Iori Jenkins

Iori Jenkins

Personal information
Full name	Iorweth Clifford Jenkins[1]
Date of birth	(1959-12-11) 11 December 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Neath, Wales
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1979	Chelsea	0	(0)
1979–1981	Brentford	15	(1)
1981–1984	Kettering Town
	Desborough Town
International career
	Wales Schoolboys
Managerial career
	Rushden Town
	Wellingborough Town
	Stewarts & Lloyds Corby
	Northamptonshire FA Youth
	Rothwell Town (reserves)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iorweth Clifford Jenkins (born 11 December 1959) is a Welsh retired professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Brentford. He later dropped into non-League football and held managerial and coaching roles at a number of clubs and associations in Northamptonshire.

Club career

A defender, Jenkins began his career in the youth system at Second Division club Chelsea and signed his first professional contract in 1978.^[2] He failed to make a senior appearance at Stamford Bridge and departed to join Third Division club Brentford in November 1979.^[1] Despite being signed by Bill Dodgin Jr., he failed to break into the team until the appointment of Fred Callaghan in April 1980.^[1] Jenkins made 17 appearances and scored one goal before departing Griffin Park in January 1981.^[1] He dropped into non-League football and joined Alliance Premier League club Kettering Town.^[1]

International career

Jenkins represented Wales at schoolboy level.^[1]

Coaching & managerial career

Jenkins held managerial roles at Northamptonshire non-League clubs Rushden Town, Wellingborough Town and Stewarts & Lloyds Corby.^[3] During the 2003–04 season, he managed the Northamptonshire FA representative youth team,^[3] before being appointed assistant manager at United Counties League First Division club Irchester United in June 2004.^[4] He quickly moved on to join Rothwell Town as reserve team manager the following month.^[5]

Personal life

When he quit professional football in January 1981, Jenkins joined the Police.^[1] Jenkins' son Callum became a non-League footballer.^[6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brentford	1979–80[7]	Third Division	1	0	—		—		1	0
	1980–81[7]		14	1	0	0	2	0	16	1
Career total			15	1	0	0	2	0	17	1

References

1. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 88. ISBN 978-0955294914.
2. Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 293. ISBN 978-1906796709.
3. "UCL04". Football.Mitoo. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
4. "Poppies go for Brown". northantstelegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
5. "Bones kitted out for new campaign". northantstelegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2015.^{[dead link‍]}
6. "Desborough Town FC Player Information 2003–04". www.artarnfc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
7. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 395–396. ISBN 0951526200.