John Jeffers

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John Jeffers
Personal information
Full name John Joseph Jeffers[1]
Date of birth (1968-10-05)5 October 1968[1]
Place of birth Liverpool, England[1]
Date of death 20 January 2021(2021-01-20) (aged 52)[2]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Position(s) Left-winger
Youth career
1984–1986 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 Liverpool 0 (0)
1988–1995 Port Vale 180 (10)
1995 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 3 (1)
1995–1997 Stockport County 57 (6)
1997–1998 Hednesford Town
Total 240 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Joseph Jeffers (5 October 1968 – 20 January 2021) was an English footballer who played as a left-winger. He scored 18 goals in 297 league and cup appearances in a 12-year career in the Football League.

He began his career with Liverpool in October 1986 but never made a first-team appearance before he was sold on to Port Vale in February 1989 for a £30,000 fee. He helped the "Valiants" to win promotion out of the third tier in 1989 and 1993–94. Known for his dribbling and jinking runs, he was nicknamed "Jinking John Jeffers" by Vale supporters. He was loaned out to Shrewsbury Town in January 1995, he was allowed to join Stockport County in November 1995. He helped the "Hatters" to win promotion out of the Second Division and to reach the semi-finals of the League Cup in 1996–97. In October 1997, he moved into non-League football with Hednesford Town, before retiring from professional football at the end of the season.

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