Jonathan Court (born 30 March 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who last played as a striker for Linlithgow Rose.

Jonathan Court
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-30) 30 March 1996 (age 28)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Raith Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Raith Rovers 19 (2)
2014Newtongrange Star (loan)
2014–2015Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (loan) 20 (1)
2015East Stirlingshire (loan) 13 (1)
2016–2017Montrose (loan) 11 (1)
2018–2019 East Fife 25 (1)
2019–2020 Edinburgh City 21 (2)
2020 Linlithgow Rose
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Early and personal life

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Court attended Stewart's Melville College in Edinburgh, where he played rugby rather than football.[1]

Career

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Court began his senior career with Raith Rovers in 2014, spending loan spells at Newtongrange Star, Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, East Stirlingshire and Montrose.[2][3][4]

He scored the 5000th goal in the SPFL era for East Stirlingshire against Elgin City at Ochilview in October 2015.[5]

He was released by Raith in May 2018,[6] and signed for East Fife in June 2018.[4]

Court played for Edinburgh City during the 2019–20 season and later signed with East of Scotland team Linlithgow Rose on 25 August 2020.[7]

Rose announced that Court left the club on 2 November 2020.[8]

Career statistics

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As of 8 May 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Raith Rovers 2014–15[9] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16[10] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2016–17[11] 4 1 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 6 1
2017–18[12] League One 14 1 1 0 2 0 4[a] 0 21 1
Total 19 2 1 0 2 0 6 0 28 2
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (loan) 2014–15[13] East Superleague 20 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 28 3
East Stirling (loan) 2015–16[10] League Two 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
Montrose (loan) 2016–17[11] League Two 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 13 2
East Fife 2018–19[14] League One 25 1 2 0 3 0 3 1 33 2
Career total 88 6 5 1 5 0 17 2 115 10
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Scottish Challenge Cup.

References

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  1. ^ Iain Collin (24 December 2016). "Montrose's on-loan Raith Rovers kid Jonny Court happy to have chosen football over promising rugby career". Deadline News. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Mixed feelings for scorer Jonny Court as Raith Rovers fail to avoid play-offs". The Courier. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ Matthew Elder (11 December 2017). "Jonny courts a regular start for Raith". Fife Today. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Jonathan Court and Craig Watson Sign On". East Fife F.C. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. ^ "COURT CLAIMS 5,000TH SPFL GOAL". SPFL. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  6. ^ "RRFC Retained / Released List". Raith Rovers F.C. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  7. ^ "We are delighted to announce the signing of Jonny Court from Edinburgh City". Twitter. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Following the match on Saturday, we can confirm that Pat Scullion, Jonny Court and Sean Dickson have now left the club". Twitter. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Games played by Jonathan Court in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Games played by Jonathan Court in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Games played by Jonathan Court in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Games played by Jonathan Court in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Profile". Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic F.C. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Games played by Jonathan Court in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2019.