Jason Mooney (Northern Irish footballer)

Jason Mooney

Mooney playing for York City in 2014
Personal information
Full name Jason Bryan Mooney[1]
Date of birth (1989-02-26) 26 February 1989[2]
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 8.5 in (2.04 m)[3]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Cliftonville
Number 1
Youth career
0000–2007 Ards
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Ards 3 (0)
2008–2009 Bangor
2009 Ards Rangers
2009–2011 Comber Recreation
2011–2012 Wycombe Wanderers 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Oxford City (loan) 35 (15)
2012–2014 Tranmere Rovers 4 (0)
2014–2015 York City 4 (0)
2015 → Alfreton Town (loan) 13 (0)
2015–2016 Accrington Stanley 26 (0)
2016– Cliftonville 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:52, 18 March 2016 (UTC).


Jason Bryan Mooney (born 26 February 1989) is a Northern Irish Semi - professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cliftonville in the NIFL Premiership.

Career

Born in Belfast,[4] Mooney worked various jobs including as a gardener, at a car wash and at a farm while playing in Northern Ireland.[3] He started his football career with Ards's youth system, with whom he won the Youth League Cup in April 2008.[5] His debut for the first team came before that, as he started a 2–1 away defeat to Carrick Rangers in the Irish First Division on 29 December 2007.[6] Mooney made three appearances for Ards in the 2007–08 season,[6] before signing for newly promoted IFA Premiership team Bangor during the summer of 2008.[7] He had a spell with Ards Rangers before joining Comber Recreation (both of the Northern Amateur Football League) over the summer of 2009.[8][9]

Mooney took part in a goalkeeping course in the south of England during the summer of 2011, which was attended by scouts from across England.[10] He signed a one-year contract with English League One club Wycombe Wanderers in August 2011 after impressing during a two-month trial.[11] He had earlier signed non-contract terms after working for the club as a barman.[11] Mooney spent the 2011–12 season on loan at Southern League Premier Division side Oxford City,[10] and helped the club to win promotion into the Conference North with a 4–2 play-off final victory over AFC Totton.[12] He made 45 appearances for City,[13] but was released by Wycombe in May 2012 following their relegation to League Two.[14]

Mooney had trials with Conference Premier club Cambridge United and League One club Tranmere Rovers before joining the latter on a one-year contract in July 2012 as back-up for Owain Fôn Williams.[8][15] He made his debut on 27 April 2013, in a 0–0 draw with Bournemouth at Prenton Park – his clean sheet helped to deny the visitors the League One title on the last day of the 2012–13 season.[16] Mooney signed a new one-year contract in June 2013 and manager Ronnie Moore commented that "Jason has really progressed and I'm pleased he will be staying with us".[17] He made three appearances in the 2013–14 season, which culminated in Tranmere's relegation to League Two.[18]

Mooney turned down a new contract with Tranmere to sign for League Two club York City on a two-year contract on 29 May 2014.[19][20] He made his debut in York's 1–1 away draw with his former club Tranmere in the opening match of the 2014–15 season on 9 August 2014.[21] Having made only five appearances for York he joined Conference Premier side Alfreton Town for the rest of the season on 17 January 2015.[22] Mooney made 13 appearances for Alfreton before being recalled by York on 3 April 2015 after Bobby Olejnik was suspended.[21][23][24]

Mooney was released by York by mutual consent[25] ahead of a transfer to their League Two rivals Accrington Stanley on a one-year contract on 1 July 2015.[26]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 December 2015.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ards 2007–08[6] Irish First Division 30—000030
Oxford City (loan) 2011–12[13] Southern League Premier Division 351550—5[lower-alpha 1]0450
Tranmere Rovers 2012–13[27] League One 1000000010
2013–14[18] League One 3000000030
Total 4000000040
York City 2014–15[21] League Two 4000100050
Alfreton Town 2014–15[21] Conference Premier 130———130
Accrington Stanley 2015–16[28] League Two 210201000240
Career total 8015702050940
  1. ↑ One appearance in Southern League Cup, two in Oxfordshire Senior Cup, two in Southern League Premier Division play-offs

Honours

Oxford City

References

  1. ↑ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 84. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tranmere Rovers FC Player Profiles". Tranmere Rovers F.C. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 Flett, Dave (29 May 2014). "Goalkeeper Jason Mooney delighted to link up with manager Nigel Worthington at York City". The Press. York. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Player search". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 31 May 2014. (registration required (help)).
  5. ↑ "Ards Colts are league cup winners". Ards F.C. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "Line-ups 2007/08". Ards F.C. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "McKee heads for Bangor". Ards F.C. 19 June 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  8. 1 2 Mason, Aaron (3 July 2012). "United get set to size up massive Mooney". Cambridge News. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  9. ↑ Mawhinney, Martin (11 August 2009). "On your marks; Race is underway in Premier and Eamonn McCarthy's men are Cleary out to retain title.". Daily Mirror. London. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  10. 1 2 Hilton, Nick (1 May 2013). "Tranmere Rovers FC keeper Jason Mooney delighted to be living the dream after keeping clean sheet on his debut". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Wycombe Wanderers hand contract to former club barman". BBC Sport. 10 August 2011. Archived from the original on 8 April 2012.
  12. 1 2 Farrant, Nick (8 May 2012). "Football: Superb City go up in style". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  13. 1 2 "2011". Google Docs. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "Relegated Wycombe Wanderers release six players". BBC Sport. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  15. ↑ "Tranmere Rovers sign goalkeeper Jason Mooney". BBC Sport. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  16. ↑ "Tranmere 0–0 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  17. ↑ "Jason Mooney: Tranmere goalkeeper signs one-year deal". BBC Sport. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  18. 1 2 "Games played by Jason Mooney in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  19. ↑ "Ian Goodison: Tranmere Rovers release stalwart and two others". BBC Sport. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  20. ↑ "York City sign Tranmere Rovers goalkeeper Jason Mooney". BBC Sport. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  21. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Jason Mooney in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  22. ↑ "Jason Mooney: Alfreton sign York keeper on loan". BBC Sport. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  23. ↑ Flett, Dave (3 April 2015). "Dave Winfield header earns York City vital 1–0 win against Cheltenham". The Press. York. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  24. ↑ Flett, Dave (1 April 2015). "With video: "I want fans to intimidate Cheltenham," says York City boss Russ Wilcox". The Press. York. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  25. ↑ "Jason Mooney: Accrington Stanley sign York City keeper". BBC Sport. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Jason Mooney in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Jason Mooney in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

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