Jake Cole (born 11 September 1985) is an English footballer who plays for Barnet as a goalkeeper.
Cole has been the number 2 keeper at QPR for a long time, being understudy to Chris Day, Paul Jones, Simon Royce and Lee Camp, but has been praised by John Gregory as being a model professional. On the few occasions Cole has been called in due to injury or suspension, he has performed well, making few mistakes and some good saves. Towards the end of ...
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Jake Cole (born 11 September 1985) is an English footballer who plays for Barnet as a goalkeeper.
Cole has been the number 2 keeper at QPR for a long time, being understudy to Chris Day, Paul Jones, Simon Royce and Lee Camp, but has been praised by John Gregory as being a model professional. On the few occasions Cole has been called in due to injury or suspension, he has performed well, making few mistakes and some good saves. Towards the end of the 2006–07 season he became first choice keeper after Lee Camp was recalled from his loan spell to Derby County.
Cole can often be seen participating in pre-match warmups with the first team. He has made a number of notable saves for Queens Park Rangers, including a vital stop against Celtic, a video of which is on the video sharing website YouTube. . The ball, which was struck by experienced Dutch forward Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, went flying in the direction of the near post only for Cole to dive down to his right and keep QPR in it. QPR...
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