Jonny Burn

Jonny Burn
Burn playing for York City in 2018
Personal information
Full name Jonathan David Burn[1]
Date of birth (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Darlington, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.84 m)[3]
Position(s) Centre back[4]
Team information
Current team
 Darlington Town
Youth career
–2013 Sunderland
2013–2014 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 12 (1)
2016 → Kilmarnock (loan) 8 (0)
2017–2018 Bristol Rovers 3 (0)
2017–2018 → York City (loan) 20 (3)
2018–2019 Darlington 17 (0)
2019–2020 Whickham
2020–2023 Whitby Town 36 (1)
2022 → Northallerton Town (loan) 1 (0)
2024– Darlington Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:20, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Jonathan David Burn (born 1 August 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Northern League Division Two club Darlington Town. He has played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic and Bristol Rovers and in the Scottish Premiership for Kilmarnock. Burn also has National League North experience with York City and Darlington, and played for Whickham in the Northern League Division One.

Early life

Burn was born in Darlington, County Durham[5] and attended Longfield School in the town.[6]

Career

Early career

Burn began his career with the Sunderland academy at the age of 13 before joining Middlesbrough in March 2013.[7] He signed a professional contract with the club in May 2014.[8] During the 2014/2015 season Burn captained the Middlesbrough Under 21 team to win the treble, they won the Under 21 Premier League, Final Third Development Cup and The North Riding Senior Cup[9]

On 3 August 2015, Burn joined League One club Oldham Athletic on loan until 1 January 2016.[10] He made his first-team debut on 8 August 2015, starting in a 1–1 draw away to Walsall.[11] He scored his first goal on 19 September 2015, with a header in the 34th minute of a 1–1 draw away to Doncaster Rovers.[11][12]

On 24 June 2016, Burn moved on loan to Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock.[13] He made his debut on 23 July 2016, as Kilmarnock lost 2–0 at home to Greenock Morton in the Scottish League Cup.[14]

Bristol Rovers

Burn signed for League One club Bristol Rovers on 26 January 2017.[15] He made his debut on 18 February 2017 in a 1–1 draw away to Port Vale, coming on as a half-time substitute for Tom Lockyer.[16] He made his first start in a 1–0 defeat to Coventry City on 25 March 2017, and his performance drew praise from the Bristol Post, describing him as a "more than able deputy for the absent [Ryan] Sweeney".[17]

On 28 November 2017, Burn joined National League North club York City on loan until 6 January 2018.[18] He made his debut on 2 December 2017, starting in a 2–1 away defeat to Boston United.[19] Burn scored his first goal for York on 26 December 2017 with a 12-yard shot in a 4–1 away victory over North Ferriby United.[20] Having made five appearances and scored one goal, his loan was extended to the end of the 2017–18 season.[21] He finished the loan with 21 appearances and three goals[19] as York finished 11th in the table.[22]

He was released by Bristol Rovers at the end of the 2017–18 season.[23]

Non-League

Burn signed for his hometown club, Darlington of the National League North, on 22 June 2018.[24] In his first season he played 17 times, all in league competition, but left the club by mutual consent in October 2019 having failed to add to his appearance tally.[25][26]

Burn signed for Northern League club Whickham on 15 October 2019.[27] He made 12 appearances in all competitions before the season was cut short because of COVID-19.[28]

In June 2020, Burn signed for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Whitby Town.[28][29]

Burn joined Northallerton Town on 2 November 2022 on a month's loan.[30]

Burn departed Whitby Town at the end of the 2022–23 season.[31]

Following a break from football, Burn joined newly promoted Northern League Division Two side Darlington Town in June 2024.[32]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 November 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough 2015–16[11] Championship 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2016–17[33] Premier League 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2015–16[11] League One 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
Kilmarnock (loan) 2016–17[33] Scottish Premiership 8 0 — 2 0 — 10 0
Bristol Rovers 2016–17[33] League One 2 0 — — — 2 0
2017–18[34] League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 3[b] 0 4 0
Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
York City (loan) 2017–18[19] National League North 20 3 — — 1[c] 0 21 3
Darlington 2018–19[25] National League North 17 0 0 0 — 0 0 17 0
2019–20[35] National League North 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 17 0 0 0 — 0 0 17 0
Whickham 2019–20[28] Northern League Division One — 12
Whitby Town 2020–21[36] Northern Premier League (NPL)
Premier Division 		6 0 0 0 — 1[c] 0 7 0
2021–22[37] NPL Premier Division 22 1 3 0 — 3[d] 0 28 1
2022–23[38] NPL Premier Division 8 0 1 0 — 1[c] 0 10 0
Total 36 1 4 0 — 5 0 45 1
Northallerton Town (loan) 2022–23[39] Northern League Division One 1 0 — — 0 0 1 0
Career total 97 5 4 0 2 0 9 0 124 5
  1. ^ Includes Football League Cup / EFL Cup, Scottish League Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  3. ^ a b c Appearance in FA Trophy
  4. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, two in North Riding Senior Cup

References

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  2. ^ "Jonathan Burn: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Jonathan Burn". Bristol Rovers F.C. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Jonathan Burn: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Jonny Burn". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  6. ^ Stoddart, Craig (22 June 2018). "Burn joins hometown team Darlington, with a goalkeeper next to sign". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  7. ^ Bailey, Graeme (26 March 2013). "Sunderland youngster Jonathan Burn in switch to Middlesbrough". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  8. ^ Vickers, Anthony (16 May 2014). "Three first team fringe players among eight released by Boro as Aitor Karanka begins summer shake-up". Teesside Gazette. Middlesbrough. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  9. ^ Taylor, Jonathon (28 January 2018). "Where Boro's treble-winning U21 side of 2014/15 have ended up". TeessideLive. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Jonathan Burn: Oldham Athletic sign Middlesbrough defender". BBC Sport. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  11. ^ a b c d "Games played by Jonathan Burn in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Doncaster Rovers 1–1 Oldham Athletic". BBC Sport. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Kilmarnock bring in 11 new players on the same day". BBC Sport. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  14. ^ Graham, Ewing (23 July 2016). "Kilmarnock 0–2 Morton: Clark rages as Quitongo wins his bet". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Bristol Rovers: Defender Jonny Burn signs from Middlesbrough". BBC Sport. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  16. ^ Wicks, Alisha (18 February 2017). "Match report: Port Vale vs Bristol Rovers". The 72. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  17. ^ Vittles, Jack (25 March 2017). "Bristol Rovers stunned by late goal from Coventry City to leave play-off hopes in tatters". Bristol Post. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  18. ^ Appleyard, Ian (28 November 2017). "Defender joins Minstermen on loan". York City F.C. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  19. ^ a b c "J. Burn: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  20. ^ Flett, Dave (26 December 2017). "Jon Parkin hits York City's first hat-trick in eight seasons during 4–1 defeat of North Ferriby". The Press. York. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  21. ^ Appleyard, Ian (4 January 2018). "Burn extends loan stay for season". York City F.C. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  22. ^ "Conference North: 2017/18: Latest table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  23. ^ "Bristol Rovers: Ryan Broom, Jonny Burn and Byron Moore released". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  24. ^ Simpson, Ray (22 June 2018). "Local lad Jonny returns home!". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  25. ^ a b "Statistics: Season 2018–2019". Darlington F.C. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019.
  26. ^ Simpson, Ray (10 October 2019). "Jonny Burn leaves Quakers". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  27. ^ "Whickham sign former Darlington defender Burn". Whickham F.C. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  28. ^ a b c "Defender Jonny Burn departs for Whitby Town". Whickham F.C. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  29. ^ Ryder, Liam (11 June 2020). "Former Black Cats & Boro man Burn joins Blues". Whitby Town F.C. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  30. ^ Donne, Matthew (2 November 2022). "New sgning: Jonny Burn". Northallerton Town F.C. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  31. ^ @WhitbyTownFC (18 May 2023). "Whitby Town can confirm that Jonathan Burn has left the club, following the expiration of his contract. The defender made 42 appearances for the club, scoring once, since joining in 2020. We'd like to thank Jonny for his service" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 July 2024 – via Twitter.
  32. ^ @DarloTownFC (11 June 2024). "We are thrilled to announce the signing of defender Jonny Burn Welcome Jonny 🤍🖤" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 July 2024 – via Twitter.
  33. ^ a b c "Games played by Jonathan Burn in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  34. ^ "Games played by Jonathan Burn in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  35. ^ "Statistics: Season 2019–2020". Darlington F.C. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019.
  36. ^ "Whitby Town – Appearances – Jonathan Burn – 2020–2021". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  37. ^ "Whitby Town – Appearances – Jonathan Burn – 2021–2022". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  38. ^ "Whitby Town – Appearances – Jonathan Burn". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  39. ^ "First team: Squad: Jonny Burn". Northallerton Town F.C. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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