Jack Purdue
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-20) 20 November 1999
Place of birth Greenock, Scotland
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Gourock YAC
2014–2018 Greenock Morton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Greenock Morton 1 (100)
2019–2020 Queen's Park 14 (24)
2020 → East Stirlingshire (loan) 300 (0)
2020–2022 Annan Athletic 175 (258)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:54, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Jack Purdue (born 20 November 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Career

Greenock Morton

Purdue joined Greenock Morton's Youth Academy from Gourock YAC in November 2014, and he made his development team breakthrough in September 2015.[1] He signed a full-time contract in May 2016 to tie him to Morton until summer 2018.[2] He made his professional debut as substitute on 24 February 2018 away to Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. in a 2-0 Morton win.[3] In May 2018, Purdue signed on for a further season at Morton after scoring the winning penalty to secure the Development League West title for 2017–18.[4] He was released by Morton in May 2019.[5]

Queen's Park

Purdue signed for Queen's Park in July 2019.[6] He made his debut for Queen's in a 0–0 draw v Hamilton Academical on 13 July 2019 in the League Cup.[7]

Purdue scored his first senior goal in a 2–2 draw with Airdrieonians on 24 July 2019 in the League Cup.[8] In a season of firsts Purdue also scored his first league goal, in a 2–1 win v Edinburgh City on 30 November 2019 in Scottish League Two.[9] He signed for East Stirlingshire on loan on 21 February 2020 until the end of the season, which was curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Annan Athletic

Annan Athletic announced the signing of Purdue on 3 October 2020.[11] On 25 January 2022, Purdue was released from his contract.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 February 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Greenock Morton 2017–18[13] Scottish Championship 1000000010
2018–19[14] 0010100020
Total 1010100030
Queen's Park 2019–20[15] Scottish League Two 14110411[lower-alpha 1]0202
Career total 151205110232
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Morton

  • SPFL Development League West: (2) 2015–16,[16][17] 2017–18.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Jack Purdue". Greenock Morton F.C. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (10 May 2016). "Six Morton Under-17s offered full-time deals". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (24 February 2018). "MATCH REPORT: INVERNESS C.T. 0-2 MORTON". Greenock Morton FC. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (10 May 2018). "Jack Purdue signs one-year extension". Greenock Morton FC. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Development squad trio sign new deals". Greenock Morton FC. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Jack Purdue". Queen's Park FC. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Spiders earn their bonus point". Queen's Park F.C. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Jack opens his account in style". Queen's Park F.C. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Hampden delight for Spiders". Queen's Park F.C. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  10. ↑ Davenport, Sean. "Purdue heads out on loan". The Queen's Park Football Club. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "New signing: Jack Purdue". Annan Athletic FC. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Purdue heads for Australia". Annan Athletic FC. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Jack Purdue in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Jack Purdue in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Jack Purdue in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  16. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (29 March 2016). "Morton Under-20s crowned champions". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  17. ↑ "Jack Purdue". Greenock Morton F.C. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  18. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (26 April 2018). "Match Report: Morton U-20s 1-0 Ayr United U-20s". Greenock Morton F.C. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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