Emma Jones (footballer) Emma Jones (footballer) Emma Louise Jones (born 21 August 1982) is a footballer who plays for the Welsh national team and the women's section of Cardiff City FC. Jones plays as a central defender and has accumulated a half-century of caps for Wales. Jones played for Newport Strikers, Newport County and Merthyr Tydfil prior to joining Bristol Rovers in 2003. The club changed its name to Bristol Academy two years later. Her nickname at the Gas Girls was "Vinnie". In the mid–season break of the 2011 FA WSL, Jones left Bristol to sign for Liverpool. In February 2012 Jones returned
Vinnie Jones Guards. Jones is an outspoken supporter of the Conservative Party, stating "I am very proud of being British, very pro the monarchy and very Conservative." He is a supporter of the football team Tottenham Hotspur. Jones was convicted in June 1998 of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage against a neighbour in November 1997. Jones was convicted in December 2003 of assault and threatening behaviour on an aircraft for an air rage incident, during which he slapped a passenger in the face and threatened to murder the cabin crew while drunk on an aircraft. He was fined £1,100