Jack Curtis (footballer, born 1995)

Jack Curtis
Personal information
Full name Jack John Charles Richard Curtis[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995[2]
Place of birth Brentwood, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Needham Market
(on loan from Colchester United)
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
Maldon Town
2011–2015 Colchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Colchester United 0 (0)
2016– → Needham Market (loan) 15 (6)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:46, 20 November 2016 (UTC).


Jack John Charles Richard Curtis (born 11 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Needham Market on loan from League Two club Colchester United.

Curtis progressed through the youth ranks at Tottenham Hotspur and had a brief stint with Maldon Town prior to joining Colchester United's Academy in 2011. After four years with the side, he made his professional debut in the FA Cup in November 2015. He has also had a loan spell with Needham Market.

Career

Curtis, who was born in Brentwood, Essex[4] and attended Shenfield High School, began his career with Tottenham Hotpsur where he was a member of the Academy. He briefly joined Maldon Town, before he joined Colchester United's Academy to continue his development ahead of the 2011–12 season. He signed his first professional contract with Colchester in November 2013.[5]

Shortly after signing his new contract, Curtis scored in Colchester United's under-18s FA Youth Cup tie against Plymouth Argyle as the sides drew 4–4, before the young U's were dumped out of the competition following a penalty shoot-out.[6]

In the same season, Curtis helped the under-18 side to the Football League Youth Alliance South East title, while he also featured in the Youth Alliance Cup final held on 29 April 2014 at Bradford City's Valley Parade stadium. He played for 85 minutes in the final against Bradford in front of a crowd of 2,714 as his side won 4–2 to complete a league and cup double.[7]

Ahead of the 2014–15 season, Curtis scored in a pre-season 6–4 friendly win against Southend United.[8] He featured regularly for the under-21 development squad, scoring in Colchester's 4–2 victory over their Crystal Palace counterparts in January 2015.[9] This season saw Curtis' first involvement with the first-team squad at a competitive level when he was named on the bench by manager Joe Dunne for Colchester's Football League Cup first round fixture with Charlton Athletic on 12 August 2014. However, he was an unused substitute in the 4–0 defeat.[10] With his contract set to expire at the end of the season, Curtis signed a one-year contract extension alongside Byron Lawrence and Michael O'Donoghue on 8 May 2015.[11]

During 2015–16 pre-season, Curtis again mixed with the first-team squad for the friendly fixtures. He scored in the U's 3–2 win at Bishop's Stortford on 18 July 2015.[12] For the under-21 side, Curtis scored during their 3–0 win at the Colchester Community Stadium against Crewe Alexandra on 8 September,[13] before he scored again in their 4–1 home win against Barnsley on 22 September.[14] He also scored in Colchester's 8–0 Essex Senior Cup third round win against AFC Hornchurch on 4 November.[15]

On the back of his good form at under-21 level, Tony Humes had named Curtis amongst his substitutes for Colchester's FA Cup first round tie with Wealdstone on 7 November 2015. With his side 6–2 up, Humes replaced Macauley Bonne with Curtis to hand him his professional debut in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time.[16] He was offered a new contract at the end of the season.[17][18] He agreed a one-year contract extension on 26 May 2016.[19]

Curtis joined Isthmian League Premier Divison side Needham Market on loan for one month on 13 August 2016. He scored after just ten minutes of his debut as Needham were held to a 1–1 draw with Burgess Hill Town.[20] He scored his second goal in Needham's 2–1 win at Kingstonian on 20 August,[21] and scored his third in the 3–3 draw with Canvey Island on 6 September.[22] After extending his loan for a further month,[23] he scored his fourth goal in his sixth appearance during a 3–0 win at Harrow Borough.[24] He scored his fifth goal against Grays Athletic during a 5–1 win on 20 September.[25] Curtis' loan was further extended on 13 October, keeping him with Needham Market until 12 November.[26] He scored his sixth goal of the season on 5 November in Needham Market's 1–1 draw with Dulwich Hamlet.[27]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 November 2016
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colchester United 2015–16[28] League One 0010000010
2016–17[29] League Two 0000000000
Total 0010000010
Needham Market (loan) 2016–17[30] Isthmian League Premier Division 15600005[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]0206
Career total 166100050216
  1. ↑ Appearances in Alan Turvey Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in Suffolk Premier Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy

Honours

Colchester United U18

References

  1. ↑ "Professional Retain List & Free Transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Jack Curtis career statistics at Soccerbase
  3. ↑ "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Results for Britain records". FindMyPast. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Cannon, Matt (1 November 2013). "Colchester United Football Club offer former Shenfield student professional contract". Brentwood Gazette. Chelmsford. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (20 November 2013). "U's youngsters suffer penalty heartache in FA Youth Cup". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  7. 1 2 Marston, Carl (30 April 2014). "League-Cup double for super Colchester United Under-18s". East Anglian Daily Times. Ipswich. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  8. ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (5 August 2014). "Smith scores a hat-trick as U's see off Southend in friendly". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  9. ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (13 January 2015). "Sembie-Ferris bags a brace as U's youngsters beat Palace". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Charlton 4–0 Colchester". BBC Sport. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Trio Sign New Deals". Colchester United FC. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  12. ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (18 July 2015). "U's fight back to beat Stortford". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  13. ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (8 September 2015). "U's under-21s see off Crewe to move to the top of the table". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  14. ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (22 September 2015). "Bonne hits a hat-trick as Colchester under-21s win again". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  15. ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (4 November 2015). "Bonne hits a hat-trick in U's win over Hornchurch". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "Wealdstone 2–6 Colchester". BBC Sport. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  17. ↑ Hudson, Matt (20 May 2016). "U's Retained List". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "Colchester United: Joe Edwards and Nicky Shorey among nine to depart". BBC Sport. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  19. ↑ Hudson, Matt (26 May 2016). "Curtis Extends Stay". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  20. ↑ Hudson, Matt (15 August 2016). "Jack Goes To Needham". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  21. ↑ "Kingstonian 1–2 Needham Market". Needham Market FC. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  22. ↑ "Needham Market 3–3 Canvey Island". Needham Market FC. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  23. ↑ NMFCTWEETS (10 September 2016). "Breaking News: Jack Curtis who is on loan from @ColU_Official has had his initial 1 month stay extended and will be in the squad today" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  24. ↑ "Harrow Borough 0–3 Needham Market". Needham Market FC. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  25. ↑ "Needham Market 5–1 Grays Athletic". Needham Market FC. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  26. ↑ Hudson, Matt (13 October 2016). "Jack Extends Needham Stay". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  27. ↑ NMFCTWEETS (5 November 2016). "GOALLL: Needham Market 1-1 Dulwich Hamlet (Curtis)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Jack Curtis in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Jack Curtis in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  30. ↑ "Profile: Jack Curtis". Needham Market FC. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  31. ↑ "Newsletter 34" (PDF). The Football League. 14 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.


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