James Price (born 27 October 1981) is an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played at the right or centre of defence for Scarborough Athletic, in the

Northern Premier League Division One North 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 ...

. Price has made over 150 appearances in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...

and

Football Conference The National League of English Football Clubs is a professional Association football, football league in England that consists of 72 teams, divided equally between the National League (division), National League North and National League South ...

. As of 2021, he plays for and captains Emley in the Northern Counties East league Premier Division

Career

Price began his career as an apprentice at

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. Leeds United have won the League Championship th ...

in 1997. He did not make any appearances for Leeds and moved on to

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system after winning the 202 ...

in July 1999. He played a major part in the success of the Doncaster Rovers youth team in the 1999–00 and 2000–01 seasons, and signed a full-time professional contract in the summer of 2001. He broke into the first team in the 2001–02 season, making 17 league and cup appearances, but an injury suffered in November 2002 meant he missed the remainder of the 2002–03 season and in August 2003, he joined

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in the National League, the fifth level of English football league system. They replaced Halifax Town, who went i ...

on a one-month loan to get match practice. He did not feature in the first team at the beginning of the 2004–05 season and joined

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. The club moved its home g ...

in September 2004 on loan so to play first team football, but ended his loan spell after one month. Price made 55 appearances in all competitions in six seasons at Doncaster, before being released at the end of the 2004–05 season and joining

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 seas ...

after impressing during pre-season. Price made 24 league and cup appearances for York City during the 2005–06 season and then joined Harrogate Town in June 2006. After two seasons at Harrogate Town, he signed for Farsley Celtic in June 2008, and then joined UniBond side

Bradford Park Avenue Bradford (Park Avenue) Association Football Club, sometimes abbreviated as BPA AFC, is an association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The team currently competes in , at the eighth tier of the English football league ...

in February 2009, making his debut in a 6–4 win against

Ashton United Ashton United Football Club is a football club in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of and play at Hurst Cross. Having been founded as Hurst in 1892, they folded in 1892, before being reformed in 1909. ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Jamie 1981 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Leeds United F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Burton Albion F.C. players York City F.C. players Harrogate Town A.F.C. players Farsley Celtic F.C. players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Scarborough Athletic F.C. players Footballers from Normanton, West Yorkshire Ossett Town A.F.C. players Garforth Town A.F.C. players 21st-century English sportsmen