Murray Jones

Later career (1993–1998) Jones signed for Southern League Premier Division club Sittingbourne during the 1993–94 season and was then one of five English players to move to China to sign for Jia-A League club Guangdong Hongyuan for the 1994 season, Jones returned to England to sign for Conference club Farnborough Town in late 1994. He made 19 appearances and scored two goals during the 1994–95 season. He returned to the Far East to sign for Hong Kong First Division League club Frankwell for the 1995–96 season, but failed to inspire the team to better than a mid-table finish. Jones closed out his career back in non-League football in England with Welling United and Sutton United.

Management and coaching career Jones returned to Crystal Palace as a member of the club's academy staff in 1998. The sacking of first team manager Francis Vines the following month saw Jones named as caretaker manager, but he departed the club by mutual consent on 26 October, having yet to preside over a match. Between June and December 2012, Jones coached Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion's U12, U13, U14 and U15 academy players and held the role of U16 manager.

Jones joined Premier League club Queens Park Rangers as an academy coach in February 2013, assisting U15 coach Fitzroy Lewinson. He progressed to assist to development squad coach Paul Furlong. In 2016, Jones joined League One club Millwall as U16 coach. As of September 2022, he was the club's Lead Phase U15-U16 coach.

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