- Jason Crowe
Football player infobox
playername = Jason Crowe
fullname = Jason William Robert Crowe
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|9|30
height = height|ft=5|in=9
cityofbirth =Sidcup
countryofbirth =England
currentclub = Northampton Town
clubnumber = 2
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1996–1999
1998–1999
1999–2003
2000
2003–2005
2005–
clubs = Arsenal
→ Crystal Palace (loan)
Portsmouth
→ Brentford (loan)
Grimsby Town
Northampton Town
caps(goals) = 000 (0)
008 (0)
086 (5)
009 (0)
069 (4)
136 (9)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 14:44, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =Jason Crowe (born
September 30 1978 inSidcup ,Greater London ) is an English footballer. He currently plays forFootball League One side Northampton Town. He plays at full back.He started his career as a trainee at Arsenal, although he was unable to break into the first team with veteran right back
Lee Dixon usually occupying the slot. He made his debut as substitute in a League Cup tie against Birmingham City onOctober 14 1997 but was sent off after just 33 seconds by refereeUriah Rennie for a foul on Martin O'Connor; it was the fastest debut sending-off in English football history. [cite web |url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,13854,1438148,00.html
title=The fastest debut sending-off
work=The Guardian] He played a further two matches for Arsenal (one in the League Cup, another in the
FA Cup ); after a spell at Crystal Palace on loan he moved to Portsmouth in July 1999.Crowe slotted in as the club's regular right-back, and helped the club avoid relegation from the First Division. With a heavy foreign investment under way at Portsmouth, new club owner
Milan Mandaric pumped money into the cash strapped strugglers, and with the installation ofHarry Redknapp as manager, Pompey soon found themselves challenging for promotion. After earning promotion to the Premiership in 2002-03 season, Crowe surprisingly left Portsmouth, despite being a regular in the club's promotion winning team.Fact|date=June 2008Crowe moved to Grimsby Town, a club who had finished bottom of the First Division last season, opposed to Portsmouth finishing top. Crowe was the main new signing for the club by manager
Paul Groves , but the team underachievedSpecify|date=June 2008 and Groves was sacked by Grimsby.Fact|date=June 2008 His replacementNicky Law opted to bring in a fresh crop of players, with only less than a quarter of the season remaining, but could not however prevent Grimsby's relegation, after falling into the drop zone on the final day of the season.Crowe remained loyal to his contract and stayed with the club for one season in the basement league. However Grimsby only achieved a mid-table finish, and he rejected a new two year deal in order to sign for Northampton Town. Crowe won promotion with the club in his first season and signed a new two year contract with the Cobblers on
June 14 ,2007 .References
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