James Pearson is an English football player who plays as a defender for Barnet, being deployed either as a centre back or a right back.
Background
Pearson is the son of Nigel Pearson, a former Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough defender, who has later managed teams such as Hull City and Leicester City. James still resides in Sheffield where he was born whilst his father was playing for Sheffield Wednesday.
Education
He attended Westbourne School in Sheffield, and Hartpury College in Gloucestershire.
Career
Early career Pearson"s youth career began at Rotherham United, but he was released in the summer of 2009. Leicester City On 19 September 2012, Pearson joined on a 12-month contract Football League Championship side Leicester City, who were then managed by his father Nigel, the season before they returned to the Premier League after a ten-year absence. On 11 March 2014, he joined League One club Carlisle United on loan for the rest of the season, along with Watford"s Reece Brown.
The next day, he made his professional debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 defeat at Sheffield United.
He went on to represent Carlisle in a draw against Stevenage and a loss to N ottinghamshire County, before returning to Leicester, where extended his contract by a further year on 2 June. On 26 August, Pearson made his Leicester City debut, along with Ryan Watson and Michael Cain, in the 0–1 League Cup second round home defeat to League Two Shrewsbury Town, playing the whole match.
On 27 October, Pearson joined Conference Premier side Wrexham on a month-long loan, extended into January 2015. He played five league games for the club, in addition to two FA Trophy games and three rounds of the, ending with a 1–3 defeat at top-flight Stoke City in the third round on 4 January.
In March 2015, Pearson joined Peterborough United on loan until the end of the season, but he failed to make an appearance for the club, featuring on the bench only twice.
On 17 June 2015, Pearson"s contract was terminated by the club following an incident during a promotional tour in Thailand. Barnet Following his departure from the Foxes, Pearson trained with his former club Rotherham before joining Barnet on 2 February 2016. In May 2015, during an Asian promotional tour, Pearson and teammates Tom Hopper and Adam Smith made racist comments while having group sex while on Leicester"s tour of Thailand, a video recording of which was obtained by the Sunday Mirror.
The three players apologised for making the video, which included a racial epithet towards the women.
All three were sacked on 17 June. In relation to the tape, Nigel Pearson was sacked as Leicester manager by the club"s Thai owners on 30 June.