The young midfielder made his full debut for the Club in 2010-11 having come through our Academy.
Jake's big moment arrived in September 2010 in our League Cup third round tie against North London rivals Arsenal and he played the first 45 minutes.
The strong, combative midfielder had been around the first team squad for the past season before eventually making his debut as a substitute in our Premier League win at Stoke in March 2010.He has also gained more valuable playing experience on loan in the Championship at Ipswich Town, where he made 12 appearances and Leeds United, where he played five times between March-May, 2011.
In 2009-10 he made 16 appearances for Derby County, scoring once, and then nine for Peterborough United, also bagging one goal.
A county champion at 1500m, Enfield-born Jake was cross-country champion of the South East in 2000 and joined our Academy full-time in 2006-07 having played 15 times for our Under-18s as a schoolboy in 2005-06.
Injury restricted him to just 10 appearances for our reserves and Under-18s in 2008-09 but he returned to fitness towards the end of the campaign, and on returning to pre-season in preparation for 2009-10, Jake trained and played for the first team before being rewarded a new contract, committing him to the Club until 2011.
On the same day, he scored an equaliser against European Champions Barcelona in a pre-season friendly at Wembley!
Jake has also enjoyed loan spells with both MK Dons and Crewe Alexandra during his time with us.
