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Jarrett Rivers
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Rivers in October 2023
Personal information
Full name Jarrett Anthony Rivers[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth Spennymoor, England
Position Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Whitby Town
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
2019–2025 Darlington 156 (9)
2025– Whitby Town
* 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 Whitby Town.[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] He moved to Whitby Town in May 2025.[11] Rivers left Whitby at the end of the 2025–26 season.[12]

Career statistics

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As of 21 February 2016
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackpool 2015–16[13] 100100021131
Career total 100100021131

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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Jarrett Rivers - Whitby Town FC Whitby Town". www.whitbytownfc.com.
  12. ↑ "Seasiders Confirm Player Departures Following 2025/26 Season". Whitby Town FC. 30 April 2026. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Jarrett Rivers in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 February 2021.


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