| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jake Ashley Cassidy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (age 33)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Glan Conwy, Wales[3] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Silsden | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Conwy Rovers | |||
| –2010 | Llandudno Junction | ||
| 2010 | Airbus UK Broughton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Llandudno Junction | 32 | (28) |
| 2010–2015 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | (0) |
| 2012 | →Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 10 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | →Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 26 | (11) |
| 2014 | →Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | →Notts County (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2015 | →Southend United (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Guiseley | 30 | (8) |
| 2017–2019 | Hartlepool United | 43 | (7) |
| 2018–2019 | →Maidstone United (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2019 | →Maidstone United (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Maidenhead United | 28 | (5) |
| 2020 | Stevenage | 9 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | York City | 12 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Darlington | 37 | (5) |
| 2022–2023 | Guiseley | 29 | (5) |
| 2023 | Ossett United | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | Silsden | (2) | |
| International career | |||
| 2011 | Wales U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | Wales U21 | 8 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:33, 24 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Jake Ashley Cassidy (born 9 February 1993) is a Welsh professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forNorthern Premier League Division One East clubSilsden. He made well over 100 appearances in theFootball League playing forWolverhampton Wanderers,Tranmere Rovers,Notts County,Southend United,Oldham Athletic andStevenage. He has represented Wales at bothunder-19 andunder-21 levels.
Cassidy joinedWelsh Alliance clubLlandudno Junction aged 16, where he made an immediate impact in his first season, scoring 28 times in 32 appearances in the 2009–10 season.
His debut season earned him a move toWelsh Premier League sideAirbus UK Broughton in Summer 2010, and his impressive appearances for the club in a series of pre-season games saw him immediately depart forWolverhampton Wanderers. He signed a two-year deal (with an option for a third) with the EnglishPremier League side for an undisclosed fee following a short trial.[4]
In March 2012, he moved on loan toLeague One sideTranmere Rovers, in a move later extended to run until the end of the season.[5] He made his professional debut on 17 March 2012 in a 1–1 draw atSheffield United,[6] and scored in his second appearance, a 2–0 win atRochdale.[7] In total, he scored five times in ten appearances.
Ahead of the 2012–13 season the striker returned for a second loan period with Tranmere Rovers, a move which lasted until January 2013.[8] He scored his first goals of his return with a hat-trick againstColchester United in a 4–0 win on 1 September 2012 that put Tranmere top of the league. Cassidy was named the League One Player of the Month for September 2012, after scoring seven league goals during the month.[9] He returned to Wolves after his loan spell ended having scored 11 goals in 26 appearances.
Cassidy made his Wolves debut as a substitute in the club'sFA Cup elimination atLuton Town on 5 January 2013,[10] the final game ofStåle Solbakken's tenure, before being selected to start Wolves' next league game by their new managerDean Saunders.[11] He made six league appearances as the club unsuccessfully fought to avoid relegation to League One.
At the start of the 2013–14 season, under new managerKenny Jackett, Cassidy became a regular member of Wolves' matchday squads, starting several matches and appearing often as a substitute. However, he failed to score in any of these games.
In January 2014 he joined Tranmere Rovers for a third loan spell, after a three-month deal was agreed.[12] This loan spell, however, was less successful than his previous two as he scored just once in 19 appearances as the club struggled to avoid relegation.
After having signed a new one-year contract at Wolves (with an option for a further year),[13] he was loaned to League One teamNotts County in July 2014 until January 2015,[14] during which time he scored four times during 20 appearances.
On 15 January 2015, he was loaned out for the rest of the season to League Two sideSouthend United.[15] He won a play-off final promotion medal with Southend United.
On 23 June 2015, Cassidy signed forOldham Athletic on a two-year contract with effect from 1 July plus an option for a further year.[16] His contract was mutually terminated on 31 August 2016 after just one season.[17]
In October, Cassidy signed a short-term contract – later extended to the end of the 2016–17 season – withNational League clubGuiseley,[18] for which he scored eight goals in 34 games.[19] At the end of the season he joinedHartlepool United on a two-year deal. He scored 7 goals in 44 games for Pools,[20] and had two loan spells withMaidstone United during the 2018–19 season,[21] scoring 4 goals in 30 games.[19] Cassidy joinedMaidenhead United for the 2019–20 season.[22]
Cassidy signed forLeague Two clubStevenage for a five-figure fee on 14 January 2020.[23] He was released at the end of the season.[24]
Cassidy signed forYork City on 18 August 2020.[25] He made 15 appearances for the Minstermen in the curtailed 2020–21 season, scoring one goal.[19]
Cassidy joined National League North clubDarlington in July 2021,[26] and was one of six debutants in the starting eleven for their first match of the season, a 3–2 defeat at home toAlfreton Town.[27] He opened the scoring in the next match two days later with the aid of an errant defensive clearance, but hostsCurzon Ashton came back to win 2–1.[28] He scored five goals from 37 league appearances,[19] but was one of ten players released at the end of the season.[29]
On 27 May 2022, he signed for newly relegatedNorthern Premier League Premier Division clubGuiseley, returning to Nethermoor after five years away.[30]
Cassidy joined Northern Premier League First Division East clubOssett United on 29 September 2023.[31] He played only three matches[32] before moving on toSilsden of theNorthern Counties East Premier Division, for whom he scored four goals from 25 appearances.[33]
Cassidy was capped by Wales at bothunder-19 andunder-21 levels.[34] He scored once for the under-19s, againstScotland in September 2011.[35]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2012–13[36] | Championship | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ― | ― | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14[37] | League One | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 2011–12[38] | League One | 10 | 5 | ― | ― | ― | 10 | 5 | |||
| 2012–13[36] | League One | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 28 | 11 | |
| 2013–14[37] | League One | 19 | 1 | ― | ― | ― | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 17 | ||
| Notts County (loan) | 2014–15[39] | League One | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 20 | 4 |
| Southend United (loan) | 2014–15[39] | League Two | 17 | 0 | ― | ― | ― | 17 | 0 | |||
| Oldham Athletic | 2015–16[40] | League One | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 2016–17[41] | League One | 0 | 0 | ― | 2 | 0 | ― | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Guiseley | 2016–17[19] | National League | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ― | 2[b] | 0 | 34 | 8 | |
| Hartlepool United | 2017–18[19] | National League | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1[b] | 0 | 36 | 5 | |
| 2018–19[19] | National League | 8 | 2 | ― | ― | ― | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | 44 | 7 | |||
| Maidstone United (loan) | 2018–19[19] | National League | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ― | 4[b] | 2 | 30 | 4 | |
| Maidenhead United | 2019–20[19] | National League | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ― | 1[b] | 0 | 32 | 6 | |
| Stevenage | 2019–20[42] | League Two | 9 | 1 | ― | ― | 1[c] | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| York City | 2020–21[19] | National League North | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ― | 1[b] | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| Darlington | 2021–22[19][43] | National League North | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ― | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5 | |
| Guiseley | 2022–23[44] | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ― | 3[b] | 1 | 34 | 7 | |
| Ossett United | 2023–24[32] | Northern Premier League Division One East | 2 | 0 | ― | ― | 1[d] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Silsden | 2023–24[33][45] | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | ― | 2[e] | 25 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 342 | 56 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 411 | 64 | ||
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