Jamie Jackson

**James Jackson** is a footballer who played for **Hashtag United** (men).

In 1994, at the age of 16, Jackson was registered and contracted at first-team level with Conference club Slough Town - though wouldn't make an appearance in what was the first of five spells with *The Rebels*.

Flackwell Heath
By 2001, Jackson had signed for Isthmian League - Division Three side Flackwell Heath.

Chesham United
Around the 2004–05 campaign, Jackson was playing in the Southern League - Premier Division with Chesham United.

Burnham
On 5 November 2005, Jackson started for Burnham as they played an FA Cup first round match with Aldershot Town; losing 3–1 at home, though had to play 7 encounters from the preliminary round to reach that far.

Hemel Hempstead Town
Jackson was attached to Southern League - Premier Division outfit Hemel Hempstead Town around early 2007.

Slough Town (return)
In 2007, Jackson returned to Isthmian League - Premier Division side Slough Town. He debuted on 13 January in a league loss on the road at Leyton, prior to featuring further in that month against future team Harrow Borough, Heybridge Swifts and Horsham. 6 more appearances followed as the club were relegated to the Southern League - Division One South & West. His first match in that division for Slough arrived on 12 April 2008 (belatedly due to a back injury) as they won 3–2 at home to Godalming Town. In total, he featured 4 times in 2007–08 as the club again finished in a relegation zone - but were reprieved from the drop due to the expulsion of Halifax Town from the Conference Premier.

Jackson became more of a first-team regular in the succeeding 2008–09 campaign, as he participated in an overall of 44 matches across all competitions as the team placed relatively high in the bottom half; at the season's end, he won the Player of the Season and the Players' Player of the Season awards. Further matches were limited in 2009–10, as the goalkeeper played 16 times as Slough made the Southern League - Division One Central promotion play-offs - having been transferred there from Division One South & West at the end of the prior season. In the play-offs, Jackson played in both the semi-final (versus Hitchin Town) and the final (versus Chesham United) - though they'd lose to the latter, an ex-club of Jackson's. At the end of 2010–11, after 89 appearances, Jackson departed in search of first-team action.

Ascot United
Ascot United were a club of Jackson's around December 2010, whilst he remained registered with Slough Town.

Burnham (return)
Jackson departed his second stint with Burnham on 12 December 2011, in order to go back to Slough Town.

Slough Town (return)
On 12 December 2011, Jackson resigned with Slough Town of the Southern League - Division One Central as player/coach. This stint with the club would include just one appearance, as he started a Berks & Bucks Senior Cup road loss to ex-team Chesham United on 24 January 2012.

Harrow Borough
Jackson spent the majority of 2012, aside from sole appearances with Slough Town (who he was attached to until July, despite featuring for his new team from April) in the opening and closing months of the year, with Harrow Borough. His bow for *The Boro* came on 3 April 2012, as he kept a clean sheet in an Isthmian League - Premier Division victory at East Thurrock United. Further appearances arrived in 2011–12 versus Cray Wanderers, Wealdstone, Hastings United, AFC Hornchurch and Lewes. In the subsequent 2012–13, Jackson stayed until December as he featured 6 further times.

Slough Town (return)
By December 2012, Jackson had sealed terms back with Slough Town. The first match of his return saw the goalkeeper play in a League Cup win over future club Aylesbury Vale Dynamos away from home. He concluded 2012–13 with 16 appearances, which took his match tally with *The Rebels* to 106.

Colney Heath
Before resigning with Colney Heath in mid-2013, Jackson had a spell with them at some point in the past.

Colney Heath (return)
Around June 2013, it was confirmed that Jackson had returned to Spartan South Midlands League - Premier Division team Colney Heath.

St Albans City
After rejoining Colney Heath in the prior month, Jackson made one appearance for St Albans City against his new team on 27 July 2013 - after *The Saints* agreed to play him as their goalkeeper so *The Magpies* could take a closer look at him in action.

Penn & Tylers Green
At the start of 2014–15, Jackson completed a move to the Hellenic League - Division One East with Penn & Tylers Green.

Harrow Borough (return)
A period of the 2014–15 season saw Jackson head for second stint with Harrow Borough. He marked his comeback with an appearance in a London Senior Cup tie versus Hanwell Town, as he helped his team reach the quarter-finals with a penalty shoot-out victory - as he saved Ian Bywater's spot-kick to send *The Boro* through. He'd then feature in January matches with Hayes & Yeading United and North Greenford United (both cup outings) before departing.

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Across the festive period around New Year's Day 2015, Jackson joined up with Aylesbury Vale Dynamos of the Southern League - Division One Central. He debuted against Marlow on 27 December 2014, prior to making January 2015 appearances against Aylesbury United (on 1 January) and Royston Town (on 10 January).

Various
Jackson has previously stated that he believes that he played for either 15 or 18 clubs (as of between 2019 and 2021), including Chertsey Town, Holyport and Marlow.

### HTU

2016–18
Jackson joined HTU within a few months of their inception, making his debut in the club's 11th match as they played a Divisions fixture with Ball Street at the White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre in early 2016. Afterwards, the two teams immediately played a friendly match as *The Tags* won 6–3, as the goalkeeper set-up Dan Brown for the sixth goal - which was his only assist in a HTU shirt. Additional 2016 appearances occurred against NWA and Biggleswade United XI. 2017 would begin with a match at Seaview in Northern Ireland against JD Club NI, which preceded an encounter with Soccer AM - who represented the television show of the same name, which Jackson would start appearing on months later.

After appearing versus Eltham SF and Hashtag Academy, Jackson made two appearances on HTU's tour of the United States against Coke United and New York City Staff. Across the rest of the year, he made 5 further appearances - which included games at Selhurst Park and at the Emirates Stadium. To end his year, on 7 October, Jackson came off the bench as *The Tags* won the Wembley Cup at Wembley Stadium against Tekkers Town. He followed that with 3 friendly appearances in early 2018, which took his chapter one game tally to 18 for HTU.

2018–19
Ahead of 2018–19, HTU moved into non-league football with Jay Devereux coming in as their new manager - as Jackson was selected to remain with the club. After pre-season performances against Swindon Supermarine, Romford, Bournemouth and Tilbury, the competitive debut of Jackson with HTU arrived on 7 August 2018 in a draw at home to Hackney Wick in the Thurlow Nunn League - Division One South. His next league appearance occurred on 18 August against Wivenhoe Town, which preceded him featuring three times in September, three times in October and three times in November; a streak in which HTU won all but one fixture. He'd then appeared twice in December to end 2018.

After 13 appearances in the first half of 2018–19, Jackson would go on to appear 20 times across the second half of the campaign in 2019 as the club won the title to secure promotion to the Essex Senior League. He appeared in the promotion sealer against Hackney Wick on 17 April and the trophy lift draw with Coggeshall United on 27 April. In May, HTU played against Tango Squad in the Tango Cup final at Old Trafford - which they lost on penalties, though Jackson noted that the stadium was "the best ground we played at" due to its history - surpassing the "magnolia" Wembley Stadium.

2019–20
After featuring at first-team level in friendlies with Anstey Nomads, ex-club Burnham and Bowers & Pitsea, Jackson took part in a pre-season tournament with the Sunday League team. However, his participation in that competition - and in 2019–20 as a whole - was short-lived after he broke his leg in the opening match.

2020–21
Jackson returned from his serious injury in time for the 2020–21 season, featuring in all but one pre-season encounter - which included his return to action on 1 August 2020 in a 5–1 victory over Frenford. He belatedly made his Essex Senior League bow for *The Tags* on 5 September versus Ilford, having made his first competitive appearance of the season three days prior as HTU won their first-ever FA Cup encounter on 2 September against Park View in the extra preliminary round at the White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre. In the following round, Jackson saved 3 penalties and scored 1 in a shoot-out victory over higher division Felixstowe & Walton United. HTU would eventually progress two further rounds, though the goalkeeper missed both after suffering an injury on 15 September in the league versus Takeley.

Jackson returned from his latest injury on 12 October against Woodford Town in the Essex Senior League, though that would be his last showing of 2020–21 due to the campaign being curtailed (as was 2019–20) soon after due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021–22
To begin 2021–22, Jackson participated in 7 of the club's 10 pre-season encounters ahead of their first season in the Isthmian League - North Division; after *The Tags* were awarded promotion during the off-season after the two prior season's results were merged. His HTU debut in the eighth tier of English football came on 13 September 2021 as the club defeated Maldon & Tiptree at the Len Salmon Stadium with a 3–0 win. A fixture with Felixstowe & Walton United saw the goalkeeper feature again, though that was his final league game for HTU - with his other three showings in 2021–22 arriving in cup and friendly action. Jackson would retire at the end of the season, as he entered the Hall of Fame following a total of 84 appearances.

2022–23
In the early months of 2022–23, Jackson took part in and won, without conceding, a 6-a-side tournament in Portugal alongside Daniel Adjei, Jemel Akeem, Ryan Adams, Spencer Carmichael-Brown and Samraj Gill.

### Post-HTU

Slough Town (return)
Across October and November 2016, having already played for HTU, Jackson made 3 cup appearances for Slough Town; rejoining for a fifth and final stint in order to "provide cover for Mark Scott". He featured in League Cup ties with Ashford Town and Northwood, which occurred either side of a showing in the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup versus Beaconsfield Town. He officially left on 18 February 2017.

## Personal Life

Jackson works as a contracts manager, having worked for Berkeley Installations since September 2007. In the 13 years prior, he worked as a site supervisor and/or engineer. Prior to that, between 1990 and 1994, Jackson attended Beechwood School; achieving 8 GCSEs. On 6 May 2017, Jackson appeared as the resident goalkeeper on television show Soccer AM. He took part again on/off across the following years until around 2021, serving as back-up for regular 'keeper Lloyd Griffith. In 2018, Jackson ran the London Marathon in aide of the NSPCC - he placed 22,594th out of 40,926 starters in 04:58:13.

Jackson married Lorraine on 23 July 2016. He has three children in Lewis (b. 2003), Lily-Rae (b. 2007) and Frankie-Jay (b. 2017). He supports West Ham United, though has also followed Welsh side Newport County since he was 8 due to his grandparents living nearby in Cwmbran; he was a matchday mascot for them in 1990.

## HTU Statistics

Breakdown

'*Other Cups' includes competitions like the FA Trophy, the FA Vase and friendly tournaments. See also: HTUwiki:DataIssues.*

Appearances (84)
* List of appearances of Jamie Jackson

## HTU Honours

* Wembley Cup (1): 2017
* Thurlow Nunn League - Division One South (1): 2018-19

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Virgin Money London Marathon 2018" .
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Jamie Jackson" .
3. ↑ "Jamie Jackson" .
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Ade Asks with Jamie Jackson" , 14 August 2020.
5. ↑ "Flackwell keep up pressure" , 27 March 2001.
6. ↑ "Rugby United 2 Chesham United 1" , 6 September 2004.
7. ↑ "MEET THE PLAYERS: JACKO (AKA THE SCARIEST MAN IN FOOTBALL)" , 29 January 2017.
8. ↑ "Rugby Town 3-4 Hemel Hempstead Town" , 13 March 2007.
9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 "Jamie Jackson" .
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Jacko re-joins the Rebels" , 17 December 2011.
11. ↑ "Wokingham & Emmbrook FC 2 Ascot United FC 4" , 13 December 2010.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Jamie Jackson is returning to Slough Town after @FC\_Burnham signed young keeper Jordan Dowson" , 12 December 2011.
13. ↑ "Jacko’s joy as keeper seals switch back to the Rebels" , 16 December 2011.
14. ↑ "Bateman provides pre-season update" , 14 July 2012.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 "Jamie Jackson" .
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Colney Heath welcome three new signings" , 13 June 2013.
17. ↑ "City marksmen cut down the Heath" , 27 July 2013.
18. ↑ "2014 Penn vs Henley Town August" , 16 August 2014.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Jamie Jackson" .
20. ↑ "U forgot Chertsey 😁" , 18 June 2021.
21. ↑ "All the very best to all my old clubs starting there journeys today, too many to name them all (18 at last count) but here’s a few..... @sloughtownfc @harrowboro\_fc @cheshamutdfc @BurnhamFC1878 @AscotUnitedFC @MarlowFC @hemelfc @FHFC1907" , 3 August 2019.
22. ↑ "There’s 15 (I think) clubs at last count gaffer, Twitter doesn’t allow enough charterers to fit them all in!!" , 18 June 2021.
23. ↑ "@sloughtown @flackwellheath1 @holyportfc @marlowfc to name but a few!!!" , 18 August 2012.
24. ↑ "Sad to say that my final tenure @sloughtownfc has come to an end after an association with the club on the pitch spanning 2 decades" , 18 February 2017.
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 "Jamie Jackson" .
26. ↑ "I'll be in the sticks tomorrow on @SoccerAM on Sky Sports 1 from 9:45am" , 5 May 2017.
27. ↑ "james jackson is fundraising for NSPCC" .
28. ↑ "Happy 3rd anniversary to my beautiful wife" , 23 July 2019.
29. ↑ "The youngest of the Jackson clan is 2 today" , 17 July 2019.
30. ↑ "Happy 17th birthday to my eldest" , 26 March 2020.
31. ↑ "Happy 13th birthday to my beautiful daughter" , 4 May 2020.
32. ↑ "Fathers days 2020" , 21 June 2020.
33. ↑ "Followed them since I was 8 mate, grandparents lived in Cwmbran" , 31 May 2021.