Ben Jones was an energetic English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 footballer.

Playing career

Jones played for Alsagers Bank Church before joining Burslem Port Vale

Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

 in August 1904. His only appearance was at centre-half in a 8–1 thumping at Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

 on 8 April 1905. He was released at the end of the 1905–06 season

1905–06 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season

The 1905–06 season was Burslem Port Vale's eighth consecutive season of football in the Football League. It was another season spent struggling at the lower end of the league....

, at which point he moved on to Alsagers Bank United and then Halmerend Gymnastics before returning to old club Alsagers Bank Church.