Jamie Cureton

Early years

Born in Bristol, Cureton began his professional career with Norwich City, before moving on to Bristol Rovers. In 1993, he turned down an offer from Manchester United to stay at Carrow Road. An England youth international, he achieved significant status with the Norwich fans when he dyed his hair yellow and green for an East Anglian Derby game against Ipswich Town in 1996 and subsequently scoring in the same fixture. He was sold by Mike Walker to Bristol Rovers in 1996.

Bristol Rovers

Cureton enjoyed a prolific spell at his hometown club. This was particularly the case during the 1999–2000 season where he struck up a partnership with Jason Roberts that almost took the club to promotion. After the club dipped out of the play-off places on the final day of the season he decided his future lay with pastures new, and headed to Reading.

Reading

Cureton moved to Reading in 2000, playing there for three years. While at the club, Cureton discovered a star in the "Perseus" constellation and named it after himself. Here he struck a formidable partnership with Martin Butler, becoming one of the most feared combinations in the Football League. In his first season (2000–01), he scored 30 goals, including a goal in the play-off final against Walsall, a game which Reading went on to lose 3–2. The following season however, it was Cureton who scored the goal to get Reading promoted. He scored the equaliser against Brentford in the closing stages, with a…

In 1993, he made four appearances for England U18 and scored one goal in them. In addition, he has made appearances for England's veterans national team.

Cureton was appointed as an assistant coach at Arsenal's academy in September 2017. Following the resignation of Adam Flint in September 2018, Cureton became manager of Bishop's Stortford alongside club owner Steve Smith, as an interim to begin with. They guided Stortford to a seventh-place finish in the Isthmian Premier that season. In October 2019 he took sole charge of the position. In September 2020, he was appointed manager while still an active player at Enfield, becoming player-manager. During the 2022–23 season, Cureton guided Enfield to the Essex Senior League title and promotion to the eighth tier. He departed the club on 11 September 2023. On 7 October 2023, Cureton joined fellow Isthmian League side Maldon & Tiptree as a coach and was part of the coaching staff for his first game against former club Enfield. On 17 May 2024, Cureton was appointed manager of Isthmian League North Division club Cambridge City. On 17 September 2025, Cureton was relieved of his position at Cambridge City owing to the club's poor start to the season; the club sat 18th in the Isthmian League North Division, having won only 4 points in their first seven games. On 31 December 2025, Cureton was appointed player-manager of King's Park Rangers.

As of match played 25 August 2026