Jarrett Rivers

Jarrett Rivers
Rivers in October 2023
Personal information
Full name Jarrett Anthony Rivers[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth Spennymoor, England
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Darlington
Number 21
Youth career
Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Whitley Bay
2014–2015 Blyth Spartans
2015–2016 Blackpool 10 (0)
2016–2019 Blyth Spartans
2019– Darlington 142 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:29, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Jarrett Anthony Rivers (born 10 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right winger for National League North club Darlington.[3] He previously played in the Football League for Blackpool.

Career

Rivers played youth football for Middlesbrough; after he was released he began working in a factory but "quit after one day because it made me realise I did not want to do that for the rest of my life, so I have worked hard in football ever since."[4] After spending the 2013–14 season with Whitley Bay, Rivers joined Blyth Spartans.[5][6] He combined his non-league football career with a job in his mother's newsagents shop.[7] After impressing in Blyth Spartans' FA Cup run, including scoring the winner in the second-round victory against Hartlepool United, he went on trial with Oldham Athletic in January 2015.[7] He was named Northern Premier League Young Player of the Season for 2014–15, and in May 2015 he signed a one-year professional contract with an option for a second year with Blackpool, newly relegated to League One.[8] He made 10 League One appearances for Blackpool, mainly as a substitute,[3] but the option for a further year was not taken up and he rejoined Blyth Spartans in August 2016.[9]

He signed for Darlington in May 2019.[10]

Career statistics

As of 21 February 2016
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Blackpool 2015–16[11] 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 13 1
Career total 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 13 1

References

  1. ^ "EFL: Free Transfers: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Jarrett Rivers". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "J. Rivers". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  4. ^ Rose, Gary (29 May 2015). "FA Cup final: What happened next to this season's giantkillers?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Sayer and Rivers join Spartans". Blyth Spartans A.F.C. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Profile". Blyth Spartans A.F.C. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Oldham: Blyth Spartans winger Jarrett Rivers on trial". BBC Sport. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  8. ^ Brown, Steve (7 May 2015). "Blyth Spartans starlet Jarrett Rivers joins Lee Clark's Blackpool FC". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Rivers returns to Spartans". Pitchero Non-League. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  10. ^ Simpson, Ray (29 May 2019). "Darlington sign winger Jarrett Rivers". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Games played by Jarrett Rivers in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 February 2021.


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