Jason Dawson

Jason Dawson
Personal information
Full name	Jason Dawson
Date of birth	9 February 1971 (age 55)
Place of birth	Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position	Forward
Youth career
	Port Vale
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1989	Port Vale
1989–1991	Rochdale
1991	Macclesfield Town
1992	Leek Town
1992–1993	Stafford Rangers
Total
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jason Dawson (born 9 February 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Dawson came through Port Vale's Youth Training Scheme and went on to sign with Rochdale in July 1989.^[2] He scored on his debut away at Cambridge United. He scored two goals in 27 Fourth Division games in the 1989–90 campaign, helping Terry Dolan's "Dale" to a 12th-place finish. He added five more goals from 28 league matches during the 1990–91 season, with Rochdale again posting a 12th-place finish, before he was released from Spotland Stadium by Dave Sutton.

He signed with Conference club Macclesfield Town on a free transfer and took up employment as a coalman.^[2] He made his debut for the "Silkmen" as a substitute away at Colchester United on 17 August 1991.^[2] He made just five league starts at Moss Rose, scoring three goals from a total of 21 league and cup appearances over the 1990–91 season.^[2] He was then released and played one game for Leek Town, a 0–0 draw with Bangor City on 22 February 1992.^[3] He moved on to Stafford Rangers in 1992.^[2] He worked as a coalman.^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5]^[3]^[2]
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1988–89	Third Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rochdale	1989–90	Fourth Division	27	2	4	1	2	0	33	3
	1990–91	Fourth Division	28	5	2	0	4	0	34	5
	Total		55	7	6	1	6	0	67	8
Macclesfield Town	1990–91	Conference	16	1	0	0	5	2	21	3
Leek Town	1991–92	Northern Premier League Premier Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			72	8	6	1	11	2	89	11

↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans football yearbook, 1990-91. [Place of publication not identified] : Queen anne Press. ISBN 978-0-356-17911-7. Retrieved 27 November 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Player Profiles - D". www.silkmenarchives.org.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
1 2 "PlayerStats - LeekTownSE". leektown.net. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
↑ "Clarke Chroniclers Footballers: 153 Jason Dawson". Clarke Chroniclers Footballers. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
↑ Jason Dawson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)