JJ Hooper

JJ Hooper
Personal information
Full name Jonathan James Hooper[1]
Date of birth (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993[1]
Place of birth Greenwich, England[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Northampton Town
(on loan from Port Vale)
Number 30
Youth career
2010–2011 Cray Wanderers
2011–2012 Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Newcastle United 0 (0)
2012 → Darlington 1883 (loan)
2012–2013 → Workington (loan) 4 (1)
2013–2014 Northampton Town 3 (0)
2013 → Alfreton Town (loan) 0 (0)
2014 → Farnborough (loan) 11 (6)
2014–2015 Havant & Waterlooville 37 (13)
2015– Port Vale 31 (5)
2016– → Northampton Town (loan) 9 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 15 November 2016 (UTC).


Jonathan James "JJ" Hooper (born 9 October 1993) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for League One club Northampton Town, on loan from Port Vale.

He graduated through the Newcastle United Academy, and played on loan at Darlington 1883 and Workington. He joined Northampton Town in July 2013, and featured in only five games as he spent time on loan at Alfreton Town and Farnborough. He joined Havant & Waterlooville in June 2014, and had a successful 2014–15 campaign as he helped the club to reach the play-offs. He signed a two-year contract with Port Vale in August 2015, before returning on loan to Northampton Town 12 months later.

Playing career

Early career

Born in Greenwich, Hooper began his footballing career at Cray Wanderers Academy. He made one first-team appearance for Cray in a London Senior Cup tie in February 2011.[2] On 19 August 2011, Hooper signed a two-year scholarship deal with Newcastle, and scored a hat-trick against Chelsea under-18's the following day.[1] On 14 November 2012, Hooper was loaned to Northern League side Darlington 1883.[3] A month later, he joined Workington of the Conference North on loan.[4] In February 2013, he was released by Newcastle manager Alan Pardew.[5]

In July 2013, Hooper signed a one-year deal with Northampton Town, after impressing on trial.[6] On 3 August, he made his debut in the Football League, replacing Danny Emerton late into a 1–0 defeat to York City at Bootham Crescent.[7] He joined Conference Premier side Alfreton Town on a one-month loan deal on 28 November 2013.[8] He made his debut for Nicky Law's "Reds" in the FA Trophy in a 1–0 defeat to Nuneaton Town at North Street two days later.[9] On 14 March 2014, Hooper joined Conference South side Farnborough on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season.[10] He scored six goals in 11 games which helped the "Yellows" to avoid relegation.[11] He was released by Northampton at the end of the season.[12]

In June 2014, Hooper signed with Lee Bradbury's Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville.[13] The "Hawks" reached the play-offs at the end of the 2014–15 season, losing to Boreham Wood at the semi-final stage.[14] He finished the campaign with 13 goals in 37 league games, and he also scored seven further goals in FA Cup qualifying, Hampshire Senior Cup and Portsmouth Senior Cup games.[15] He was called up to the England C team in May 2015, but did not win a cap.[16]

Port Vale

In summer 2015 Hooper had trials at Scottish sides Dunfermline Athletic, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Raith Rovers, before playing two friendlies for Cheltenham Town.[17] He impressed enough to win a contract with the club and was photographed with manager Gary Johnson when he was informed of interest from League One club Port Vale; Hooper sneaked out of Whaddon Road to speak with Port Vale shortly before he was due to sign a contract with Cheltenham.[18] The Cheltenham club website initially reported that Hooper had signed a one-year contract.[19] In August 2015, he was revealed as a Port Vale player after signing a two-year contract with the club.[20] The Football Association ruled that Port Vale pay Havent & Waterlooville £8,400 in compensation as the player was under 24.[21] Manager Rob Page gave Hooper substitute appearances of gradually increasing length, and he scored his first goal for the "Valiants" after coming on at half-time in a defeat to Millwall at The Den on 17 January, which was his tenth appearance for the club.[22] He then began starting games, however lost his first team place to new signing Theo Robinson in February.[23] On 12 March, he was named as The Sentinel's "star player" after coming off the bench on 66 minutes at Peterborough United to score a goal as Vale turned round a 2–1 deficit to win the game 3–2.[24] After scoring three goals in five games in April, he won the first ever League One PFA Fans' Player of the Month award.[25]

He entered the 2016–17 pre-season in good fitness after having put in extra work with former long jump athlete Matt Burton, alongside Charlton Athletic players Jordan Cousins and Tareiq Holmes-Dennis.[26] However new manager Bruno Ribeiro began to play him on the right-wing rather than at centre-forward, and Hooper returned to former club Northampton Town – now in League One and managed by former Vale boss Rob Page – on a five month loan on 22 August.[27][28] He scored his first goal for the "Cobblers" in a 6–0 victory over Harrow Borough in an FA Cup First Round match at Sixfields on 5 November.[29]

Style of play

Speaking in December 2015, Port Vale assistant manager Paul Bodin said that Hooper had excellent natural "one-on-one basic technical finishing" skills, but needed further full-time training to improve his other attributes.[30]

Statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Workington (loan)2012–13[31]Conference North4100000041
Newcastle United2012–13[32]Premier League0000000000
Alfreton Town (loan)2013–14[33]Conference Premier0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
Farnborough (loan)2013–14[31]Conference South116000000116
Northampton Town2013–14[33]League Two3000101[lower-alpha 2]050
Havant & Waterlooville2014–15[31]Conference South371331002[lower-alpha 1]04214
Northampton Town (loan)2016–17[34]League One9011002[lower-alpha 2]0121
Port Vale2015–16[35]League One28510001[lower-alpha 2]0305
2016–17[34]League One3000100040
Total 315101010345
Career total[lower-alpha 3] 952552207010927
  1. 1 2 Appearance/s in the FA Trophy.
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.
  3. ↑ Statistics for Darlington 1883 not recorded.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "JJ Hooper - Profile". Newcastle United. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Cray Wanderers - A Complete Statistical Record". Cray 150 Publications. 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Hooper Loaned To Quakers". Newcastle United. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Workington Reds sign Newcastle United striker JJ Hooper; News & Star, 7 December 2012
  5. ↑ Alan Pardew: Newcastle United will look for striker in summer; Chronicle Live, 1 February 2013
  6. ↑ Northampton Town sign JJ Hooper and Gary Deegan; BBC Sport, 25 July 2013
  7. ↑ York 1-0 Northampton; BBC Sport, 3 August 2013
  8. ↑ "JJ Hooper: Alfreton Town sign Northampton Town striker". BBC Sport. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "Alfreton Town vs. Nuneaton". Soccerway. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "JJ Hooper makes loan move to Farnborough". Northampton Town FC. 14 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "Championship and League One clubs chasing striker JJ Hooper". Sky Sports. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Four offered new terms, eight released". Northampton Town FC. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "Hooper keen to repay Bradbury faith". The News. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  14. ↑ Ricketts, Kevin (4 May 2015). "Hawks gave everything but suffer play-off disappointment". The News. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Goalscoring History". havantandwaterlooville.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "England C set for Republic of Ireland U21s test in Galway". FA. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  17. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (10 August 2015). "Port Vale: Valiants in talks to sign striker JJ Hooper". The Sentinel. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  18. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (10 August 2015). "How Vale beat Cheltenham to sign JJ Hooper". The Sentinel. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  19. ↑ Palmer, Jon (6 August 2015). "Striker hungry goal another goal-den season". ctfc.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  20. ↑ "Ex-Newcastle striker JJ Hooper signs two-year deal". BBC Sport. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  21. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (1 November 2015). "FA say Port Vale must pay Havant and Waterlooville for JJ Hooper". The Sentinel. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  22. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (19 January 2016). "JJ Hooper has no complaints about Vale wait". The Sentinel. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  23. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (19 February 2016). "JJ Hooper offered encouragement by management". The Sentinel. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  24. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (13 March 2016). "Peterborough 2, Port Vale 3: Star man and player ratings". The Sentinel. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  25. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (11 May 2016). "Award winner JJ Hooper can't wait for new season". Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  26. ↑ Cawley, Richard (6 July 2016). "Charlton duo put in extra work over summer with former British indoor long jump champion". South London Press. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  27. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (22 August 2016). "Port Vale: JJ Hooper joins Northampton Town on loan". The Sentinel. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  28. ↑ "JJ Hooper: Port Vale striker returns to Northampton Town on loan". BBC Sport. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  29. ↑ "Northampton Town v Harrow Borough". BBC Sport. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  30. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (19 December 2015). "JJ Hooper making rapid progress towards first-team spot". The Sentinel. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  31. 1 2 3 JJ Hooper profile at Soccerway
  32. ↑ "Games played by JJ Hooper in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  33. 1 2 "Games played by JJ Hooper in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  34. 1 2 "Games played by JJ Hooper in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  35. ↑ "Games played by JJ Hooper in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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