Terence Arthur Jolley (born 13 April 1959) is an English former professional

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who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. He made 21 appearances in

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for Gillingham.

Career

Jolley joined

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as a schoolboy before signing an apprentice contract with Gillingham in July 1976. Four months later he signed a professional contract with the club. He made his debut for the team in a 2–0 defeat away to

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in December 1976, but it was to prove to be the only game he played that season. Although he scored goals regularly with the reserve team, he struggled to break into the first team and did not play for them again until October 1978, when he came on as a substitute and scored the second goal in a 2–0 victory over

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. He finished the season with 14 league and cup appearances and 5 goals, including scoring twice in a 3–3 draw with Bury. Despite having been a semi-regular in the team in the 1978–79 season and their fourth-highest goalscorer, Jolley only made seven appearances in the following campaign, and was allowed to leave the club, joining

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in September 1980 for a

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fee of £4,000, a new record for the highest fee paid by the club. He later briefly played for Gravesend & Northfleet before joining

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, whose manager Alf Bentley had also managed him at Dover. He played 173 games for the club and scored 74 goals, but his playing career came to an end when he suffered a compound leg fracture during a game in January 1986. His former club Gillingham sent a team to play Folkestone in a benefit match for him later that year.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jolley, Terry Living people 1959 births English men's footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players Gillingham F.C. players Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century English sportsmen