Jonathan Court

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)
2014	→ Newtongrange Star (loan)
2014–2015	→ Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (loan)	20	(1)
2015	→ East Stirlingshire (loan)	13	(1)
2016–2017	→ Montrose (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)

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

Early and personal life

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

Career

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

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. Appearance(s) in the Scottish Challenge Cup.

References

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. "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. Archived from the original on 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. "Games played by Jonathan Court in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
11. "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.