Playing Career
Jenkins started off as a trainee at Portsmouth. His long association with Havant Town and Waterlooville saw him play for both sides as well as Bognor Regis Town. It was at Bognor Regis Town that Jenkins ended his career. The former defender was a year into his career as a player at Nyewood Lane, where he moved in 1994 after a long spell at Waterlooville, when he snapped his cruciate ligament. Bognor and Jack Pearce in particular stood by him and gave him time to recover and try to get fully fit again to rejoin the first-team squad. But the injury was too bad, and Jenkins had to abandon his attempts to get back into playing through the Sussex County League and go into coaching.
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