Jake Robinson

Jake David Robinson (born 23 October 1986) is an English footballer who plays for Billericay Town. Robinson plays either as a winger or striker.

Jake Robinson

Personal information
Full name	Jake David Robinson
Date of birth	(1986-10-23) 23 October 1986
Place of birth	Brighton, England
Playing position(s)	Striker, Winger
Club information
Current team	Billericay Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2009	Brighton & Hove Albion	123	(13)
2005	→ Aldershot Town (loan)	8	(4)
2009	→ Aldershot Town (loan)	19	(4)
2009–2011	Shrewsbury Town	56	(11)
2011	→ Torquay United (loan)	22	(7)
2011–2013	Northampton Town	57	(4)
2012	→ Luton Town (loan)	7	(0)
2013–2016	Whitehawk	105	(37)
2016–2017	Hemel Hempstead Town	30	(24)
2017–2018	Billericay Town	46	(42)
2018–2019	Maidstone United	11	(2)
2019–	Billericay Town	51	(28)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:45, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Career

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton-born Robinson made his debut in September 2003 against Middlesbrough, in a League Cup Second Round tie at the Riverside Stadium, and became Brighton's youngest-ever scorer (aged 16) three weeks later in a cup match against Forest Green Rovers.[1]

On 28 October 2006, Robinson scored his first hat-trick for Brighton in a League One game against Huddersfield Town,[2] the first hat-trick by a Brighton player in nearly five years.[2] He scored a second hat-trick in the FA Cup game against Northwich Victoria on 11 November 2006.[3]

After finding first-team opportunities difficult at Brighton, Robinson re-joined Aldershot Town on loan for a second loan spell until the end of the season during February 2009.[4]

Robinson scored on his second debut for Aldershot Town during the 3–2 defeat against Exeter City on 14 February 2009,[5] and made 19 appearances in total, scoring just four goals.

It was announced on 12 May 2009, that Robinson would be leaving Brighton after the expiration of his contract at the end of June 2009.[6]

Shrewsbury Town

In June 2009, Robinson agreed to join League Two side Shrewsbury Town on a two-year contract.[7] Robinson made an excellent start to the 2010–11 season, scoring the third hat-trick of his career as Shrewsbury beat Bradford City 3–1 on the opening day.[8]

On 31 January 2011, Robinson joined Torquay for the remainder of the season in a deal that could potentially see gulls player Nicky Wroe moving in the opposite direction. He made his debut for the club the day later against Hereford United, scoring within the first 10 minutes of the match. On 2 February it was revealed, however, that the player had not been registered and thus ineligible to play.

Due to an oversight in the loan deal it was revealed that Robinson was eligible to play for Torquay against his parent club Shrewsbury. This proved costly as later on in the season Robinson scored twice for Torquay in their 5–0 drubbing of Shrewsbury. Robinson then went on to play for Torquay in both legs of the League 2 Play-off semi-final, which by coincidence was against Shrewsbury Town. Once again Robinson proved to be a valuable asset to Torquay as they won the first leg 2–0 and drew the second leg 0–0, meaning Torquay were through and Shrewsbury were out.

Later career

After two years of playing for Northampton Town in League 2, helping them to the League 2 play off final at Wembley, Robinson decided to head back to Brighton to play for Whitehawk. Scoring regularly and helping the team in to the promotion places, many teams enquired about the striker in the English January transfer window. With Whitehawk tasting unexpected promotion, they decided to wave off offers for the in-form striker.

In May 2015, Robinson was named the Fans' Player of the Year at Whitehawk after a run which saw him net 17 goals in the regular Conference South season. He left the club in 2016 to join Hemel Hempstead Town where he scored 25 league goals in his first season.

In March 2017, Robinson became Billercay Town's record signing, joining the club for a fee of £24,000.[9] This record would later be surpassed by the £27,600 signing of Dean Inman.[10]

In April 2018, Robinson wrote himself into the record books at Billericay by becoming their highest ever goalscorer in a season with 52 goals.[11] This feat was completed with league games still left to play, and he increased his tally to 57 before the end of the season.[12]

Robinson made a bright start to the 2018–19 season, scoring 13 league goals for Billericay by 7 December 2018, at which point he left Billericay to sign for Maidstone United, following manager Harry Wheeler.[13] After three months at Maidstone, in which he scored once, Robinson rejoined Billericay in March 2019, following Wheeler once again.[14]

Career statistics

As of 16 May 2015.

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brighton & Hove Albion	2003–04[15]	Second Division	9	0	0	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	1	11	1
	2004–05[16]	Championship	10	1	0	0	1	0	—		11	1
	2005–06[17]	Championship	27	1	1	0	1	1	—		29	2
	2006–07[18]	League One	38	6	3	4	2	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	2	47	12
	2007–08[19]	League One	34	4	4	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	1	39	5
	2008–09[20]	League One	5	1	2	0	1	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	11	1
	Total		123	13	10	4	6	1	9	4	148	22
Aldershot Town (loan)	2004–05[16]	Conference Premier	8	4	0	0	—		2[lower-alpha 2]	0	10	4
Aldershot Town (loan)	2008–09[20]	League Two	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	4
Shrewsbury Town	2009–10[21]	League Two	34	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	36	4
	2010–11[22]	League Two	22	8	1	0	1	1	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	25	9
	Total		56	11	2	0	2	2	1	0	61	130
Torquay United (loan)	2010–11[22]	League Two	22	7	0	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 3]	0	25	7
Northampton Town	2011–12[23]	League Two	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	34	0
	2012–13[24]	League Two	25	4	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	1	27	5
	Total		57	4	0	0	2	0	2	1	61	5
Luton Town (loan)	2012–13[24]	Conference Premier	7	0	1	0	—		0	0	8	0
Whitehawk	2013–14	Conference South	38	9	1	0	—		5[lower-alpha 4]	4	44	13
	2014–15	Conference South	34	18	3	3	—		9[lower-alpha 5]	4	46	25
	Total		72	27	4	3	—		14	8	90	38
Career total			364	70	17	7	10	3	31	13	422	93

1. Appearances in Football League Trophy
2. Appearances in Hampshire Senior Cup
3. Appearances in League Two play-offs
4. Three appearances and two goals in FA Trophy, two appearances and two goals in Sussex Senior Cup
5. One appearance in FA Trophy, five appearances and two goals in Sussex Senior Cup, two appearances and two goals in Conference South play-offs

Honours

Brighton & Hove Albion

• Football League Second Division: 2003–04

References

1. Brighton 2–0 Forest Green Archived 7 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 13 October 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2009
2. Huddersfield 0–3 Brighton – match report, Seagulls.co.uk, 28 October 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2008
3. Brighton 8–0 Northwich Victoria Seagulls.co.uk, 11 November 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2008
4. Shots Bag Brighton Star, BBC Football, 10 February 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2009
5. Exeter 3–2 Aldershot, BBC Football, 14 February 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2009
6. New Deals for Three Archived 15 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Seagulls World, 12 May 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009
7. Striker Signs Archived 4 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Shrewsweb
8. Shrewsbury 3–1 Bradford, BBC Football, 7 August 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2010
9. Two new signings Billericay Town, 23 March 2017
10. Lambert, Luke (29 October 2017). "Billericay break club transfer record for Maidenhead defender Dean Inman". Echo News. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
11. "Jake makes club history". Billericay Town F.C. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
12. "Jake Robinson - Billericay Town FC". Billericay Town FC. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
13. "Jake Robinson leaves Billericay for Maidstone United". The Non League Paper. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
14. Tucker, Craig (8 March 2019). "Maidstone United striker Jake Robinson rejoins Harry Wheeler at Billericay Town". Kent Online. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
15. "Games played by Jake Robinson in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
16. "Games played by Jake Robinson in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
17. "Games played by Jake Robinson in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
18. "Games played by Jake Robinson in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
19. "Games played by Jake Robinson in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
20. "Games played by Jake Robinson in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
21. "Games played by Jake Robinson in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
22. "Games played by Jake Robinson in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
23. "Games played by Jake Robinson in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
24. "Games played by Jake Robinson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

External links

• Jake Robinson at Soccerbase
• Jake Robinson at Soccerway