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LLOYD JONES
Full Name: Lloyd Richard Jones
Born: 07 October 1995
Came from: Luton Town Went to: Luton Town
First game: 23 February 2019 Last game: 04 May 2019
Appearances: 9 (4/5) Goals: 1
Born in Plymouth, the central defender returned on loan to the club he joined as a ten-year-old, eight years after he left.
Jones was enticed away from Home Park in 2011, aged 15, to sign for Premier League giants Liverpool for a six-figure fee, a handy sum because the Pilgrims were in Administration at the time.
He impressed at Anfield's academy and signed his first professional contract in 2013. Originally representing Wales at under-17 and under-19 levels, he rejected a call-up for their under-21s and instead switched allegiance to England in late 2013, representing the Three Lions at under-19 and under-20 levels.
The same season that he broke into the England set-up, he became Liverpool's reserve team captain. In 2014-15 he had loan spells at League Two Cheltenham Town (6 games, 0 goals) and Accrington Stanley (11 games, 1 goal) to enhance his development, before he progressed into League One with loans to Blackpool (11 games, 0 goals) and Swindon Town (29 games, 2 goals), where a knee injury temporarily frustrated his progress.
On transfer deadline day in January 2018, Lloyd made a permanent switch from Liverpool to Luton Town for an undisclosed fee. He made a single appearance in Luton's promotion-winning season to League One in 2017-18. With the Hatters then topping the table and flying high, he found chances hard to come by in their League One campaign in 2018-19, making only five appearances.
On the last day of the January transfer window, this time in 2019, Jones returned to Home Park on loan until the end of the 2018-19 season, so ending a 13-year wait to make a senior appearance for his hometown club.
In January 2020 he went out on loan again, this time to Northampton Town for the remainder of the season, which was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]
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I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.
The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.
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