Jack Curtis (footballer, born 1995)

Jack John Charles Richard Curtis (born 11 September 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Grays Athletic.

Jack Curtis
Personal information
Full name Jack John Charles Richard Curtis[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995[2]
Place of birth Brentwood, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Grays Athletic
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
Maldon Town
2011–2015 Colchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Colchester United 0 (0)
2016 → Needham Market (loan) 22 (6)
2017 Harlow Town 5 (0)
2017–2018 Coggeshall Town 12 (2)
2018 → Braintree Town (dual reg.) 3 (0)
2018– Grays Athletic 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:28, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Curtis progressed through the youth ranks at Tottenham Hotspur and had a brief stint with Maldon Town prior to joining Colchester United's Academy in 2011. After four years with the side, he made his professional debut in the FA Cup in November 2015. He had a loan spell with Needham Market in 2016, before leaving Colchester in January 2017. He had a brief spell at Harlow Town in 2017.

Career

Curtis, who was born in Brentwood, Essex[4] and attended Shenfield High School, began his career with Tottenham Hotpsur where he was a member of the Academy. He briefly joined Maldon Town, before he joined Colchester United's Academy to continue his development ahead of the 2011–12 season. He signed his first professional contract with Colchester in November 2013.[5]

In the same season, Curtis helped the under-18 side to the Football League Youth Alliance South East title, while he also featured in the Youth Alliance Cup final held on 29 April 2014 at Bradford City's Valley Parade stadium. He played for 85 minutes in the final against Bradford as his side won 4–2 to complete a league and cup double.[6]

In the 2014–15 season, Curtis saw his first involvement with the first-team squad when he was named on the bench by manager Joe Dunne for Colchester's League Cup first round fixture with Charlton Athletic on 12 August 2014. However, he was an unused substitute in the 4–0 defeat.[7] With his contract set to expire at the end of the season, Curtis signed a one-year contract extension on 8 May 2015.[8]

Following good form at under-21 level, Colchester manager Tony Humes named Curtis amongst his substitutes for their FA Cup first round tie with Wealdstone on 7 November 2015. With his side 6–2 up, Curtis replaced Macauley Bonne for his professional debut in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time.[9] He was offered a new deal at the end of the season,[10][11] and agreed a one-year contract extension on 26 May 2016.[12]

Curtis joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Needham Market on loan for one month on 13 August 2016. He scored after just ten minutes of his debut as Needham were held to a 1–1 draw with Burgess Hill Town.[13] He had his loan extended for a further month on 10 September,[14] and his loan was further extended on 13 October.[15] He scored six goals in 24 appearances.[16]

On 18 January 2017, Curtis was allowed to leave Colchester after six years with the club.[17]

In March 2017, Curtis signed for Isthmian League Premier Division side Harlow Town.[18] He made five substitute appearances for the Hawks, but was released in June 2017 after failing to hold down a place in the starting eleven.[19]

After a spell with Coggeshall Town, Curtis joined Braintree Town in February 2018 on a dual registration basis.[20]

Career statistics
As of match played 7 April 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colchester United 2015–16[21] League One 0010000010
2016–17[22] League Two 0000000000
Total 0010000010
Needham Market (loan) 2016–17[16] Isthmian League Premier Division 22600–5[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]0276
Harlow Town 2016–17[23] Isthmian League Premier Division 50––0050
Braintree Town (dual reg.) 2017–18[24] National League South 30–––30
Career total 306100050366
  1. Appearances in Alan Turvey Trophy
  2. Appearance in Suffolk Premier Cup
  3. Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours
Colchester United U18

References
  1. "Professional Retain List & Free Transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. Jack Curtis at Soccerbase
  3. "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. "Results for Britain records". FindMyPast. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. Cannon, Matt (1 November 2013). "Colchester United Football Club offer former Shenfield student professional contract". Brentwood Gazette. Chelmsford. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. Marston, Carl (30 April 2014). "League-Cup double for super Colchester United Under-18s". East Anglian Daily Times. Ipswich. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  7. "Charlton 4–0 Colchester". BBC Sport. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  8. "Trio Sign New Deals". Colchester United FC. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  9. "Wealdstone 2–6 Colchester". BBC Sport. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  10. Hudson, Matt (20 May 2016). "U's Retained List". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  11. "Colchester United: Joe Edwards and Nicky Shorey among nine to depart". BBC Sport. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  12. Hudson, Matt (26 May 2016). "Curtis Extends Stay". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  13. Hudson, Matt (15 August 2016). "Jack Goes To Needham". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  14. @NMFCTWEETS (10 September 2016). "Breaking News: Jack Curtis who is on loan from @ColU_Official has had his initial 1 month stay extended and will be in the squad today" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. Hudson, Matt (13 October 2016). "Jack Extends Needham Stay". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  16. "Profile: Jack Curtis". Needham Market FC. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  17. Hudson, Matt (18 January 2017). "U's Flash: Jack Departs". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  18. Barham, Ian (22 March 2017). "Hawks sign Curtis". Harlow Town FC. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  19. "Jack Curtis". Harlow Town FC. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  20. "Iron Add New Quartet To Squad". Steve Whitney. Pitchero Non-League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  21. "Games played by Jack Curtis in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  22. "Games played by Jack Curtis in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  23. "Jack Curtis". Harlow Town FC. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  24. "J. Curtis". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  25. "Newsletter 34" (PDF). The Football League. 14 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
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