Jarrett Rivers

English footballer (born 1993)

Jarrett Rivers

Rivers in October 2023

Personal information
Full name|  Jarrett Anthony Rivers[1]
Date of birth|  (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth|  Spennymoor, England
Position(s)|  Right winger
Team information

Current team

|  Darlington
Number|  21
Youth career
|  Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2013–2014|  Whitley Bay|  |
2014–2015|  Blyth Spartans|  |
2015–2016|  Blackpool|  10|  (0)
2016–2019|  Blyth Spartans|  |
2019–|  Darlington|  156|  (9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 07:45, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Jarrett Anthony Rivers (born 10 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right winger for National League North club Darlington.[3] He previously played in the Football League for Blackpool.

## Career

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Rivers played youth football for Middlesbrough; after he was released he began working in a factory but "quit after one day because it made me realise I did not want to do that for the rest of my life, so I have worked hard in football ever since."[4] After spending the 2013–14 season with Whitley Bay, Rivers joined Blyth Spartans.[5][6] He combined his non-league football career with a job in his mother's newsagents shop.[7] After impressing in Blyth Spartans' FA Cup run, including scoring the winner in the second-round victory against Hartlepool United, he went on trial with Oldham Athletic in January 2015.[7] He was named Northern Premier League Young Player of the Season for 2014–15, and in May 2015 he signed a one-year professional contract with an option for a second year with Blackpool, newly relegated to League One.[8] He made 10 League One appearances for Blackpool, mainly as a substitute,[3] but the option for a further year was not taken up and he rejoined Blyth Spartans in August 2016.[9]

He signed for Darlington in May 2019.[10]

## Career statistics

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As of 21 February 2016
Club  | Season  | League  | FA Cup | League Cup  | Other  | Total

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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
Blackpool | 2015–16[11] | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1
Career total  | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1

## References

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1. ^ "EFL: Free Transfers: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
2. ^ "Jarrett Rivers". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
3. ^ a b "J. Rivers". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
4. ^ Rose, Gary (29 May 2015). "FA Cup final: What happened next to this season's giantkillers?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
5. ^ "Sayer and Rivers join Spartans". Blyth Spartans A.F.C. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
6. ^ "Profile". Blyth Spartans A.F.C. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
7. ^ a b "Oldham: Blyth Spartans winger Jarrett Rivers on trial". BBC Sport. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
8. ^ Brown, Steve (7 May 2015). "Blyth Spartans starlet Jarrett Rivers joins Lee Clark's Blackpool FC". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
9. ^ "Rivers returns to Spartans". Pitchero Non-League. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
10. ^ Simpson, Ray (29 May 2019). "Darlington sign winger Jarrett Rivers". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
11. ^ "Games played by Jarrett Rivers in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

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Darlington F.C. - current squad

* 1 Jameson
* 2 Hedley
* 3 Barrow
* 4 Platt
* 5 Lees
* 6 Forbes
* 7 Cornish
* 8 Hatfield
* 9 Maskell
* 10 Main
* 11 Nelson
* 13 McGrath
* 18 Small
* 20 Taylor
* 21 Rivers
* 24 Salkeld
* 25 Evans
* 26 Griffiths
* 27 Alshabeeb
* 28 Maddison
* 29 Kirokiro
* 33 Sekete
* 38 Adams
* 40 Storey
* Haase
* Mortimer
* Rudd
* Manager: Watson

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*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals
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*[Lees]: Toby Lees
*[Forbes]: Elliot Forbes
*[Cornish]: Matty Cornish
*[Maskell]: Jack Maskell
*[McGrath]: Liam McGrath
*[Small]: Archie Small
*[Taylor]: Oscar Taylor
*[Evans]: Andy Evans
*[Griffiths]: Kallum Griffiths
*[Alshabeeb]: Ali Alshabeeb
*[Maddison]: Will Maddison
*[Kirokiro]: Matthiew Kirokiro
*[Sekete]: Jayden Sekete
*[Storey]: Louis Storey
*[Haase]: Jonny Haase
*[Mortimer]: Jack Mortimer
*[Rudd]: Harvey Rudd