Jonny Margetts

Jonathon Gary Margetts (born 28 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for King's Lynn Town.

Jonny Margetts

Personal information
Full name	Jonathon Gary Margetts[1]
Date of birth	(1993-09-28) 28 September 1993 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth	Doncaster, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	King's Lynn Town
Number	10
Youth career
0000–2012	Hull City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Hull City	0	(0)
2014	→ Gainsborough Trinity (loan)	13	(10)
2014	→ Harrogate Town (loan)	6	(2)
2014	→ Gainsborough Trinity (loan)	7	(2)
2015	→ Cambridge United (loan)	1	(0)
2015–2016	Tranmere Rovers	10	(2)
2015–2016	→ Stockport County (loan)	6	(4)
2016	→ Altrincham (loan)	6	(2)
2016	→ Southport (loan)	3	(2)
2016	Lincoln City	7	(5)
2016–2018	Scunthorpe United	2	(0)
2017	→ Lincoln City (loan)	3	(0)
2018–2019	Boston United	6	(0)
2018–2019	→ Gainsborough Trinity (loan)
2019	→ Matlock Town (loan)	6	(2)
2019	Tadcaster Albion
2019–2021	Frickley Athletic	29	(26)
2021–2022	Belper Town	20	(17)
2022–2023	Stamford	52	(46)
2023–2024	Matlock Town	21	(22)
2024–	King's Lynn Town	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:35, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Having started his career with Hull City he failed to make a first team appearance, but over a two-year period he notably spent brief spells playing in the Football League for Cambridge United, Tranmere Rovers, Lincoln City and Scunthorpe United. He has since fallen out of contention in the professional game where he has played at Non-League level for Gainsborough Trinity, Harrogate Town, Stockport County, Altrincham, Southport, Boston United, Matlock Town, Tadcaster Albion and Frickley Athletic.

Career

Hull City

Born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Margetts was a Hull City youth graduate.^[2] In July 2012, he progressed through the youth ranks into the first team and signed his first professional contract.^[4] On 27 February 2014, he joined Gainsborough Trinity in a one-month loan deal.^[5]

Margetts scored 10 goals in only 13 league appearances for Gainsborough, including a hat-trick in a 6–0 home win over Oxford City on 12 April.^[6] He returned to Hull in the summer, but was loaned to Harrogate Town on 18 August.^[7]

On 23 December 2014, Margetts returned to Gainsborough, also on a loan deal.^[8] On 13 March 2015, he joined Cambridge United on loan until the end of the season.^[9] Margetts made his professional debut on the following day, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 League Two home draw against Stevenage.^[10]

Tranmere Rovers

Following a successful pre-season trial and scoring five goals in three games, Margetts signed a one-year deal with National League club Tranmere Rovers.^[11] He joined National League North club Stockport County on loan on 27 November 2015,^[12] where he scored four goals from seven appearances.^[13][14] He joined National League side Altrincham on a one-month loan on 23 January 2016.^[15] On 22 March 2016, Margetts joined National League team Southport on loan for the rest of the 2015–16 season.^[16]

Lincoln City

On 14 July 2016, Margetts joined National League club Lincoln City on a one-year contract, following a successful trial.^[17]

Scunthorpe United

After scoring five goals in seven matches for Lincoln, Margetts signed for League One club Scunthorpe United on 31 August 2016 on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.^[18] He scored his first goal for Scunthorpe on his debut in an EFL Trophy tie against Shrewsbury Town on 4 October 2016.^[19] A loan move to Crewe Alexandra^[20] fell through in early February 2017.^[21] On 1 March 2017, Margetts rejoined Lincoln City on loan until the end of 2016–17.^[22]

Boston United

On 2 July 2018 Margetts joined Boston United.^[23]

On 23 October 2018 he returned to Gainsborough Trinity on loan for three months.^[24] He returned to Boston United in mid January 2019, but was loaned out again on 30 January, this time to Matlock Town for one month.^[25] In the beginning of March 2019, Margetts joined the same club on loan once again, this time until the end of the season.^[26]

Frickley Athletic

After a short spell at Tadcaster Albion, Margetts joined Frickley Athletic in September 2019.^[27] He was made club captain in July 2020.

In May 2021, Margetts announced that he was leaving the club.^[28]

Return to Matlock Town

In May 2023, Margetts returned to Northern Premier League club Matlock Town following a prolific title-winning season with Stamford.^[29]

King's Lynn Town

On 19 January 2024, he left Matlock Town, after an impressive season, and joined National League North side King's Lynn Town. He started the next day against Hereford in a league match that ended 2-2.^[30]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 May 2017

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hull City	2013–14[31]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2014–15[32]	Premier League	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gainsborough Trinity (loan)	2013–14[13]	Conference North	13	10	—		—		—		13	10
Harrogate Town (loan)	2014–15[13]	Conference North	6	2	—		—		—		6	2
Gainsborough Trinity (loan)	2014–15[13]	Conference North	7	2	—		—		—		7	2
Cambridge United (loan)	2014–15[32]	League Two	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Tranmere Rovers	2015–16[13]	National League	10	2	1	0	—		—		11	2
Stockport County (loan)	2015–16[13][14]	National League North	6	4	—		—		1[a]	0	7	4
Altrincham (loan)	2015–16[13]	National League	6	2	—		—		—		6	2
Southport (loan)	2015–16[13]	National League	3	2	—		—		—		3	2
Lincoln City	2016–17[13]	National League	7	5	—		—		—		7	5
Scunthorpe United	2016–17[33]	League One	2	0	0	0	—		3[b]	1	5	1
Lincoln City (loan)	2016–17[13]	National League	3	0	1	0	—		0	0	4	0
Career total			63	29	2	0	0	0	4	1	70	30

1. Appearance in FA Trophy
2. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

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2. "Jonny Margetts". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
3. "Johnny Margetts". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
4. "Hull City's young guns get chance to impress Steve Bruce". Hull Daily Mail. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2017. ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
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6. "Gainsborough Trinity 6 Oxford City 0". Gainsborough Trinity FC. 12 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
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9. "Hull City striker Johnny Margetts joins Cambridge United on loan". BBC Sport. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
10. "Cambridge 1–1 Stevenage". BBC Sport. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
11. Hilton, Nick (29 July 2015). "Tranmere sign 'Triallist H' Jonathon Margetts". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
12. Byrne, Sam (27 November 2015). "Two new faces arrive at Stockport County as goalkeeper is ruled out for season". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
13. "J. Margetts". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
14. Scott, Richard (30 November 2015). "Report: Stockport County 0 vs. Nantwich Town 2: FA Trophy". Nantwich Town F.C. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
15. "Altrincham sign Tranmere Rovers striker Jonny Margetts on loan". BBC Sport. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
16. "Jonny Margetts: Tranmere Rovers striker joins Southport on loan". BBC Sport. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
17. "Margetts pens season-long contract". Lincoln City F.C. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
18. "Scunthorpe United: Richard Smallwood, Jonny Margetts and Harry Toffolo sign". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
19. "Scunthorpe United 2 Shrewsbury Town 0: Jonathon Margetts debut goal helps Iron through to next round of Checkatrade Trophy". Scunthorpe Telegraph. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016. ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
20. "Crewe Sign Striker Jonny Margetts On Loan". Crewe Alexandra Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
21. "Crewe Alexandra: Jonny Margetts loan spell from Scunthorpe falls through". BBC Sport. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
22. Whiley, Mark (1 March 2017). "Jonny Margetts re-signs for Lincoln City from Scunthorpe United". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. Retrieved 1 March 2017. ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
23. "Margetts excited to join Pilgrims after 'nightmare' two years". 2 July 2018.
24. "Boston United striker Jonny Margetts makes Gainsborough Trinity switch". Lincolnshire. 23 October 2018. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
25. Jackson, Ceri (30 January 2019). "Boston United to hold tenth Pilgrim Cup football tournament". Boston United F.C. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019.
26. Richardson, Ian (15 March 2019). "Double signing at Matlock Town as Dave Frecklington bolsters attacking options ahead of Marine trip". Derbyshire Times. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
27. Jonny Margetts - Frickley Athletic FC First Team, pitchero.com
28. Margetts, Jonny [@JonoMargetts] (31 May 2021). "All the best to @frickleyafc next season. Been a pleasure the last few seasons had some great times. Great club with great people. Ready for a new challenge wherever it may be ⚽️⚽️⚽️" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 31 May 2021 – via Twitter.
29. "Hot-shot Margetts makes Matlock move!". www.matlocktownfc.co.uk. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
30. "Linnets sign Margetts". www.kltown.co.uk. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
31. "Games played by Jonny Margetts in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
32. "Games played by Jonny Margetts in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
33. "Games played by Jonny Margetts in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

External links

• Jonny Margetts profile Archived 2 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine at the Scunthorpe United F.C. website
• Jonny Margetts at Soccerbase