Tom Jones (born 7 October 1964) is an English-born former footballer who played as a midfielder.
After starting his career with Weymouth he was signed by Aberdeen, and played 28 league games for them in 1987–88.
Jones then moved to Swindon Town, playing his first Football League game for them in 1988–89. He went on to make 168 league appearances for Swindon, before moving to Reading.
After 79 league matches for Reading he moved to Woking.
Jones later became assistant manager at Swindon Supermarine F.C., before stepping down from his role in February 2011, at the same time as the manager Mark Collier.
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