Jade Pennock

Jade Pennock
Pennock signing a professional contract for Birmingham City in July 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-08) 8 January 1993 (age 33)
Place of birth Pontefract, England
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Positions
Youth career
2001–2009 Leeds
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Montevallo Falcons 40 (16)
2015 North Georgia Nighthawks 21 (9)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Leeds
2017 Harrogate Town
2017–2018 Doncaster Belles 4 (1)
2018–2021 Sheffield United 50 (23)
2021–2025 Birmingham City 69 (17)
2024–2025 → Central Coast Mariners (loan) 25 (7)
2025–2026 Sporting JAX 25 (3)
2026– Durham 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 July 2026

Jade Pennock (born 8 January 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Durham. She is the leading goalscorer and highest assist creator in Sheffield United's Championship history. Pennock has also previously played for Leeds and Doncaster Belles, as well as Sporting JAX of the USL Super League.

College career

Pennock began her youth career at Leeds in 2001; she won the County Cup in 2009 and was nominated Managers Player of the Year. She then moved to the United States to play college soccer and was named as freshman of the year whilst at the University of Montevallo.

After spending the majority of her collegiate career with the Montevallo Falcons, Pennock transferred to the University of North Georgia for her senior year in 2015, where she earned multiple honors and set several program records. Pennock was selected for the PBC All-Tournament All-Stars team, and received All-American honours from the NSCAA. She was also named captain whilst playing for the UNG and was only the fourth ever player in the university's history to be named on the All-American honours team in 2015.

Club career

Doncaster Belles

In summer 2017, Pennock moved to Doncaster Belles from Harrogate Town where she then won the WSL2 championship. Pennock scored the goal that secured the title for Doncaster Belles in a 1–0 victory over Millwall with one game left in the league.

Sheffield United

Pennock signed for Sheffield United on 26 July 2018. In 2019, Pennock was announced as Sheffield United's Player of the Year, Player's Player of the Year and Manager's Player of the year. After scoring a hat-trick against Crystal Palace and then a follow-up goal in a cameo against Charlton in 2019, The Telegraph & Yahoo Sports reported that Pennock had a goal scoring ratio of one goal to every 62.1 minutes that season, having scored 14 goals in her last 13 appearances. In October 2019, she combined her football career with a job working as a coach at the YMCA, meaning she only attended 2 out of the 3 nightly training sessions run by the club each week.

After Sheffield United joined the second tier of English women's football, Pennock became their top goal-scorer and assist maker of that era. In 2019, Pennock scored a 94th minute winning goal against Women's Super League team Liverpool in what was labelled a "shock" 3–2 victory for Sheffield in the Continental Cup.

Pennock signed a one-year contract extension with Sheffield United ahead of the 2020–21 FA Women's Championship season. She later scored the first ever goal of Neil Redfern’s tenure as Sheffield United manager in 2020 as she scored twice against Championship opponents London City Lionesses. On 24 May 2021, Pennock confirmed she would be leaving Sheffield United after three seasons.

Birmingham City

On 17 July 2021, Pennock signed for Birmingham City in the Women's Super League, making her the first signing under new manager Scott Booth. Pennock scored her first goal for Birmingham in her third appearance for the team, during a WSL fixture against Everton. On 1 January 2022, Pennock played the whole 90 minutes of Birmingham's 2–0 win over then, Women's Super League leaders Arsenal. The victory was branded as the biggest WSL upset in its history and Pennock was subsequently selected for the Her Football Hub WSL team of the week.

Pennock's goal for Birmingham against Reading in the FA Women's Super League was nominated for the WSL goal of the month and saw her performance noted in the team of the week, chosen by Siobhan Chamberlain. At the end of the 2022–23 season, Pennock scored 14 goals in all competitions, 11 of those in the FA Women's Championship to finish as Birmingham City's top scorer. She was voted as both the Player of the Season and Players’ Player of the Season. On 30 May, Pennock was named Women's Championship Player of the Season.

On 30 June 2023, It was announced that Pennock had signed a new two-year contract at Birmingham. She was the third player to be announced as confirmed contract extensions ahead of the 2023/24 Barclays Women's Championship season behind Siobhan Wilson and Martha Harris.

In September 2024, Pennock was loaned to Australian club Central Coast Mariners for the 2024–25 A-League Women season.

Sporting JAX

On 1 July 2025, USL Super League club, Sporting JAX, announced they had signed Pennock to their squad. Stacey Balaam, head coach of Sporting JAX, had previously coached Pennock at the University of North Georgia. Pennock scored the first goal in club history, netting in the club's season-opening loss to DC Power FC on 23 August 2025. She went on to total 3 goals and 1 assist in her sole season in Jacksonville.

Durham

On 6 July 2026, it was announced that Pennock had returned to the Women's Super League 2 and joined Durham.

Personal life

In early 2021, Pennock starred in the television women's football documentary mini-series Throw in the Kitchen Sink talking about the challenges of players balancing semi-professional football with stable careers.

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 June 2026
Club Season League Cup Playoffs Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sheffield United 2018–21 FA Women's Championship 6234136007540
Birmingham City 2021–22 Women's Super League 1924000232
2022–25 Women's Championship 551582316918
Central Coast Mariners
(loan)		 2024–25 A-League Women 2773000307
Sporting JAX 2025–26 USL Super League 2530010263
Career total 188612884122370

Honours

Doncaster Belles

Individual

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