Player Profile

A former Welsh international with sixteen caps, Jenkins was signed in October 2004, initially on a month's loan from Peterborough United after the shock sale of Andy Gurney to Swansea, and Paul Mitchell's recall to Wigan. Jenkins had previously had mixed fortunes against Swindon - being sent off against the Town twice in the 1999/2000 season (once for a tussle in a mid-season friendly with Iffy Onuora) - whereas in the month prior to joining the Town, he had scored the winner for Peterborough in a surprise 1-0 win at the County Ground - his first goal since last scoring for Huddersfield in November 2001.

It didn't take him that long to open his Swindon account - after making his debut in a 3-3 draw with Torquay on 30th October, he netted in a 4-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup just two weeks later. Manager Andy King soon made it clear that he wanted Jenkins on a permanent basis - and after Jenkins negotiated his release from Peterborough, he was able to join the Town on an 18-month deal in December.

A freak back injury, sustained when Jenkins was lifting his young child out of a car seat, kept him out of some of the Christmas programme - around this time, he was also being utilised as a central midfielder - a position where he added some much needed bite. He soon slotted back into his usual position on the right side of defence, when Grant Smith broke into the first team, a position he made his own for the rest of the season, until a calf injury prevented him from featuring in the last two matches, handing an opportunity to youngster Kyle Lapham.

Niggling injuries were also to prevent him from holding down a regular place the following season. Having started the season in a midfield role for the opening game at Barnsley, Jenkins missed the following two games with a calf injury, and though he returned to the starting line-up to score in a 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth in September (Swindon's first away goal in 721 minutes of football), a thigh injury them sidelined him for another three weeks. He returned to feature throughout October and November, until he picked up his fifth booking during a game with Barnsley - Jack Smith then took the opportunity to occupy Jenkins' right-back spot for the rest of the year.

Jenkins found himself in and out of the Town side for the rest of the season - when he did appear, more often than not it was on the right side of a back three, with manager Iffy Onuora trying out a wing-back formation in a desperate attempt to avoid relegation. Though the Town succumbed to the drop, Onuora offered Jenkins a year's extension to his contract, which he seemed set to sign. Unfortunately for Jenkins though, his new deal was scuppered when Onuora was sacked - and new manager Dennis Wise deemed him surplus to requirements.

Playing Record

Senior

Reserve and Youth Team Appearances

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Career details

Club	Details
Swansea City Swansea City	(youth) July 1990
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town	November 3rd, 1995
Birmingham City Birmingham	December 15th, 2000 (loan)
Cardiff City Cardiff City	February 5th, 2003
Notts County Notts County	August 8th, 2003
Peterborough United Peterborough United	January 15th, 2004
Swindon Town Swindon	October 29th, 2004 (loan)
Swindon Town Swindon	rptd December 3rd, 2004 ; released (rptd June 4th, 2006)
Worcester City Worcester City	June 6th, 2006 (unattached)
Newport County Newport County	rptd October 19th, 2006  rptd June 25th, 2008 (appointed player-coach)
Llanelli Llanelli	rptd May 6th, 2009 (player-assistant manager)
Monmouth Town Monmouth Town	June 2013 (appointed manager)
Hereford United Hereford United	rptd March 20th, 2014 (appointed assistant manager)
Merthyr Town Merthyr Town	rptd May 23rd, 2014 (appointed manager); resigned (rptd May 30th, 2016)
Hereford Hereford	rptd May 30th, 2016 (appointed assistant manager); sacked (rptd September 13th, 2018)
Barnet Barnet	rptd September 4th, 2020 (appointed assistant manager); sacked (rptd December 18th, 2020)
Cardiff City Cardiff City	rptd July 7th, 2021 (appointed assistant youth coach)