Jon Ashton

Who is this?

Jonathan James Ashton (born 4 October 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is a first-team fitness coach at EFL Championship club Ipswich Town. A graduate of Leicester City's youth system, Ashton made seven Premier League appearances during the 2001–02 season and had loan spells at Notts County and Oxford United, joining Oxford permanently in September 2003. He made 103 appearances for the club before moving to Rushden & Diamonds and subsequently Grays Athletic in May 2007, where he also won four caps for the England C team. He signed for Stevenage Borough in January 2009 and made 234 appearances across six years, helping the club achieve successive promotions from the Conference Premier to League One. After leaving Stevenage in 2015, Ashton had spells with Crawley Town, Braintree Town and his hometown club Nuneaton Town, where he ended his playing career in 2018. Following his retirement, he moved into fitness coaching, initially with Stevenage before joining Ipswich Town in May 2021.

Career

1. 1982
   Born
2. 2001
   Joined Leicester City F.C.
3. 2002
   Joined Notts County F.C.
4. 2003
   Joined Oxford United F.C.
5. 2003
   Joined Oxford United F.C.
6. 2006
   Joined Rushden & Diamonds F.C.
7. 2007
   Joined Grays Athletic F.C.
8. 2007
   Joined England national association football C team
9. 2009
   Joined Stevenage F.C.
10. 2015
    Joined Crawley Town F.C.

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Nuneaton
• •Citizenship: United Kingdom
• •Known as: association football player
• •Sport: association football