Ethan Anthony Jones (born 4 April 1998) is an

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who plays for side

Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. They won the FA Trophy in 2004. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of t ...

, where he plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Dudley Dudley ( , ) is a market town in the West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham. Historically part of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. In the ...

and educated at

High Arcal School Beacon Hill Academy, formerly known as The High Arcal School, is a secondary school in the Sedgley area of Dudley, in the English West Midlands. Originally opened as a grammar school in 1961, the school became a comprehensive in 1975. It ad ...

, Jones was in the youth ranks at

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...

before being released and joining

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1886, the club were inaugur ...

. After four years in Shrewsbury's youth system, he signed his first professional contract in October 2015, for two years with option for a third. On 30 January 2016, he had his first call-up to the senior squad, remaining unused in an

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fourth round 3–2 home win over

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. Jones made his first team and

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debut on 8 May, the final day of the 2015–16 season, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute for Andy Mangan in a 3–0

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loss away to

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team, known as the "Robins", currently compete in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded as Swindon A ...

. In September 2016, he moved to

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side

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ...

on a youth loan running until January 2017. He was recalled following the sale of Andy Mangan to Tranmere on 4 November, before being sent out on loan again to

Northern Premier League Premier Division The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system. Geographically, the league c ...

side

Stourbridge Stourbridge () is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Situated on the River Stour, Worcestershire, River Stour, the town lies around west of Birmingham, at the southwester ...

in February 2017 on an initial one-month deal. His loan deal was later extended to the end of the season, with Jones participating in the club's unsuccessful play-off attempt as they lost out to Spennymoor Town in the final. Shrewsbury opted not to extend Jones' contract on his return, and he left the club on the expiry of his contract in June 2017. Following his release from Shrewsbury, Jones joined

National League North The National League North, officially known as Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Association football league in England. National League North is the second division of the National League (English footb ...

side

Southport Southport is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately north of ...

on 15 June 2017. Later that year he left for a short stint at

Halesowen Town Halesowen Town Football Club is a football club based in Halesowen, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Grove Recreation Ground. History The club was believed to have been established around 1873, but rec ...

, before joining

Welsh Premier League The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. It was found ...

side Newtown in January 2018. On 1 February 2019, Jones joined

. On 9 March 2019, the club announced, that Jones had left the club.Archer Heads Out On Loan
hednesfordtownfc.com, 9 March 2019 In July 2019, Jones joined

, in November 2019 he then moved to

Alvechurch Alvechurch ( ) is a large village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Bromsgrove (district), Bromsgrove district in northeastern Worcestershire, England, in the valley of the River Arrow, Worcestershire, River Arrow. The Lickey H ...

. On 19 December 2019, Jones rejoined

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Ethan 1998 births Living people Footballers from Dudley English men's footballers Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Stourbridge F.C. players Southport F.C. players Halesowen Town F.C. players Newtown A.F.C. players Hednesford Town F.C. players Evesham United F.C. players Alvechurch F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players Cymru Premier players Men's association football forwards 21st-century English sportsmen