Career
A left-winger, he scored 16 goals in 240 league appearances in a 12-year career in the Football League. He began his career with Liverpool in October 1986, but never made a first team appearance before he was sold on to Portuguese Vale in February 1989 for a £30,000 fee. Loaned out to Shrewsbury Town in January 1995, he was allowed to join Stockport County in November 1995.
In October 1997, he moved into non-league football with Hednesford Town, before retiring from professional football at the end of the season.
Jeffers turned professional at Kenny Dalglish"s Liverpool in October 1986, but was never able to provide too much first team competition for John Barnes, and never featured at Anfield. He was loaned out to Portuguese Vale as cover for the injured Paul Atkinson in December 1988.
He was recalled by the "Reds" in February 1989 but was snapped up by Vale the next month for £30,000. He featured in 15 Third Division games in the 1988-1989 season, and featured in all four play-off games, including both legs of the play-off final victory over Bristol Rovers.
He scored his first league goal on 4 November 1989, in a 2–1 defeat to Oxford United at Vale Park.
He played a total of 46 games in the 1989-1990 season, as the "Valiants" posted a top-half finish in the Second Division. He scored twice in 36 games during the 1990-1991 campaign, but started to become plagued by abdomenal injuries from March onwards. He scored three goals in 38 appearances in the 1991-1992 season, as the "Valiants" suffered relegation in last place.
He lost his first team place in the 1994-1995 season, as Vale posted a 17th-place finish in the second tier (known as the First Division due to the creation of the Premier League).
Jeffers went on a one-month loan to Fred Davies"s Shrewsbury Town in January 1995, and featured in three Second Division games at Gay Meadow. In August 1995, he had a trial with Second Division Stockport County, before he was allowed to join the club on a free transfer in November 1995.
Dave Jones"s County finished just three points outside the play-offs in 1995-1996, with Jeffers playing 23 league games. The club also reached the semi-finals of the League Cup, defeating Chesterfield, Sheffield United, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United and Southampton on the way.
Despite these successes, he joined Conference club Hednesford Town in October 1997, and then left Keys Park and retired at the close of the 1997-1998 season. with Portuguese Vale.