Jonathan Court
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-30) 30 March 1996
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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Raith Rovers 2014–15[9] Championship 0000000000
2015–16[10] 1000000010
2016–17[11] 4100002[lower-alpha 1]061
2017–18[12] League One 14110204[lower-alpha 1]0211
Total 192102060282
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (loan) 2014–15[13] East Superleague 201000082283
East Stirling (loan) 2015–16[10] League Two 131000000131
Montrose (loan) 2016–17[11] League Two 111210000132
East Fife 2018–19[14] League One 251203031332
Career total 886515017211510
  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 "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. 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. 1 2 "Games played by Jonathan Court in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  11. 1 2 "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.


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