Jason Price

{{short description|Welsh footballer}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jason Price

| image = Jason Price.jpg

| image_size = 150px

| alt =

| caption =

| fullname = Jason Jeffrey Price

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|4|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aberdare, Wales{{cite book|editor1-first=Glenda|editor1-last=Rollin|editor2-first=Jack|editor2-last=Rollin|title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013|year=2012|publisher=Headline|location=London|isbn=978-0-7553-6356-8|page=500|edition=43rd}}

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 ={{0|0000}}–1995

| youthclubs1 =Aberaman

| years1 = 1995–2001

| clubs1 = Swansea City

| caps1 = 130

| goals1 = 15

| years2 = 2001

| clubs2 = Brentford

| caps2 = 15

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2001–2003

| clubs3 = Tranmere Rovers

| caps3 = 49

| goals3 = 11

| years4 = 2003–2006

| clubs4 = Hull City

| caps4 = 75

| goals4 = 13

| years5 = 2006–2009

| clubs5 = Doncaster Rovers

| caps5 = 93

| goals5 = 17

| years6 = 2009

| clubs6 = → Millwall (loan)

| caps6 = 8

| goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2009–2010

| clubs7 = Millwall

| caps7 = 15

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2010

| clubs8 = → Oldham Athletic (loan)

| caps8 = 7

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2010

| clubs9 = → Carlisle United (loan)

| caps9 = 9

| goals9 = 4

| years10 = 2010–2011

| clubs10 = Carlisle United

| caps10 = 3

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2010–2011

| clubs11 = → Bradford City (loan)

| caps11 = 10

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2011

| clubs12 = → Walsall (loan)

| caps12 = 5

| goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2011

| clubs13 = → Hereford United (loan)

| caps13 = 4

| goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2011

| clubs14 = Barnet

| caps14 = 5

| goals14 = 1

| years15 = 2011–2012

| clubs15 = Morecambe

| caps15 = 18

| goals15 = 2

| years16 = 2012

| clubs16 = Guiseley

| caps16 = 7

| goals16 = 1

| years17 = 2012–2013

| clubs17 = Prestatyn Town

| caps17 = 28

| goals17 = 11

| years18 = 2013

| clubs18 = Ossett Town

| caps18 =

| goals18 =

| years19 = 2013

| clubs19 = Selby Town

| caps19 =

| goals19 =

| years20 = 2013–2014

| clubs20 = Shaw Lane Aquaforce

| caps20 =

| goals20 =

| years21 = 2014–2016

| clubs21 = Brighouse Town

| caps21 =

| goals21 =

| years22 = 2016

| clubs22 = Almondbury Woolpack

| caps22 = 4

| goals22 = 4

| years23 = 2017

| clubs23 = Ossett Albion

| caps23 =

| goals23 =

| years24 = 2017

| clubs24 = Harrogate Railway Athletic

| caps24 =

| goals24 =

| nationalyears1 = 1998–1999

| nationalteam1 = Wales U21

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Jason Jeffrey Price (born 12 April 1977) is a Welsh former footballer who played as a right sided midfielder or as a forward.

Club career

Price had spells with Swansea City, Brentford (for whom he scored once against Reading), Tranmere Rovers and Hull City.{{Soccerbase}}

=Doncaster Rovers=

He signed for Doncaster Rovers under former Rovers manager David Penney, and soon established himself as a key player under Sean O'Driscoll.

On the return to his home country for the Football League Trophy Final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 1 April 2007, Price suffered a snapped Achilles tendon ruling him out for nine months. He renewed his contract at Doncaster in June 2008 when his previous deal was due to expire. Despite much talk of him leaving Rovers, Price took up a new one-year deal.

One of Price's most important goals was against Aston Villa in the 2008–09 FA Cup fourth round replay at Villa Park, when he poked in a cross from James Coppinger just before half-time.

He joined Millwall on loan on 26 March 2009 for the remainder of the season,{{Cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11734_5103174,00.html |title=Lions sign Price on loan |date=26 March 2009 |access-date=26 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194828/http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11734_5103174,00.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |publisher=Sky Sports}} and two days later he scored on his Millwall debut – a 90th-minute winner which earned the Lions a crucial 1–0 victory at Crewe Alexandra.

Price returned to Doncaster at the end of the season but was released from his contract on 7 May.{{Cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11688/5294304/odriscoll-wields-the-axe |title=O'Driscoll wields the axe |date=7 May 2009 |access-date=7 May 2009 |publisher=Sky Sports}}

=Millwall=

On 7 July 2009 Price signed for Millwall on a one-year deal.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/8138872.stm|title=Price completes Millwall switch |date=7 July 2009|work=BBC Sport|access-date=7 July 2009}} He joined Oldham Athletic on a one-month loan deal on 1 February 2010,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/8491449.stm |title=Oldham sign Millwall striker Jason Price |work=BBC Sport |date=1 February 2010 |access-date=1 February 2010}} making seven appearances and scoring once against Swindon Town before returning to Millwall.{{cite news |title=Oldham striker Jason Price returns to Millwall | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/8558047.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=9 March 2010 |access-date=10 March 2010}} Two days after his return, Price left the club on loan for a second time, joining Carlisle United until the end of the 2009–10 season.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/carlisle_united/8560652.stm |title=Carlisle United complete Jason Price loan deal |work=BBC Sport |date=10 March 2010 |access-date=10 March 2010}} Price managed to score his first goal for the Cumbrians on his debut as Carlisle won the match 2–1 against Colchester.

=Carlisle United=

On 17 June 2010 Price signed a 1-year deal with Carlisle United. On 13 October 2010 he signed a one-month loan deal with Bradford City. His loan was extended to the start of January 2011, with Price scoring his first goal in his eighth game with the club, in a 1–1 draw with Accrington Stanley. On 28 January 2011 Price signed a one-month loan deal with Walsall who, at the time, were bottom of Football League One. Price made his debut at home the following day in a 6–1 victory over Bristol Rovers, the club's best league result since 1986 (which was a 6–0 victory, also over Bristol Rovers). On 24 March 2011 Price signed a loan deal with Hereford United until the end of the season.

He was released by Carlisle United in May 2011 before signing an initial one-month deal with Barnet in League 2 in August 2011.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13345631.stm|title=Carlisle United release Hurst, Gbarssin and Price|date=10 May 2011|access-date=24 June 2011|newspaper=BBC Sport}}

=Barnet=

On 2 August 2011, Price signed for Barnet on a one-month deal.{{Cite web |url=http://www.barnetfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10431~2408198,00.html |title=Barnet – News – Latest News – Latest News – WATTS, PRICE A CONTRACT |date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404160859/http://www.barnetfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10431~2408198,00.html |archive-date=4 April 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=30 May 2019}} He made his debut in a 1–0 win away to Morecambe and scored on his home debut in a 3–1 defeat against Port Vale.

=Morecambe=

On 3 September 2011, Price signed for Morecambe on a four-month deal.{{Cite web |url=http://www.morecambefc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10866~2440428,00.html |title=Morecambe – News – Latest from the Globe Arena – News – Shrimps sign striker |date=3 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319200049/http://www.morecambefc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10866~2440428,00.html |archive-date=19 March 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=30 May 2019}} He made his full debut at home in Morecambe's 6–0 hammering over Crawley Town on 10 September 2011.

=Guiseley=

Price was released by Morecambe on 15 March 2012 to enable him to join Guiseley for the rest of the season.

=Prestatyn Town=

In August 2012, Price joined Welsh Premier League side Prestatyn Town and made his debut on the opening day of the season in a 4–2 victory over Afan Lido.{{Soccerway|id=47533|accessdate=12 July 2019}} Price made a great start to life in the Welsh premier league scoring several goals and winning player of the month for September. Price scored two goals to help Prestatyn win the Welsh cup final in a 3–1 extra time victory over Bangor City.

=Later career=

In the 2013–14 season, Price had spells with Ossett Town, Selby Town, Shaw Lane Aquaforce and Brighouse Town.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hullcitytigers.com/a-foot-in-both-camps-jason-price/|title=A Foot In Both Camps: Jason Price|last=DAM&D|first=Ken McMonigle|date=20 December 2018|website=Hull City Tigers|language=en|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-date=11 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711233837/https://www.hullcitytigers.com/a-foot-in-both-camps-jason-price/|url-status=dead}} In August 2016, Price signed for Almondbury Woolpack of the Huddersfield and District League.{{cite news

|url = http://full-time.thefa.com/DisplayTeam4.do?id=347257932&divisionseason=64339150&seasonTeamID=742152450

|title = Almondbury Woolpack

|publisher = FA

}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} On 30 August 2016 he scored two goals in his first game against Flockton FC, in which Woolpack went on to win 7–0. He also assisted four goals in that game.{{Cite news |url=http://fulltime-league.thefa.com/DisplayFixture.do?id=16114314 |title=Almondbury Woolpack 7–0 Flockton FC |publisher=FA}}

International career

Price was capped by WALES u21 level.{{Cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/jason-price-2170/|title=Jason Price|website=11v11.com|access-date=2 June 2019}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |National Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="6" |Swansea City

|1996–97{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=1996|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|Third Division

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|2

|0

1997–98{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=1997|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|Third Division

|34

|3

|1

|0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|37

|3

1998–99{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=1998|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|Third Division

|28

|3

|2

|1

|2

|0

|32 appearances in Football League Trophy, 1 appearance in Third Division play-offs

|1

|35

|5

1999–2000{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=1999|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|Third Division

|39

|6

|1

|0

|4

|1

|0

|0

|44

|7

2000–01{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=2000|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|Second Division

|41

|4

|0

|0

|2

|0

|2Appearances in Football League Trophy

|1

|45

|5

colspan="2" |Total

!144

!16

!4

!1

!10

!1

!5

!2

!163

!20

Brentford

|2001–02{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=2001|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|Second Division

|15

|1

| colspan="2" |―

|2

|0

|1

|0

|18

|1

rowspan="3" |Tranmere Rovers

|2001–02

|Second Division

|24

|7

|5

|4

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

|29

|11

2002–03{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=2002|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|Second Division

|25

|4

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|25

|4

colspan="2" |Total

!49

!11

!5

!4

!0

!0

!0

!0

!54

!15

rowspan="4" |Hull City

|2003–04{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=2003|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|Third Division

|33

|9

|1

|1

|1

|0

|1

|0

|36

|10

2004–05{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=2004|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|League One

|27

|2

|2

|0

|1

|0

|1

|1

|31

|3

2005–06{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=2005|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|Championship

|15

|2

|1

|0

|1

|1

| colspan="2" |―

|17

|3

colspan="2" |Total

!75

!13

!4

!1

!3

!1

!2

!1

!84

!16

rowspan="5" |Doncaster Rovers

|2005–06

|League One

|11

|4

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

|11

|4

2006–07{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=2006|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|League One

|31

|6

|4

|0

|3

|0

|6

|4

|44

|10

2007–08{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=2007|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|League One

|29

|7

|2

|0

|0

|0

|43 appearances in League One play-offs, 1 appearance and 1 goal in Football League Trophy

|1

|35

|8

2008–09{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=2008|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|Championship

|22

|0

|2

|1

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |―

|24

|1

colspan="2" |Total

!93

!17

!8

!1

!3

!0

!10

!5

!114

!23

Millwall (loan)

|2008–09

|League One

|8

|3

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |―

|1Appearance in League One play-offs

|0

|9

|3

rowspan="2" |Millwall

|2009–10{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=2009|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|League One

|15

|1

|3

|2

|1

|0

|1

|0

|20

|3

colspan="2" |Total

!23

!4

!3

!2

!1

!0

!2

!0

!29

!6

Oldham Athletic

|2009–10

|League One

|7

|1

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

|7

|1

Carlisle United (loan)

|2009–10

|League One

|9

|4

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

|9

|4

rowspan="2" |Carlisle United

|2010–11{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=2010|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|League One

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|1

|4

|1

colspan="2" |Total

!12

!4

!0

!0

!0

!0

!1

!1

!13

!5

Bradford City (loan)

|2010–11

|League Two

|10

|1

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

|11

|1

Walsall (loan)

|2010–11

|League One

|5

|0

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

|5

|0

Hereford United (loan)

|2010–11

|League Two

|4

|0

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

|4

|0

Barnet

|2011–12{{Soccerbase season|id=9299|season=2011|access-date=11 July 2019}}

|League Two

|5

|1

| colspan="2" |―

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |―

|7

|1

Morecambe

|2011–12

|League Two

|18

|2

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |―

|1

|0

|19

|2

Guiseley

|2011–12

|Conference North

|7

|1

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

|7

|1

Prestatyn Town

|2012–13

|Welsh Premier League

|28

|11

|4

|3

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

|32

|14

Almondbury Woolpack

|2016–17{{Cite web |url=http://fulltime-league.thefa.com/DisplayStatsForPlayer.do?id=438058260 |title=Huddersfield and District Association Football League |website=fulltime-league.thefa.com |access-date=11 July 2019}}

|Huddersfield and District Association League Third Division

|4

|4

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

|4

|4

colspan="3" |Career total

!499

!87

!29

!12

!21

!2

!22

!9

!571

!110

Honours

Swansea City

Hull City

Doncaster Rovers

Prestatyn Town

References

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