Jason Dozzell

Football manager infobox
playername = Jason Dozzell
fullname = Jason Irvin Winans DozzellCite book | first=Dean | last= Hayes| title = The Who's Who of Ipswich Town | isbn=1859835155 | publisher = Breedon Books | pages=pp. 52–53]


nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|12|9|df=yes
cityofbirth = Ipswich
countryofbirth = England
height = height|m=1.85
currentclub =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1983–1993
1993–1997
1997
1997–1998
1998–2002
2002
2002
clubs = Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur
→ Ipswich Town (loan)
Northampton Town
Colchester United
Canvey Island
Grays Athletic
caps(goals) = 340 (53)
084 (13)
008 0(1)
022 0(4)
091 0(9)
004 0(0)
001 0(0)
manageryears = 2003–2006
2006–2007
managerclubs = Ipswich Wanderers
Leiston
nationalyears = 1986–1989
nationalteam = England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 009 0(0)

Jason Dozzell (born 9 December 1967 in Ipswich, Suffolk) is a former professional association footballer who made more than 500 Football League appearances for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Northampton Town and Colchester United. During his time at Ipswich Town, he became the youngest player to score in the old Football League First Division and represented his country for the under-21 team.

Dozzell has also managed two non-league football clubs, both in the Eastern Counties Football League – Ipswich Wanderers and Leiston. As of October 2008, he is not managing a club.

Personal life

Born in Ipswich in 1967, Dozzell attended the local Chantry High School. [Cite web | url = http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED25%20Dec%202007%2021%3A23%3A12%3A947 | title = Ex-Town star on drink-drive charge | publisher = East Anglian Daily Times | accessdate = 2008-10-08 | date = December 6, 2007] He has supported local charities, including acting as a patron for "Operation Santa Claus", run in conjunction with radio station SGR-FM. [Cite web | url = http://www.sgrfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=367554| publisher = SGR-FM | accessdate = 2008-10-09|title = Jason Dozzell] He played for a "Town Legends" side against a Soccer AM team in 2005 to raise money for the Academy, [Cite web | url =http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10272~651784,00.html | publisher = Ipswich Town F.C. | accessdate = 2008-10-09| date = April 21, 2005| title = Town legends face Soccer AM X1] where his son, Andre, is in the under-10s team. [Cite web | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article4837264.ece | accessdate = 2008-10-09| date = September 28, 2008| title = Caught in Time: Field day for Tractor Boys | work = The Times|author=Derek Clements] In 2007 he was accused of driving whilst under the influence of alcohol but the case was adjourned. [Cite web | url = http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED31%20Dec%202007%2010%3A41%3A24%3A617 | title = Ex-Town star's court hearing adjourned | accessdate = 2008-10-08| date = 31 December, 2007 | publisher = East Anglian Daily Times]

Career

As a player

Playing football for the Langham Lions in the Colchester Youth League, [Cite web | url = http://archive.thurrockgazette.co.uk/1998/10/14/229806.html | work = Thurrock Gazette | date = October 14, 1998 | accessdate = 2008-10-09| title = Soccer: Dozzell signs for U's...at last] Dozzell was noted as a "prolific schoolboy scorer", and was signed on schoolboy terms for Ipswich Town by Bobby Robson despite interest from West Ham United and Nottingham Forest.Cite web | url = http://archive.echo-news.co.uk/2001/10/12/172821.html| title = Soccer: Dozzell's final curtain...| author=Francis Ponder|date = October 12, 2001] Selected for the senior squad by manager Bobby Ferguson, Dozzell made his debut for Ipswich Town in February 1984, coming on as a substitute against Coventry City. Ipswich won the match 2–0 with Dozzell scoring late in the second half, and becoming youngest player at 16 years and 57 days to have scored in the old English Football League First Division.cite news| url=http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED25%20Oct%202007%2007%3A06%3A10%3A037| title=Teenage star set to shine|date=October 24, 2007|publisher=Evening Star|accessdate=2008-08-09] He went on to make four further appearances in the 1983–84 season.Cite web | url = http://www.tmwmtt.com/sql/players/profile.phtml?fullname=Jason+Dozzell | title = Jason Dozzell | publisher = Pride of Anglia | accessdate = 2008-10-08] The following season Dozzell made 20 appearances, five of them from bench, and scored four goals. In the 1985–86 season he became a regular starter for Ipswich, with a return of five goals from 51 games, although he was relegated with the club to the Football League Second Division. His 1986–87 season saw him ever-present, making 42 league and 11 cup appearances, scoring a single goal. He was also selected for the England under-21 team, for whom he played nine times without scoring. [Cite web | url = http://www.thefa.com/England/U21s/Players/Postings/2005/01/AllTime_Caps.htm | title = England Under-21 Caps| publisher =The Football Association | accessdate = 2008-10-07] [Cite web | url = http://www.thefa.com/England/U21s/Players/Postings/2005/02/AllTime_Goalscorers.htm | title = England Under-21 Goalscorers| publisher =The Football Association | accessdate = 2008-10-07]

In the 1988–89 season, Dozzell finished as the club's joint top-scorer (with John Wark and Dalian Atkinson) scoring 13 goals from 37 apperances. His 16 goals in the 1991–92 season helped John Lyall's Ipswich win the league title and secure promotion to the newly formed Premier League, [Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/770087.stm | title = Avoiding the drop | publisher = BBC News | accessdate = 2008-10-09| date = May 30, 2000] where he featured regularly the following season, scoring nine goals in 52 games, helping the club stave off relegation in their first season back in the top tier of English football.

In August 1993, Dozzell was sold to Tottenham Hotspur for £1.9m, [Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/2346445.stm | title = Rocket ride to obscurity|date = October 21, 2002 | accessdate = 2008-10-09|publisher = BBC Sport] and in his first season made 32 appearances, scoring eight goals. Dozzell suffered numerous injuries during his time at White Hart Lane, and in the 1994–95 season managed only seven goal-less appearances. He made a total of 99 league and cup appearances and scored14 goals over his four seasons at the club. Dozzell made a brief return to Portman Road in 1997, on loan for a month and made ten apperances, before signing for Northampton Town in 1997. A season with The Cobblers saw him score four goals from 26 appearances helping the club to the play-off final at Wembley Stadium. This was followed by a move to newly promoted Colchester United, initially on a monthly contract, where Dozzell made over 100 appearances and scored 11 goals in three seasons.

Dozzell retired from professional football in 2001 as a result of persistent injuries, in particular an on-going toe problem. [Cite web | url = http://archive.thurrockgazette.co.uk/2001/9/21/173979.html | title = Jason has to call it a day|work = Thurrock Gazette|accessdate = 2008-10-09| date = September 21, 2001] However, he continued playing with non-league clubs; a brief spell with Canvey Island reunited him with former Colchester and Ipswich player Neil Gregory. Canvey Island released him and he moved on to an have an even shorter stay with Grays Athletic who signed him alongside Carl Leaburn. This was followed by a move back to Ipswich and into management.

As a manager

Dozzell took his first step into management with Eastern Counties Football League club Ipswich Wanderers in 2003. In his role as player-manager, he moved to play in defence and in his first season with the club, secured an eighth place finish in the league. The following season, he led them to the league title and promotion to the Premier Division. The 2005–06 season saw Dozzell lead the newly promoted club to seventh in the league,Cite web | url = http://www.ipswichwanderersfc.co.uk/clubHistory.htm | title = Ipswich Wanderers History|publisher = Ipswich Wanderers F.C. | accessdate = 2008-10-08] and despite ending the season with a record tally of points, he left the club citing off-pitch issues at the club. [Cite web | url = http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/sport/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=zSport&itemid=IPED09%20May%202006%2011%3A51%3A07%3A903 | publisher = Evening Star|accessdate=2008-08-09|author = Mel Henderson | date = May 9, 2006|title = Former Town star quits Wanderers]

Dozzell went on to manage Leiston,cite news|url=http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/sport/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=IPED17%20Apr%202007%2013%3A28%3A27%3A423|title=Dozzell hoping to take management step|date=April 7, 2007|publisher=Evening Star|accessdate=2008-08-09] but despite signing a contract which would have kept him at the club until the summer of 2008, [Cite web | url = http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/sport/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=IPED15%20Feb%202007%2012%3A03%3A03%3A013 | title = Dozzell seals new contract | publisher = Evening Star|accessdate=2008-10-09 | date = February 16, 2007] he left in November 2007. [Cite web | url = http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=46315 | title = Club are at the crossroads | accessdate = 2008-10-08 | date = November 16, 2007 | publisher = Non League Today] As of October 2008, Dozzell is unattached, although bookmakers had offered reasonable odds on him becoming Colchester United manager following the departure of his former Ipswich team-mate Geraint Williams. [Cite web | url = http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=Sport&itemid=IPED25%20Sep%202008%2015:46:04:500&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=search | publisher = Evening Star|accessdate = 2008-10-09|date = September 25, 2008| title = Symons is favourite for U's top job]

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