Ronnie Jepson
- January 10, 2024
- Association Football Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Ronnie Jepson |
Occupation | Association Football Player |
Date Of Birth | May 12, 1963(1963-05-12) |
Age | 61 |
Birthplace | Audley |
Country | Australia |
Horoscope | Taurus |
Ronnie Jepson Biography
Name | Ronnie Jepson |
Birthday | May 12 |
Birth Year | 1963 |
Place Of Birth | Audley |
Birth Country | Australia |
Birth Sign | Taurus |
Ronnie Jepson is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on May 12, 1963 in Audley, Australia. Ronald Francis Jepson, born 12 May 1963, is an English former footballer/manager.
Les Chapman’s Lilywhites finished 17th in Third Division in 1990-1991 and 1991-1992. Jepson was a part of 43 league and cup matches, scoring 12 goals. After signing with Alan Ball’s Exeter City in 1993, he helped the “Grecians to keep their third-tier status in 1992-1993. They finished three points ahead his former club Preston North End who was the last relegation spot. However, they did fall into the basement division in 1993-1994. Jepson left St James Park prior to this. He played 67 games for Exeter, scoring 25 goals.
He signed with Bury on a £40,000 transfer in August 1996, as helped Stan Ternent’s “Shakers” to top the Second Division table in 1996–97, finishing ahead of Stockport County by a two-point margin; Jepson had scored nine goals in 36 appearances throughout the campaign. However he hit the target just once in the first half of the 1997–98 campaign, and was sold on to Oldham Athletic for £40,000 in January 1998. He featured just nine times at Boundary Park, scoring four goals, before departing at the end of the season after Neil Warnock was replaced by Andy Ritchie.
He signed with Burnley in time for the start of the 1998–99 campaign, rejoining former manager Stan Ternent, and scored once in seventeen appearances for “Clarets”. He helped the club to win promotion into the First Division in 1999–2000, scoring twice in 36 appearances, in both encounters with former club Bury, as Burnley finished second in the Second Division. He made fifteen appearances in 2000–01, all as a substitute, before an Achilles problem ended his playing days. He had made 68 appearances for the club over all competitions.
He was a striker and scored 86 goals in 354 league matches over his eleven- year professional career. In 1989, he moved from Nantwich Town and Port Vale to become a professional soccer player. He was loaned to Peterborough United in 1990 and sold to Preston North End in February 1991 for PS80,000. A year later, he transferred to Exeter City. In December 1993, he was sold to Preston North End for PS80,000. For three years he remained with the Terriers, helping to promote the club from the Second Division in 1995. In 1996, he moved to Bury to play for PS40,000. He helped the “Shakers to the Second Division title during the 1996-97 season. After a PS40,000 move to Oldham Athletic in January 1998, he played for Burnley before transferring to Oldham Athletic later in the year. He was a key player in Burnley’s promotion to the Second Division in 1999-2000. He then retired in 2000.
Ronnie Jepson Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Association Football Player |
House | Living in own house. |
Ronnie Jepson is one of the richest Association Football Player from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ronnie Jepson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In 1988-89, he was only two times a player for the Valiants as they were promoted to the Third Division. In 1989-90, he played eight Second Division games. However, he failed to secure a Vale Park first team spot so he was loaned to Peterborough United for a three month period in January 1990. He was a fourth-division player for Mark Lawrenson’s Posh, scoring five goals as they lost by three points in the play-offs. He played in Burslem for nineteen matches in 1990-91 without scoring, and was sold to Preston North End in February 1991 for PS80,000.
Jepson was a latecomer to professional football at 25 when he transferred from Nantwich Town. He began his league career in Port Vale under John Rudge in March 1989. He was convicted of manslaughter in Belgium and spent four years in prison for the Heysel Stadium tragedy. His trial ended in April 1989.
In December 1993, Huddersfield Town manager Neil Warnock paid Exeter £70,000 to secure Jepson’s services. He formed a successful strike partnership with Andy Booth at Leeds Road, and scored five goals in 23 games throughout the remainder of the season, including a hat-trick past York City on 22 January. The pair helped the “Terriers” to gain promotion in 1994–95, beating Bristol Rovers 2–1 in the play-off Final at Wembley, with Jepson crossing the ball to Booth for the opening goal of the game. He also scored twice in the final of the 1995 Yorkshire Electricity Cup, as Huddersfield beat Hull City 4–2. Over the course of the season he made 54 appearances, scoring 23 goals, whilst Booth hit 30 goals. For his efforts Jepson was voted the club’s Player of the Year. He scored 14 goals in 48 appearances under new manager Brian Horton in 1995–96, after which Booth was sold to Sheffield Wednesday for £2.7 million. “Rocket Ronnie”, as Jepson was called by the Huddersfield fans, also left the Galpharm Stadium, having played a total of 125 games for the club in all competitions, scoring 42 goals.
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At the end of the 2006–07 season Jepson was once again linked with the newly vacant management position at Huddersfield, despite claiming to be happy at the Priestfield Stadium. Jepson was relieved to keep Gillingham in League One at the end of the season, however following a poor start to the 2007–08 campaign, with five defeats from the first six matches, Jepson resigned as manager.
Facts & Trivia
Ronnie Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Ronnie Jepson celebrates birthday on May 12 of every year.
Jepson spent a year out of football before joining his former manager at Huddersfield, Neil Warnock, then at Crystal Palace, as reserve team coach in July 2009. He spent a year there before moving to Queens Park Rangers to link up with Warnock once again as reserve team coach in July 2010. After Warnock was sacked by the club and appointed manager at Leeds United, Jepson followed him to Elland Road in February 2012, where he remained until Warnock’s resignation in April 2013.