Jamie Guy
{{short description|English footballer (born 1987)}}
{{use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jamie Guy
| image =
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| fullname = Jamie Leslie Guy{{Cite book |editor-last=Hugman |editor-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09 |publisher=Mainstream |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-84596-324-8}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|8|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Barking, England
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = West Ham United
| youthyears2 = {{0|000}}?–2004 | youthclubs2 = Colchester United
| years1 = 2004–2010 | clubs1 = Colchester United | caps1 = 52 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2004 | clubs2 = → Tiptree United (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 2005 | clubs3 = → Gravesend & Northfleet (loan) | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2006 | clubs4 = → Cambridge United (loan) | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2008–2009 | clubs5 = → Oxford United (loan) | caps5 = 21 | goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2009 | clubs6 = → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | caps6 = 9 | goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2009 | clubs7 = → Port Vale (loan) | caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2010 | clubs8 = Grays Athletic | caps8 = 15 | goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2010–2012 | clubs9 = Braintree Town | caps9 = 34 | goals9 = 10
| years10 = 2011–2012 | clubs10 = → Thurrock (loan) | caps10 = 6 | goals10 = 3
| years11 = 2012–2013 | clubs11 = Maldon & Tiptree | caps11 = | goals11 =
| years12 = 2013–2014 | clubs12 = Needham Market | caps12 = | goals12 =
| years13 = 2014 | clubs13 = Heybridge Swifts | caps13 = 10 | goals13 = 6
| years14 = 2014 | clubs14 = Bishop's Stortford | caps14 = 0 | goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2014 | clubs15 = Grays Athletic | caps15 = 16 | goals15 = 4
| years16 = 2014–2015 | clubs16 = Witham Town | caps16 = 16 | goals16 = 3
| years17 = 2015 | clubs17 = Harlow Town | caps17 = 7 | goals17 = 5
| years18 = 2015 | clubs18 = Billericay Town | caps18 = | goals18 =
| years19 = 2015 | clubs19 = Brentwood Town | caps19 = 15 | goals19 = 6
| years20 = 2015–2016 | clubs20 = Heybridge Swifts | caps20 = 6 | goals20 = 2
| years21 = 2016–2017 | clubs21 = VCD Athletic | caps21 = 21 | goals21 = 7
| years22 = 2017 | clubs22 = Great Wakering Rovers | caps22 = 7 | goals22 = 1
| years23 = 2017 | clubs23 = VCD Athletic | caps23 = 0 | goals23 = 0
| years24 = 2017 | clubs24 = Stanway Rovers | caps24 = 6 | goals24 = 2
| years25 = 2017 | clubs25 = Ware | caps25 = 2 | goals25 = 0
| years26 = 2018 | clubs26 = Holland | caps26 = 3 | goals26 = 1
| years27 = 2018 | clubs27 = Walthamstow | caps27 = | goals27 =
| years28 = 2018–2019 | clubs28 = Debenham LC | caps28 = | goals28 =
| years29 = 2019 | clubs29 = Witham Town | caps29 = 2 | goals29 = 0
| totalcaps = 264| totalgoals = 62
}}
Jamie Leslie Guy (born 1 August 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in the English Football League before dropping into non-League football following injury problems.
He enjoyed a six-year career with Colchester United between 2004 and 2010, playing on loan for Tiptree United, Gravesend & Northfleet, Cambridge United, Oxford United, Dagenham & Redbridge, and Port Vale. Following a brief spell with Conference club Grays Athletic in 2010, he moved on to Braintree Town of the Conference South. He won promotion in his first season with the club but suffered a double open fractured leg in a match against Eastleigh. He played on loan at Thurrock in 2011–12 to aid his recovery. He later played for non-League sides Maldon & Tiptree, Needham Market, Heybridge Swifts, Bishop's Stortford, Witham Town, Billericay Town, Brentwood Town, VCD Athletic, Great Wakering Rovers, Stanway Rovers, Ware, Holland, Walthamstow, Debenham LC and Witham Town.
Career
=Colchester United and first convictions=
Guy was born in Barking.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/portvale/Port-Vale-Guy-looks-reverse-fortunes/article-1467063-detail/article.html |title=Port Vale: Guy looks to reverse fortunes |date=30 October 2009 |website=The Sentinel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102041735/http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/portvale/Port-Vale-Guy-looks-reverse-fortunes/article-1467063-detail/article.html |archive-date=2 November 2009 |access-date=30 October 2009}} He joined the Colchester United youth team, turning professional at the club in 2004.{{Cite news |url=http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/archive/2010/01/20/Grays+Athletic+Sport+%28grays_athletic_sport%29/4861278.Jamie_Guy_may_be_on_Julian_Dicks_wish_list/ |title=Colchester striker linked to Grays Athletic |date=20 January 2010 |work=Braintree and Witham Times |access-date=23 June 2011}} At the start of the 2004–05 season, Guy joined non-League Tiptree United on a one-month loan.{{Cite web |url=http://www.4thegame.com/club/dagenham-amp;-redbridge-fc/news/161353/us_youngsters_leave_on_loan/ |title=U's Youngsters Leave on Loan |date=10 September 2004 |publisher=4thegame.com |access-date=30 July 2009}}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He returned to parent club Colchester to make his senior debut at Layer Road in a 1–0 defeat to Blackpool on 5 February 2005 as an 82nd-minute substitute.{{cite news |last1=Waldron |first1=Jonathan |title=Jamie Guy - 'Layer Road and Colchester is obviously a massive part of my life' |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/sport/18908734.former-colchester-united-striker-jamie-guy-lifts-lid-career/ |access-date=6 November 2021 |work=Gazette |date=30 November 2020 |language=en}} Three weeks later he played the last two minutes of a 2–0 defeat away at Hull City.
Starting the 2005–06 season, Guy joined Gravesend & Northfleet on loan for October; however, after making his debut as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 draw with York City at Stonebridge Road, he played no further part in the club's Conference National campaign. Back with Colchester, he got his first start in a Football League Trophy game at Milton Keynes Dons. In February, he returned to the Conference on loan with Cambridge United.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cambridge_utd/4697014.stm |title=Cambridge complete double swoop |date=9 February 2006 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} He scored his first goal in a 1–0 defeat of Woking on 4 March and on 4 April scored a last-minute winning goal at the Abbey Stadium against Exeter City. He spent mid-March back at Layer Road, playing both legs of the League Trophy Southern final clash with eventual winners Swansea City.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cambridge_utd/4842260.stm |title=Guy set for another Abbey spell |date=24 March 2006 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}}
He spent all of the 2006–07 season with Colchester in the Championship. He scored his first senior goal in the 2–1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion on 19 August. Also, he scored late goals against Coventry City and league leaders Cardiff City. Colchester ended the 2006–07 campaign in tenth place, the best league finish in the club's history. In July, he signed an extended contract with the club.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/6922981.stm |title=Guy prolongs stay at Layer Road |date=30 July 2007 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} The following season he featured less frequently, making only 12 appearances.{{Cite web |url=https://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=691 |title=Jamie Guy – Players – Colchester United |website=www.coludata.co.uk |access-date=6 April 2019}}
In June 2007, Guy was fined £550 after pleading guilty to creating a disturbance in the Colchester town centre the previous month. He also received a twelve-month ban for drink driving in July 2008 and a further £100 fine for fighting in a car park.{{Cite news |url=http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/archive/2008/07/04/Colchester+United+News+%28colchester_united_news%29/2379836.Jamie_wants_away_from_U_s/ |title=Jamie wants away from U's |date=4 July 2008 |work=Braintree and Witham Times |access-date=23 June 2011}}
In need of regular football, Guy joined Conference club Oxford United on a season-long loan deal from Colchester United in July 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7496671.stm |title=Oxford sign striker Guy on loan |date=10 July 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} During the pre-season, Guy was in good form, giving manager Darren Patterson cause for optimism.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7529288.stm |title=Patterson backs Guy goal threat |date=31 July 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} However, in a pre-season friendly with Portsmouth he suffered a hamstring injury,{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7542166.stm |title=Plucky Oxford go down to Pompey |date=5 August 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}}{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7554510.stm |title=Guy set for early Oxford return |date=11 August 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} before also suffering a minor ankle injury.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7622840.stm |title=Oxford receive Guy injury boost |date=18 September 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} These injuries frustrated attempts to build a strike partnership with James Constable.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7596586.stm |title=Constable backs Guy partnership |date=4 September 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} Following Patterson's departure in late November, Guy was unsure of his future at the Kassam Stadium.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7766285.stm |title=Striker Guy unsure on Oxford stay |date=5 December 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} A few days later he scored two goals in a game for the first time, in the FA Trophy game with Sudbury{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7781972.stm |title=Guy shines in Oxford Trophy win |date=13 December 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} and was praised by caretaker manager Jim Smith.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7783847.stm |title=Guy relishing working with Smith |date=16 December 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} However, upon Chris Wilder's entrance, Guy departed, as he was recalled to Layer Road at the end of the year.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7805418.stm |title=Guy set to make Colchester return |date=31 December 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} After four games under new Colchester manager Paul Lambert, he joined League Two promotion contenders Dagenham & Redbridge, initially on a one-month loan.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dagenham_and_redbridge/7921747.stm |title=Daggers add Doe and Guy to squad |date=3 March 2009 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} He made his debut for the club on 3 March, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–0 home defeat to Lincoln City. After scoring the only goal in a league match against Port Vale at Vale Park seven days later, the "Daggers" were keen to extend the deal to the end of the season,{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dagenham_and_redbridge/7939184.stm |title=Guy keen to extend Daggers loan |date=12 March 2009 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} which Colchester duly obliged to.
In July 2009, he joined Port Vale on trial, intending to earn a loan move for the start of the 2009–10 season.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8176258.stm |title=Adams keen to snap up trial pair |date=30 July 2009 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2009}} Guy was especially keen on this prospect,{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/8182842.stm |title=Striker Guy keen on Valiants loan |date=4 August 2009 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=4 August 2009}} but the deal fell through after he tore cartilage in his knee, requiring surgery to correct the damage.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8191984.stm |title=Injured Guy could return to Vale |date=10 August 2009 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=10 August 2009}}
In September 2009, Guy pled guilty to threatening behaviour and was given a £350 fine, with £200 costs and compensation,{{Cite news |last=Oldershaw |first=Lauren |url=http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/4638003.U_s_man_is_fined_over_nightclub_row/ |title=Colchester United striker Jamie Guy fined over nightclub row |date=18 September 2009 |work=Daily Gazette |access-date=23 June 2011}} after assaulting his ex-girlfriend in an incident in a nightclub in which he "spat in her face and pulled her around by her hair, causing a clump of her hair to come out".
Guy faced no disciplinary action from his club following this conviction, and the proposed loan deal went ahead the following month to run until January 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/portvale/Breaking-News-Vale-secure-loan-Guy/article-1396916-detail/article.html |title=Breaking News: Vale secure loan move for Guy |date=6 October 2009 |publisher=BBC Sport |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914152017/http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/portvale/Breaking-News-Vale-secure-loan-Guy/article-1396916-detail/article.html |archive-date=14 September 2012 |access-date=6 October 2009}} The deal was cut short in November, after five games.{{Cite web |url=http://www.port-vale.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10381~1877137,00.html |title=Guy Returns to Colchester |date=16 November 2009 |website=port-vale.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222065540/http://www.port-vale.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10381~1877137%2C00.html |archive-date=22 February 2012 |access-date=16 November 2009}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/portvale/Port-Vale-Guy-s-loan-spell-cut-short/article-1518403-detail/article.html |title=Port Vale: Guy's loan spell cut short |date=16 November 2009 |website=The Sentinel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912043330/http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/portvale/Port-Vale-Guy-s-loan-spell-cut-short/article-1518403-detail/article.html |archive-date=12 September 2012 |access-date=16 November 2009}}
=Non-League=
On 19 January 2010, he had his contract at Colchester ended by mutual consent,{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/8468219.stm |title=Grays Athletic eye ex-Colchester United man Jamie Guy |date=19 January 2010 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=19 January 2010}} and signed for Conference National side Grays Athletic two days later.{{Cite news |last=Spurgeon |first=Simon |url=http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/sport/colchesterunited/4864549.Former_Colchester_United_striker_Jamie_Guy_joins_West_Ham_legend_Julian_Dicks_at_Grays/? |title=Former Colchester United striker Jamie Guy joins West Ham legend Julian Dicks at Grays |date=21 January 2010 |work=The Gazette |access-date=21 January 2010}} He was released at the end of the 2009–10 season, and subsequently signed for Conference South club Braintree Town in July 2010.{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8796890.stm |title=Braintree Town sign striker Jamie Guy |date=7 July 2010 |access-date=7 July 2010 |publisher=BBC Sport}} Braintree won promotion to the Conference National as champions of the Conference South. However, it was a season hampered by injury for Guy.
During pre-season, Guy suffered another ankle injury after he broke a bone in the joint.{{Cite news |last=Waldron |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/sport/braintreetown/8296268.Iron_ponder_striker_options_after_Guy_injury/ |title=Iron ponder striker options after Guy injury |date=28 July 2010 |work=Braintree and Witham Times |access-date=23 June 2011}} In February 2011, he suffered a traumatic injury in a collision with Eastleigh goalkeeper Gareth Barfoot; Guy was left with a double open leg fracture and broken tibia and fibula.{{Cite news |last=Waldron |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/sport/braintreetown/8865558.Braintree_Town_will_look_after_stricken_striker_Guy/ |title=Braintree Town will look after stricken striker Guy |date=21 February 2011 |work=Braintree and Witham Times |access-date=23 June 2011}} Braintree Town and Colchester United organized a benefit match for Guy on 16 July 2011 at Cressing Road, as Guy continued his rehabilitation.{{Cite news |last=Waldron |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/archive/2011/04/01/Colchester+United+News+%28colchester_united_news%29/8947021.U_s_to_play_in_benefit_match_for_former_striker_Guy/ |title=U's to play in benefit match for former striker Guy |date=1 April 2011 |work=Braintree and Witham Times |access-date=23 June 2011}}
He joined Conference South club Thurrock on a one-month loan in November 2011.{{Cite news |last=Spurgeon |first=Simon |url=http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/sport/9372610.New_Iron_signing_should_be_judged_on_his_ability/ |title=New Iron signing should be judged on his ability |date=18 November 2011 |work=Braintree & Witham Times |access-date=21 November 2011}} Upon his return to Cressing Road he pledged to repay Braintree for standing by him during his recovery.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17442828 |title=Jamie Guy eyes goals for Braintree after horror injury |date=20 March 2012 |access-date=6 June 2012 |publisher=BBC Sport}} Guy signed with Isthmian League side Maldon & Tiptree in August 2012.{{Cite news |url=http://www.maldonandburnhamstandard.co.uk/sport/9878378.Jamie_Guy_signs_for_Maldon_and_Tiptree/ |title=Jamie Guy signs for Maldon and Tiptree |date=16 August 2012 |work=Maldon Standard |access-date=8 January 2014}} The club achieved a second-place finish in Division One North in 2012–13, but lost the play-off final to Thamesmead Town. He signed a two-year contract with league rivals Needham Market in summer 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/ian_westlake_signs_for_needham_market_just_18_months_after_falling_out_of_love_with_football_1_2255768 |title=Ian Westlake signs for Needham Market just 18 months after falling out of love with football |date=28 June 2013 |publisher=East Anglian Daily Times |access-date=25 December 2015}} He was transfer listed in December by manager Mark Morsley.{{Cite web |url=http://www.greenun24.co.uk/non-league/needham_market_transfer_list_ex_colchester_united_star_striker_jamie_guy_while_leiston_and_bury_all_set_for_new_year_s_day_clash_round_up_of_other_new_year_s_day_fixtures_1_3162983 |title=Needham Market transfer-list ex-Colchester United star striker Jamie Guy, while Leiston and Bury all set for New Year's Day clash – round-up of other New Year's Day fixtures |last=Bacon |first=Mike |website=greenun24.co.uk |access-date=8 January 2014}}
In January 2014, he signed for Heybridge Swifts.{{Cite news |url=http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/sport/10928864.Guy_signs_on_for_Heybridge_Swifts/ |title=Guy signs on for Heybridge Swifts |date=10 January 2014 |access-date=25 December 2015 |publisher=Daily Gazette}} He signed with Bishop's Stortford in the Conference South in June 2014, having rejected an approach from Witham Town.{{Cite news |last=Gold |first=Alasdair |url=http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Sport/Blues-News/Stringer-delighted-to-bring-former-Colchester-United-striker-to-Bishops-Stortford-FC-20140604132607.htm |title=Stringer delighted to bring former Colchester United striker to Bishop's Stortford FC |date=4 June 2014 |work=Herts & Essex Observer |access-date=2 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812102721/http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Sport/Blues-News/Stringer-delighted-to-bring-former-Colchester-United-striker-to-Bishops-Stortford-FC-20140604132607.htm |archive-date=12 August 2014}} He went on to re-sign with Grays Athletic 15 August, having failed to make a competitive appearance for Bishop's Stortford.{{Cite news |url=http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/guys-back-at-grays-33256/ |title=Guy's Back at Grays |date=25 December 2015 |access-date=18 August 2014 |publisher=Pitch Hero Non League}}
Guy left Grays in December 2014, having scored eight goals in 24 appearances in all competitions.{{Cite news |url=http://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/sport/11653375.Jamie_Guy_parts_company_with_Grays_Athletic/ |title=Jamie Guy parts company with Grays Athletic |date=8 December 2014 |access-date=25 December 2015 |publisher=Thurrock Gazette}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.graysath-online.com/stats/player.php?id=307 |title=Profile: Jamie Guy |website=graysath-online.com |access-date=9 December 2014}} He then joined Witham Town on 8 December,{{Cite web |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/withamtown/news/town-get-there-guy-at-last-1345238.html |title=Town get there Guy at last |date=8 December 2014 |publisher=Witham Town FC |access-date=11 December 2014}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/Jamie-Witham-Town-s-prize-Guy-double-debut/story-25712666-detail/story.html |title=Jamie is Witham Town's prize Guy with double on debut |date=15 December 2014 |access-date=25 December 2015 |publisher=Essex Chronicle}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and Harlow Town in March 2015.{{Cite news |url=http://www.harlowstar.co.uk/Colchester-United-striker-nets-debut-brace-Harlow/story-26210383-detail/story.html |title=Former Colchester United striker nets debut brace as Harlow hammer Brightlingsea |date=21 March 2015 |access-date=25 December 2015 |publisher=Harlow Star}} In July 2015 Guy signed for Isthmian League side Billericay Town,{{Cite news |url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/13465216.Billericay_Town_sign_striker_Jamie_Guy/ |title=Billericay Town sign striker Jamie Guy |date=20 July 2015 |access-date=25 December 2015 |publisher=Echo Newspapers}} Brentwood Town in August 2015,{{Cite news |url=http://www.brentwoodgazette.co.uk/Holdsworth-need-realistic/story-27715093-detail/story.html |title=Brentwood Town boss Dean Holdsworth says the club needs to be realistic |date=3 September 2015 |access-date=25 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926012342/http://www.brentwoodgazette.co.uk/Holdsworth-need-realistic/story-27715093-detail/story.html |archive-date=26 September 2015 |publisher=Brentwood Gazette}} and Heybridge Swifts again in December 2015.{{Cite news |url=http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/swifts-add-two-to-squad-44136/ |title=Swifts Add Two to Squad |date=25 December 2015 |access-date=25 December 2015 |publisher=Pitch Hero Non League}}
=June 2016: further conviction for domestic abuse, continued career in non-league=
In June 2016, he was given a suspended prison sentence after he pled guilty to assault by beating (common assault) and using violence to secure entry to a property after an attack on his then-girlfriend five months earlier.{{Cite news |url=http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/14530432.Former_Colchester_United_player_attacks_another_woman/ |title=Former Colchester United player Jamie Guy has admitted attacking another woman |date=1 June 2016 |work=Daily Gazette |access-date=4 June 2016}}{{Cite news |last=Jennings |first=Ryan |url=http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/14573052._Don_t_drink___grow_up___Former_U_s_player_Jamie_Guy_dodges_jail_after_latest_violent_incident/ |title='Don't drink – grow up': Former U's player Jamie Guy dodges jail after latest violent incident |date=23 June 2016 |work=Gazette |access-date=3 December 2017 |language=en}}
In August 2016 he joined VCD Athletic,{{Cite web |url=http://www.vcdathleticfc.uk/news/mcmahon-get-his-guy-1663950.html |title=McMahon get his Guy |date=16 August 2016 |publisher=VCD Athletic FC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226215506/http://www.vcdathleticfc.uk/news/mcmahon-get-his-guy-1663950.html |archive-date=26 December 2016 |access-date=26 December 2016}} and in January 2017 league rivals Great Wakering Rovers{{Cite news |url=http://www.yellowad.co.uk/article.cfm?id=122951&headline=Great%20Wakering%20Rovers%20sign%20striker,%20Jamie%20Guy§ionIs=Sport&searchyear=2017 |title=Great Wakering Rovers sign striker, Jamie Guy |date=14 January 2017 |access-date=18 January 2017 |publisher=Yellow Advertiser}} before returning to VCD Athletic in March 2017.{{Cite web |url=http://nonleague.pitchero.com/latest-moves-2/ |title=Latest Moves |date=18 March 2017 |publisher=Pitch Hero Non League |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319110819/http://nonleague.pitchero.com/latest-moves-2/ |archive-date=19 March 2017 |access-date=18 March 2017}}
Stanway Rovers signed Guy in June 2017.{{Cite news |url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/thurlow-nunn-sides-wasting-little-time-bringing-in-new-recruits-1-5076037 |title=Thurlow Nunn sides wasting little time bringing in new recruits |date=24 June 2017 |access-date=15 July 2017 |publisher=East Anglian Daily Times}}{{cite web | url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/statsForPlayer.html?selectedOrgStatRecordingTypeID_ForSort=&teamID=&selectedStatisticDisplayMode=3&personID=268751836&selectedSeasonID=771562905 | title=JAMIE GUY player stats | Thurlow Nunn League }} On 18 November 2017, he made his debut for Ware in the Isthmian League North Division.{{Cite news |url=http://www.warefc.co.uk/teams/72309/match-centre/1-2865784 |title=Ware 0 Tilbury 2 |access-date=23 December 2017 |publisher=Ware FC |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201233109/http://www.warefc.co.uk/teams/72309/match-centre/1-2865784 |url-status=dead }} He was released the following month, as Craig Edwards took over the manager role of the club.{{Cite news |url=http://www.warefc.co.uk/news/first-squad-changes-announced-2109245.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224042338/http://www.warefc.co.uk/news/first-squad-changes-announced-2109245.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 December 2017 |title=First squad changes announced |date=14 December 2017 |access-date=23 December 2017 |publisher=Ware FC }} He re-united with Holland joint-manager and former Stanway Rovers coach Jon Willis, as he made his debut for Eastern Counties League Division One club Holland in a 3–1 defeat at Framlingham Town on 6 January 2018.{{Cite news |url=http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/sport/15845199.FEATURE__Former_U_s_striker_Guy_has_good_reason_to_enjoy_his_football/ |title=FEATURE: Former Colchester United striker Jamie Guy has good reason to enjoy his football |date=17 January 2018 |access-date=18 January 2018 |publisher=Gazette & Essex County Standard}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15817377.Guy_makes_his_home_debut_as_early_goals_hand_Holland_a_cup_victory_against_Oakley/ |title=Guy makes his home debut as early goals hand Holland a cup victory against Oakley |date=9 January 2018 |access-date=18 January 2018 |publisher=Gazette & Essex County Standard}}
He also featured for Sunday league team Marquis in the Colchester & District Football League during the 2017–18 season.{{Cite web |url=http://stecat.freehostia.com/jan_07_1718_roundup.htm |title=Weekend Roundup |publisher=Colchester & District Sunday League |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=17 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517082022/http://stecat.freehostia.com/jan_07_1718_roundup.htm |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.essexfa.com/news/2018/apr/10/marquis-4-1-palmers |title=Marquis lift Essex Sunday Junior Cup |publisher=Essex FA |access-date=17 May 2018}}
In June 2018, he joined Walthamstow in the Essex Senior League.{{Cite news |url=http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/sport/16291366.Guy_becomes_Walthamstow_s_latest_signing/ |title=Walthamstow's Ryan Maxwell has signed Jamie Guy |date=14 June 2018 |access-date=30 June 2018 |publisher=Basildon Canvey Southend Echo}} On 21 September 2018, he signed for Debenham LC of the Eastern Counties League Division One North.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dissexpress.co.uk/sport/exclusive-ex-pro-guy-joins-debenham-9044958/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: Jamie is Debenham's Guy |date=21 September 2018 |work=Diss Express |access-date=25 September 2018}} Guy then rejoined Witham Town in July 2019.{{Cite news |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/sport/17773572.jamie-guy-providing-pleasant-surprise-witham-town/ |title=Jamie Guy is providing a pleasant surprise for Witham Town |date=16 July 2019 |access-date=20 July 2019 |publisher=Daily Gazette}}
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