Jimmy Dale (footballer)

Jimmy Dale
Personal information
Full name James Dale
Date of birth July 1869
Place of birth Motherwell, Scotland
Date of death Unknown
Playing position Half-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1893–1894 Sunderland 0 (0)
1894–1895 Stoke 4 (0)
1895–1896 Southampton St Mary's 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

James "Jimmy" Dale (born July 1869) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Stoke and Southampton St Mary's in the 1890s.

Football career

Dale was born in Motherwell, Scotland but started his football career south of the border with Sunderland in 1893. He failed to break into Sunderland's first-team and moved on to Stoke of the Football League First Division in June 1984.

At Stoke, he made four League appearances[1] before moving to the south coast to join Southampton St Mary's of the Southern League in October 1895, following several players, including Jack Farrell, Willie Naughton and Samuel Meston, who had moved in the summer together with Stoke's trainer, Bill Dawson.

He made his debut for the "Saints" on 19 October 1895, taking the place of Ernie Taylor at right-half for the visit of Clapton to the Antelope Ground. The match ended in a 3–7 "thrashing"[2] by Clapton and after two further league matches and two in the FA Cup,[3] Dale returned to Staffordshire, but never again played professional football.[2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke 1894–95 4 0 0 0 4 0
Southampton St Mary's 1895–96 3 0 2 0 5 0
Career Total 7 0 2 0 9 0

References

  1. ^ Matthews, Tony: "The Encyclopedia of Stoke City " (Lion Press, 1994, ISBN 1859831001)
  2. ^ a b Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3. 
  3. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 18–19. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.