Jake Burton

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Jake Joshua Burton (born 15 November 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Warrington Rylands.

Jake Burton

Personal information
Full name	Jake Joshua Burton[1]
Date of birth	(2001-11-15) 15 November 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Warrington Rylands
Youth career
	Tranmere Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2023	Tranmere Rovers	26	(2)
2021	→ Stalybridge Celtic (loan)	8	(3)
2022	→ Stalybridge Celtic (loan)	6	(1)
2022	→ Marine (loan)	4	(2)
2023–2024	Chester	2	(0)
2023	→ Marine (loan)	2	(0)
2023–2024	→ Bootle (loan)	24	(6)
2024–	Warrington Rylands	6	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:54, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Playing career

Tranmere Rovers

Burton graduated through the academy at Tranmere Rovers, breaking into the first team squad alongside George Nugent and Kyle Hayde. He made his first team debut for the club in a 2–1 defeat to Leicester City F.C. Under-21's in the 2019–20 EFL Trophy,^[2] and signed his first professional contract in July 2020.^[3] He made his English Football League debut on 10 October 2020 starting in a match against Salford City.^[4] He made one further league appearance that season, played in an FA Cup match and featured in Tranmere's losing 2021 EFL Trophy Final appearance against Sunderland on 14 March 2021.^[5][6]

Burton returned from a loan spell for the start of the 2022-23 season, scoring in the clubs first pre-season friendly; a 2-2 draw against Fleetwood,^[7] and appeared as a 65th minute substitute in the clubs 2nd pre-season friendly, a 1-0 victory over Preston North End.^[8]

After a short loan spell at Marine, Burton was recalled prior to the visit of Colchester United & replaced Elliott Nevitt in the 80th minute of the game. He scored his first senior goal for the club after just 3 minutes on the pitch; latching on to a Paul Lewis cross to head home Tranmere's second goal of the game.^[9]

Non-League

In September 2021 he went on a month's loan to Stalybridge Celtic.^[10] This loan was twice extended by a month each time until the end of the year.^[11] He made 15 appearances for the club, including 11 in the Northern Premier League, scoring three goals.^[12] He returned to the club towards the end of March 2022 for a second loan spell.^[13]

Burton joined Marine A.F.C. at the start of the 2022–23 season, initially on loan until January 2023,^[14] but was recalled after one month, having played in all 4 of Marine's league games; scoring twice.^[15]

On 9 May 2023 Tranmere announced he was being released.^[16]

He signed for Chester in July 2023^[17] and rejoined Marine on loan in August.^[18] He was recalled by Chester in October 2023,^[19] and was later sent out on loan to Bootle.^[20]

Following his release from Chester,^[21] he signed for Warrington Rylands on 10 June 2024.^[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 September 2024^[23]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tranmere Rovers	2019–20[24]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	1	0
	2020–21[25]	League Two	2	0	1	0	0	0	1[a]	0	4	0
	2021–22[26]	League Two	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2022–23[27]	League Two	23	2	0	0	0	0	3[a]	0	26	2
	Total		26	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	32	2
Stalybridge Celtic (loan)	2021–22[28]	NPL Premier Division	16	4	0	0	—		4[b]	0	20	4
Marine (loan)	2022–23[29]	NPL Premier Division	4	2	0	0	—		0	0	4	2
Chester	2023–24[30]	National League North	2	0	—		—		0	0	2	0
Marine (loan)	2023–24[31]	NPL Premier Division	2	0	3	0	—		0	0	5	0
Bootle (loan)	2023–24[32]	NPL Division One West	24	6	—		—		3[c]	0	27	6
Warrington Rylands	2024–25[33]	NPL Premier Division	6	4	1	2	—		0	0	7	6
Career total			80	18	5	2	0	0	12	0	97	21

1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
2. Three appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in Cheshire Senior Cup
3. One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Liverpool Senior Cup, one appearance in NPL Division One West play-offs

Honours

Tranmere Rovers

• EFL Trophy runner-up: 2020–21^[34]

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Tranmere Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 71. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
2. "Tranmere Rovers vs Leicester City U21 on 07 Jan 20 – Match Centre – Tranmere Rovers Football Club". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
3. "Three sign professional contracts with the Club". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
4. "Salford City 2-2 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
5. Garnett, Richard (14 March 2021). "Sunderland 1-0 Tranmere - EFL Trophy Final match blog". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
6. "Sunderland beat Tranmere in EFL Trophy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
7. "Match Report: Fleetwood Town 2 - 2 Tranmere Rovers". Tranmere Rovers. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
8. "Preston North End 0-1 Tranmere Rovers". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
9. "Tranmere Rovers v Colchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
10. Gordon, James (26 September 2021). "Jake Burton Arrives At Stalybridge Celtic On Loan". Northern Premier League. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
11. Dhamrait, Taran (22 October 2021). "Jake Burton loan extended". Stalybridge Celtic. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
12. "Player profile: Jake Burton". Stalybridge Celtic. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
13. Dhamrait, Taran (25 March 2022). "Club News – Squad update ahead of visit to Atherton". Stalybridge Celtic. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
14. "Tranmere Rovers FC". Twitter. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
15. "JAKE BURTON - Marine Football Club". 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
16. "Tranmere Rovers in talks with keeper Murphy, 41". BBC Sport. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
17. "Chester FC sign Jake Burton!". 27 July 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
18. "Jake Burton". 25 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
19. "Jake Burton recalled by Chester". 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
20. Albert2 (28 November 2023). "Jake Burton to remain on loan at Bootle for season". Chester Football Club. Retrieved 21 September 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
21. "Seven players are to leave Chester at end of their contracts". The Leader. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
22. "A third summer signing confirmed by Warrington Rylands as pre-season nears". Warrington Guardian. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
23. Jake Burton at Soccerway
24. "Games played by Jake Burton in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
25. "Games played by Jake Burton in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
26. "Games played by Jake Burton in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
27. "Games played by Jake Burton in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
28. "Player profile: Jake Burton". Stalybridge Celtic. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
29. https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/marine/appearances/2022-2023/jake-burton/942310 ^{[bare URL]}
30. "First Team Statistics 2023/24".
31. "Marine | Appearances | Jake Burton | Football Web Pages".
32. "Bootle | Appearances | Jake Burton | Football Web Pages".
33. https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/warrington-rylands/appearances/jake-burton/968178
34. Pilnick, Brent (14 March 2021). "Sunderland 1–0 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 March 2021.