Jason Pope

Jason Pope
Personal information
Full name Jason Warren Pope[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-20) 20 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Exeter, England
Position(s) Defender/Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Weston-super-Mare
Youth career
2003–2014 Exeter City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Exeter City 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Weston-super-Mare (loan) 19 (0)
2016–2019 Weston-super-Mare 118 (0)
2019–2020 Hereford 29 (2)
2020–2021 Bath City 7 (0)
2021– Weston-super-Mare 37 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:10, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Jason Warren Pope (born 20 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender and midfielder for National League South club Weston-super-Mare.

Club career

Pope joined Exeter City's youth setup in 2003, aged eight. He then progressed through the Academy team, and was awarded a professional deal on 14 April 2014.[2]

Pope made his first-team debut on 7 October, replacing Scot Bennett in a 1–3 Football League Trophy away loss against Coventry City.[3]

On 17 July 2015, Pope, along with Alex Byrne, joined Weston-super-Mare on a six-month youth loan.[4]

Pope was released by Exeter City on 13 May 2016[5] He later rejoined Weston-super-Mare for the 2016–17 season.[6]

On 26 June 2019 he joined National League North club Hereford.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 December 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Exeter City 2014–15[8] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
Weston-super-Mare (loan) 2015–16[9] National League South 19 0 0 0 — 2[b] 0 21 0
Weston-super-Mare 2016–17[10] National League South 41 0 1 0 — 5[c] 0 47 0
2017–18[9] 42 0 0 0 — 2 0 44 0
Total 83 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 91 0
Career total 102 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 112 0
  1. ^ Appearance in the Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. ^ One appearance in the FA Trophy and four in the Somerset Premier Cup

References

  1. ^ "Professional retain list and free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 14 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Three Academy graduates offered deals". Exeter City FC. 14 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Coventry City 3–1 Exeter City". BBC Sport. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Jason Pope and Alex Byrne join Weston-super-Mare on loan". Exeter City FC. 17 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Retained List 2016". Exeter City FC. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  6. ^ "More signings today". Weston-s-Mare AFC. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. ^ Bulls Bring In Weston Duo, herefordfc.co.uk, 26 June 2019
  8. ^ "Games played by Jason Pope in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  9. ^ a b Jason Pope at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Jason Pope". Aylesbury United. Retrieved 4 December 2017.