day in a 0–0 draw with

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. He made five Southern Football League Premier Division appearances, his last coming on 9 October 2007. His spell at Mangotsfield was soon followed by another one-month loan to Weston-super-Mare on 4 January 2008. During this spell, he only managed 3 league games for Weston before being returned to Salisbury City. He was released from

in May 2008. He joined

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in July 2008 on a pre-season trial, but eventually joined

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. He was released in June 2009 due to work commitments. "The decision is just down to Jon's job as a policeman and being unable to commit himself for every game," said manager Andrew Jones. "It has nothing to do with his ability, as he is a quality player and did well for us."

References

External links

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Salisbury City Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beswetherick, Jon 1978 births Living people Footballers from Liverpool English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players Salisbury City F.C. players Mangotsfield United F.C. players Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Paulton Rovers F.C. players