Jason Crowe
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Jason William Robert Crowe (born 30 September 1978 in Sidcup
Sidcup
Sidcup is a district in South East London in the London Borough of Bexley and small parts of the district in the London Borough of Greenwich.Located south east of Charing Cross, Sidcup is bordered by the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bromley and Kent County Council, and whilst now part of...

, Greater London
Greater London
Greater London is the top-level administrative division of England covering London. It was created in 1965 and spans the City of London, including Middle Temple and Inner Temple, and the 32 London boroughs. This territory is coterminate with the London Government Office Region and the London...

) is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 footballer who plays as a right back for Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...

. He is a former England Under-20 international and has previously played for Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

, Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

, Brentford
Brentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

, Portsmouth, Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town F.C.
Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...

, Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

 and Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...

.

Arsenal

Crowe started his career as a trainee at Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

, although he was unable to break into the first team with veteran right back Lee Dixon
Lee Dixon
Lee Michael Dixon is a former English professional footballer born in Manchester.He formed part of the Arsenal defence from the late 1980s, through till 2002. He was capped 22 times for England, scoring once....

 usually occupying the slot. He made his debut as substitute in a League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

 tie against Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

 on 14 October 1997 but was sent off
Misconduct (football)
Misconduct in association football is any conduct by a player that is deemed by the referee to warrant a disciplinary sanction in accordance with Law 12 of the Laws of the Game. Misconduct may occur at any time, including when the ball is out of play, during half-time and before and after the...

 after just 33 seconds by referee Uriah Rennie
Uriah Rennie
Uriah D. Rennie is a retired English football referee.-Career:He began refereeing in 1979 in local leagues, then operated in the Northern Premier League until 1994, at which time he was appointed to the Football League List of referees.He was given his first Premiership appointment on 23 August...

 for a foul on Martin O'Connor
Martin O'Connor (footballer)
Martin O'Connor is a retired football player and former assistant manager of League One side Walsall.Born in Walsall in 1967, O'Connor started his career at Bromsgrove Rovers in the early 1990s before moving to Crystal Palace. He then spent the first of three spells at Walsall, joining on loan in...

; it was the fastest debut sending-off in English football history. He played a further two matches for Arsenal (one in the League Cup, another in the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

); after a loan spell at Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

 he moved to Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...

 in July 1999. With Arsène Wenger
Arsène Wenger
Arsène Wenger, OBE is a French association football manager and former player, who has managed English Premier League side Arsenal since 1996...

 deeming him surprlus to requirements.

Portsmouth

After joining Portsmouth for a fee of £1,000,000, Crowe played 29 games during his first season at the club before being transfer-listed by Tony Pulis
Tony Pulis
Anthony Richard "Tony" Pulis is a Welsh former football player and is currently the manager of Stoke City. Pulis obtained his FA coaching badge at the age of 19, followed by his UEFA 'A' licence aged 21 – making him one of the youngest professional players ever to have obtained the qualification...

 at the start of the 2000-01 season. Crowe joined Brentford
Brentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

 on loan, and played 9 League games for the Bees before returning to Portsmouth where he made a further 24 appearances for Pompey. During his third season with Portsmouth, Crowe made 23 appearances and scored his first goal for the club during a 2–2 draw with Wolves
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

 at Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...

. In his final season at Portsmouth, Crowe played in 17 games and scored 4 goals for the club. After winning promotion to the Premier League, Crowe was one of five players to be released by Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp
Harry Redknapp
Henry James "Harry" Redknapp is a former English footballer who has enjoyed a long career in football management starting in 1983 with Bournemouth. He is the current manager of Tottenham Hotspur....

.

Grimsby Town

After his release by Portsmouth, Crowe joined relegated team Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town F.C.
Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...

, on a two-year contract. The Mariners had suffered relegation from the First Division in the previous season, whilst Crowe, was a part of the Portsmouth squad who had earned promotion from the same league. Signed by Paul Groves, Crowe was one of the first of the new arrivals at Blundell Park
Blundell Park
Blundell Park is a football ground in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England and home to Grimsby Town Football Club. The stadium was built in 1898, but only one of the original stands remain. The current capacity of the ground is 9546, though with the introduction of all seating in the late...

 during the 2003–04 season campaign, he was often deployed on the right side of defence and midfield, usually being toggled with John McDermott and Marcel Cas
Marcel Cas
Marcel Cas is a former Dutch professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1995 until 2007, playing in both his native land and in England, notably for RBC Roosendaal, Notts County and FC Den Bosch....

. Grimsby would go on to suffer a second successive relegation having fallen into the drop zone on the final day of the season. Crowe's first season at the club would see him make 36 appearances. During his second season with Grimsby, Crowe played in 40 games and scored 4 goals. With his contract exprining in the summer of 2004, Crowe was offered a new deal by Grimsby but also wanted to listen to other contract offers. Crowe eventually agreed a contract at Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...

.

Northampton Town

Crowe initially signed a two-year contract with the Cobblers and won promotion during his first season at the club in which he made 46 appearances and scored 2 goals. Crowe signed a two-year extension to his contract during June 2007. Crowe was appointed Northampton captain, and during the 2008-9 season Crowe scored 3 goals; although not in the same game, against his soon to be next employers Leeds United during the course of the season. Crowe was offered another new contract with Northampton after the club were relegated to League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....

 on the final day of the 2008–09 season
2008–09 in English football
The 2008–09 season was the 129th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:* West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City and Hull City were all playing in the Premier League after winning promotion from the Championship last season. Stoke returned to the top flight after a 23-year absence, while...

 after a 3–0 defeat to Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

.

Leeds United

On 16 June 2009, it was announced that Crowe had rejected the new contract offer at Northampton before agreeing a contract at League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....

 side Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

, beginning on 1 July 2009. He made his first appearance in a Leeds shirt in the pre season friendly vs York City.

He made his first team debut for Leeds in the first game of the season win against Exeter City. Crowe has played his part in the defence who have had 8 wins from 9 games at the start of the season. He is Leeds' regular right back.

Crowe who had been struggling with a hamstring injury in games, suffered some hamstring damage in the game vs MK Dons and had to be substituted early on. Crowe missed his first Leeds United game after his hamstring injury ruled him out of the game against Carlisle United which subsequently kept Crowe out for a number of weeks. On 25 November 2009, Crowe returned from injury and played in Leeds' reserve game against Lincoln, starting the game in an unusual central midfield position to help boost his match fitness. Crowe started the FA Cup game against Kettering Town and kept his place in the side against Oldham Athletic. Crowe then started against Huddersfield Town but when Richard Naylor
Richard Naylor
Richard Alan Naylor is an English footballer who plays as a centre back for Doncaster Rovers after leaving Leeds United where he had been Captain...

 and Patrick Kisnorbo
Patrick Kisnorbo
Patrick Fabio Maxime Kisnorbo is an Australian football player of Mauritian and Italian heritage who plays for Leeds United in The Championship of the English Football League. Kisnorbo is also an Australian international with 18 caps to his name. Also known by his nickname Paddy...

 both returned from injury Leigh Bromby
Leigh Bromby
Leigh David Bromby is an English footballer who plays for Leeds United in The Championship of the English Football League. He can play as a Central Defender or Right Back or Left Back. He's the only player to have played 100 games for each of the steel city rivals Sheffield United and Sheffield...

 was moved back to right back and Crowe dropped back to the bench.

After Leigh Bromby
Leigh Bromby
Leigh David Bromby is an English footballer who plays for Leeds United in The Championship of the English Football League. He can play as a Central Defender or Right Back or Left Back. He's the only player to have played 100 games for each of the steel city rivals Sheffield United and Sheffield...

 picked up a suspension for 5 yellow cards, Crowe returned to the Leeds starting lineup for the FA Cup game against Manchester United. Crowe put in a heroic performance against Manchester United when Leeds won 1-0 away to Old Trafford on January 3 in the FA Cup. Crowe also provided a vital goaline clearance after Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team...

's shot was saved by Casper Ankergren
Casper Ankergren
Casper Ankergren is a Danish professional football goalkeeper currently playing for English team Brighton & Hove Albion...

 but was heading into the back of the net until Crowe sliced it away. Crowe kept his place in the team the following game against Wycombe Wanderers with Leigh Bromby
Leigh Bromby
Leigh David Bromby is an English footballer who plays for Leeds United in The Championship of the English Football League. He can play as a Central Defender or Right Back or Left Back. He's the only player to have played 100 games for each of the steel city rivals Sheffield United and Sheffield...

 taking a spot on the bench.

Crowe scored his first goal for Leeds in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Northern Final first leg against Carlisle United. Crowe kept his place in the side for Leeds and played in the 2–2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur on 23 January 2010. After a poor performance against Swindon Town Crowe was omitted from the starting lineup against Colchester United. Crowe came on as a late substitute for Leeds in the replay against Tottenham Hotspur.

Crowe came back into the starting lineup for Leeds' JPT second leg game against Carlisle United. Crowe scored his second goal of the season for Leeds in the 3–2 win after a fine right footed volley, but Leeds ended up crashing out of the tournament after losing on penalties.

Crowe's season was ended prematurely after having an operation on his ankle in April. During his time out injured Leeds earned promotion to the Championship, he returned the following season, but he lost his number 2 shirt to new signing Paul Connolly
Paul Connolly
Paul Connolly is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship club Leeds United as a right back, having previously played for Plymouth Argyle, Bideford, Derby County and Sheffield United.-Plymouth Argyle:...

 and was instead given the number 20 shirt.

On 10 December 2010, manager Simon Grayson
Simon Grayson
Simon Nicholas Grayson is a retired English footballer and current manager of Leeds United. He is the elder brother of cricketer Paul Grayson....

 confirmed that Crowe was not in his first team plans and he revealed that Crowe had turned down moves to leave the club on loan.

Leyton Orient

In January 2011 Crowe was put on the transfer list, and he signed for Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...

 on 31 January 2011 after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent. He left Orient at the end of the 2010–11 season.

Northampton Town

On 12th November 2011, Crowe re-signed for the Cobblers and made his second debut against Luton Town in the FA Cup 1st round on the same day.

Leeds United

  • Coca-Cola League One runners-up (Promoted): 2009–10

Portsmouth

  • Nationwide Division One champions
    Football League Championship
    The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

    :
    2002–03
    The Football League 2002-03
    The 2002–2003 season was the 103rd completed season of The Football League.-Football League First Division:Portsmouth won the First Division by some distance, passing manager Harry Redknapp’s old club, West Ham on the way down. Leicester City earned a somewhat controversial promotion, as...


Northampton Town

  • Coca-Cola League Two runners-up (Promoted): 2005–06
    The Football League 2005-06
    The 2005–2006 season was the 106th completed season of The Football League.-Overview:In this season of Football League, Reading was the only club in England to get more than 100 points and they also have won the League Championship...


Career statistics

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! 171 !! 14 !! 10 !! 2 !! 8 !! 0 !! 4 !! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 193 !! 17> | 2009–10
2009–10 Football League
The Football League 2009–10, called the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons, was the 110th completed season of the Football League. It began in August 2009 and concluded in May 2010, with the promotion play-off finals. The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The...

 > ! colspan=3 | Club Total
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! 345 !! 23 !! 17 !! 2 !! 20 !! 1 !! 5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 387 !! 27>
Season Club Division League FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

Football League Trophy
Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

Play-offs
Football League Play-Offs
The Football League play-offs are an annual series of football matches to determine some of the promotion places within the Football League. Essentially, each division of the league offers a certain number of automatic promotion places to the top two or three clubs. A further promotion place is...

Total
Arsenal  > 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
! 2 !! 0
> 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
! 1 !! 0
Crystal Palace (loan) Division One
> 8
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
! 8 !! 0
Portsmouth  > 25 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
! 29 !! 0
Brentford (loan) Division Two
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...


> 9
0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
! 11 !! 0
Portsmouth  > 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
! 24 !! 0
> 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
! 23 !! 1
> 16 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
! 17 !! 4
Grimsby Town  Division Two
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...


> 32
0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
! 36 !! 0
League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....


> 37
4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
! 40 !! 4
Northampton Town  League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....


> 41
2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
! 46 !! 2
League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....


> 43
3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
! 47 !! 3
League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....


> 44
4 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
! 50 !! 4
League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....


> 43
5 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
! 48 !! 8
Leeds United  League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....


> 14
0 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0
!19 !! 2

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