Jimmy Cringan

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Jimmy Cringan
Full name	James Anderson Cringan
Date of birth	December 16, 1904
Place of birth	Douglas Water, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of death	deceased
Playing position	Wing half
Youth clubs
1921	Douglas Water Thistle Sunderland (trial) Bury (trial) South Shields (trial)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1922–1934 1934–1935	Birmingham Boston United	261 0(12)
Teams managed
1934–1935 1935–19??	Boston United (player-manager) Banbury Spencer
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

James Anderson "Jimmy" Cringan (born December 16, 1904 in Douglas Water, South Lanarkshire, deceased) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half. He played 285 games in all competitions for Birmingham, including 261 top flight League games and an appearance at Wembley in the 1931 FA Cup Final, before trying his hand at management. He was the younger brother of Willie Cringan, captain of Celtic and Scotland.

[edit] Honours

Birmingham

FA Cup finalist: 1931

[edit] References

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, p. 80. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.

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Boston United F.C. – Managers

Cringan (1934–35) • Vaughton (1935–36) • Greaves (1936–37) • Tunstall (1937–48) • McGraham (1948–49) • Ithell (1950–52) • Tunstall (1952–54) • Middleton (1954–57) • King (1957–60) • Middleton (1960–61) • Todd (1961–64) • Tunstall (1964–65) • Donovan (1965–69) • Smith (1969–72) • Jobling (1972–75) • Wilkinson (1975–76) • F. Taylor & Bolland (1976–77) • Walker (1977–79) • Phelan (1979–81) • Froggatt (1981–84) • Mann (1984–86) • O'Brien (1986–87) • Kerr (1987–90) • Cusack (1990–92) • Morris (1992–94) • Sterland (1994–96) • Fee (1996–98) • Evans (1998–2002) • Thompson (2002–04) • Rodwell (2004^c) • Evans (2004–07) • T. Taylor (2007–)

Persondata
NAME	Cringan, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cringan, James Anderson
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1904-12-16
PLACE OF BIRTH	Douglas Water, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH