Career
Jon French began his football career playing for his hometown club, Bristol Rovers as a forward in 1995. He made seventeen league appearances and scored one goal for his club French would later leave the club and join Hull City in 1998.
French only made fiftteen league appearances scoring no goals.
lieutenant was then at South Wales club Barry Town where he would make a name for himself. During the three years with Barry Town, he appeared in all fifty-two league matches also scoring seventeen goals for the club
French left Barry Town F.C. in 2003 and went to play for Weston-super-Mare and later playing for Mangotsfield United in 2006 and finished his playing career in 2008.