Roger Jones (footballer born 1902)
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Reginald Jones (1 September 1902 – 11 December 1967) was an English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 footballer.

Playing career

Jones played for Middleport and Ravensdale before joining Port Vale
Port Vale F.C.
Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

 in July 1923. It took him six years to establish himself in the first team, but he was a part of the side that won the Football League Third Division North
Football League Third Division North
The Third Division North of The Football League was a tier in the English association football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran parallel to Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to one or the other according to geographical position...

 championship in the 1929–1930 season
1929–30 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1929–30 season was Port Vale's eleventh consecutive season of football in the Football League, and their first in the Third Division North. They finished as champions and were thus promoted back to the Second Division. With 67 points they broke a division record...

. After 346 games (326 in the league) and with 19 league goals to his name, Jones was released at the end of the 1936–37 season
1936–37 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1936–37 season was Port Vale's thirty-first season of football in the Football League, and their first season back in the Third Division North following their relegation from the Second Division. For the first time in the club's history, rivals Stoke City were playing two leagues above them...

.

Honours

with Port Vale
  • Football League Third Division North
    Football League Third Division North
    The Third Division North of The Football League was a tier in the English association football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran parallel to Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to one or the other according to geographical position...

     winner
    : 1929-1930
    1929–30 Port Vale F.C. season
    The 1929–30 season was Port Vale's eleventh consecutive season of football in the Football League, and their first in the Third Division North. They finished as champions and were thus promoted back to the Second Division. With 67 points they broke a division record...

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