Jack Powell (footballer, born 1994)

Jack Patrick Powell (born 29 January 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Crawley Town.

Jack Powell
Personal information
Full name Jack Patrick Powell[1]
Date of birth (1994-01-29) 29 January 1994[2]
Place of birth Canning Town, England
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Crawley Town
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2013 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Millwall 6 (0)
2013–2014 → Concord Rangers (loan) 7 (1)
2015–2016 → Braintree Town (loan) 3 (0)
2016 → Braintree Town (loan) 4 (0)
2016–2018 Ebbsfleet United 96 (21)
2018–2019 Maidstone United 29 (3)
2019– Crawley Town 26 (0)
2019–2020 → Aldershot Town (loan) 20 (3)
National team‡
2017 England C 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:35, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Career

Jack Powell was a youth team player with West Ham United before being released by the club on 30 June 2013.[3]

On 25 November 2013, Powell joined Concord Rangers on a youth loan until 19 December 2013.[4] He made 7 league appearances for Concord and scored one goal.[5]

He made his senior debut for Millwall on 12 August 2014 in the League Cup against Wycombe Wanderers. He made his first start against Southampton, again in the League Cup on 26 August 2014.[6] On 30 August 2014, Powell made his league debut against Blackpool in a 2–1 victory.

Powell joined Braintree Town on a one-month loan deal on 27 November 2015.[7][8] He made his debut for Braintree Town on 28 November in a 0–0 draw with Torquay United.[5][9] He returned to Millwall following the month-long loan having made just three appearances for Braintree Town.[10] On 18 March 2016, he returned to Braintree Town on a loan deal until the end of the season.[11] He appeared in four matches for Braintree across his loan spell at the club.[5] Powell was released by Millwall at the end of the 2015–16 season.[12]

On 20 July 2016, Powell joined Ebbsfleet United after impressing in a trial match.[13]

On 12 October 2018, Powell agreed to join fellow Kent rivals, Maidstone United on a deal until the end of the season.[14]

On 5 July 2019, Powell joined EFL League Two club Crawley Town, signing a two-year contract with the club.[15] He made his debut for the club in a 1–0 away defeat to Portsmouth in the EFL Trophy.[16] On 12 September 2019, Powell joined Aldershot Town on loan until January 2020.[17] He made his league debut for Crawley on 28 January 2020 in a 2–2 draw at Plymouth Argyle.[18]

Style of play

Powell has been described as "gutsy" and "skillful" with comparisons made with former Millwall player, Terry Hurlock. He has also been nicknamed the Peckham Pirlo.[19]

Personal life

Powell is the older brother of Joe Powell.[20]

Powell became a father aged 18 with his first child Shay, and his second child Jaxon was born in January 2018.[21]

Career statistics
As of match played 10 January 2021[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Millwall 2013–14 Championship 000000—00
2014–15 Championship 500020—70
2015–16 League One 1010001[lower-alpha 1]030
Total 60102010100
Concord Rangers (loan) 2013–14 Conference South 7100—1[lower-alpha 2]081
Braintree Town (loan) 2015–16 National League 7000—1[lower-alpha 2]080
Ebbsfleet United 2016–17 National League South 381032—7[lower-alpha 3]14813
2017–18 National League 411030—5[lower-alpha 4]04910
2018–19 National League 12100—00121
Total 912162—12110924
Maidstone United 2018–19 National League 29321—00314
Crawley Town 2019–20 League Two 6000001[lower-alpha 1]070
2020–21 League Two 20030101[lower-alpha 1]0250
Total 260301020320
Aldershot Town (loan) 2019–20 National League 20310—1[lower-alpha 2]0223
Career total 186281333018122032
  1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  3. Four appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, three appearances in National League South play-offs
  4. Three appearances in FA Trophy, two in National League play-offs

References
  1. "01 February 2013 Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. "Jack Powell". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "Hammers confirm retain list". West Ham United F.C. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  4. "Fred joins pro ranks". www.millwallfc.co.uk. Millwall F.C. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. Jack Powell at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. "Report: Millwall 0 Southampton 2". www.millwallfc.co.uk. Millwall F.C. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  7. Spurgeon, Simon (26 November 2015). "Braintree add Milwall loanee but Szmodics heads back to Colchester". Braintree and Witham Times. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  8. "Millwall midfielder Powell joins Braintree on loan". www.millwallfc.co.uk. Millwall F.C. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  9. Spurgeon, Simon (5 December 2015). "Millwall loanee is looking to use Vanarama National League's competitiveness while at Braintree". Braintree and Witham Times. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  10. Spurgeon, Simon (7 January 2016). "Town boss is prepared to wait on loan deals". Braintree and Witham Times. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  11. "Millwall midfielder Powell in loan move". www.millwallfc.co.uk. Millwall F.C. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  12. "Seven players to leave Millwall". www.millwallfc.co.uk. Millwall F.C. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  13. Miller, Ed (20 July 2016). "Fleet take trialist Powell on board". Ebbsfleet United F.C. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  14. "Jack Powell joins from the Fleet". Maidstone United F.C. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  15. "Jack Powell: Crawley Town sign former Maidstone United midfielder". BBC Sport. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  16. "REPORT: PORTSMOUTH 1 REDS 0". www.crawleytownfc.com. Crawley Town F.C. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  17. "JACK POWELL GOES OUT ON LOAN". www.crawleytownfc.com. Crawley Town F.C. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  18. "Plymouth Argyle 2-2 Crawley Town". BBC Sport. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  19. Virtue, Rob (2 September 2014). "Fan's Roar: Could Powell be Millwall's new Hurlock?". The Wharf. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  20. "Academy Ace". West Ham United F.C. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  21. Tervet, Steve (12 January 2018). "Powell: My boys inspire me". Kent Online. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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