Jimmy Jones (Northern Ireland footballer)
James " Jimmy" Jones ( born July 25 1928 in Keady, County Armagh, † February 13, 2014 ) was a Northern Irish footballer. The striker was six times top scorer in the Irish Football League, where he won the championship title with Belfast Celtic and Glenavon FC. He also played three matches for the Northern Ireland national team.
Sports career
Jones was born the son of a sergeant instructors of the Special Constabulary. As a student, he played football for Tech Lurgan, Lurgan Boys Brigade, Lurgan Sunnyside and Glenavon Juniors, before the term of his top club Belfast Celtic joined. The club, which was in series before the second world war four times champion, he entered 1947/48 in the first season after the war-related break on. He chose with 25 goals in 22 games top scorer, he also won the league title with the club and the Irish Cup. The following season began promisingly, by Christmas he had scored twelve goals in seven games - all competitions he prized at 33 gates. However, in the local derby against Linfield FC on Boxing Day 1948, there were riots at Windsor Park, in which he incurred a serious leg fracture - as a result he fell on the one hand from more than two years and on the other hand, his club moved permanently back on the game operation.
After his recovery, Jones joined Glenavon FC in 1951. Again, he crowned himself directly in his first season top scorer of the Northern Ireland Championship, his new club he led thus to the first league title in club history. 1954, 1956, 1957 and 1960 he won again in each case the top scorer title in 1957 and 1960, the club won it two more league titles as well as 1957, 1959 and 1961 again the Irish Cup. Nevertheless, it was enough at this time to only three internationals, after his debut in the British Home Championship in April 1956 against Wales - in a 1-1 draw, he scored his only Nationalmannschaftstor - he ran in this competition until 1957 two more times to. Participation in the World Cup tournament in 1958, celebrated its debut at the finals Northern Ireland, was denied him.
1962 Jones left after 275 Cup goals in 222 league games the Glenavon FC and went to league rivals Portadown FC. After a season in which he hit eight times in 14Meisterschaftsspielen, he moved to Bangor FC on. He also played one season in which he scored twelve goals in 20 league games. He then trailed off unterklassig his career at Newry Town.
The Belfast Celtic Society chose Jones when it was founded in 2003 as the first president.