 He played 12 times for the Blades from 1998–99 and joined Stoke City at the end of the campaign.At Stoke, Jacobsen played 44 times from 1999–2000, helping Stoke to reach the play-offs where they lost out to Gillingham.He then joined Notts County playing 34 matches from 2000–01 before returning to Norway with Asker and Skeid.