James Mathieson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Anderson Mathieson | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1905 | ||
| Place of birth | Methil, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 13 April 1950 (aged 44) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dubbleside Hearts | |||
| Colinsburgh United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1922–1923 | Partick Thistle | ||
| 1923–1926 | Raith Rovers | 92 | (0) |
| 1926–1934 | Middlesbrough | 245 | (0) |
| 1934–1938 | Brentford | 125 | (0) |
| 1938–1939 | Queen of the South | 38 | (0) |
| Total | 502 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
James Anderson "Jimmy" Mathieson was a Scottish football goalkeeper who played in the Football League for Middlesbrough and Brentford. He made over 500 professional appearances in the English and Scottish leagues.[1] Mathieson is the only player to win three English Division Two championship medals, as an ever-present in each season.[1]
Career
Early years
A goalkeeper, Mathieson began his career in Scotland with junior sides Dubbleside Hearts and Colinsburgh United.[2][3] He got his break when he signed for Sottish Division One side Partick Thistle in 1922. Mathieson moved to fellow top flight side Raith Rovers the following year, making 92 league appearances before departing after Rovers' relegation to the Scottish Division Two was confirmed at the end of the 1925/26 season.
Middlesbrough
Mathieson moved to England to join Division Two side Middlesbrough in 1926.[1] He was an ever-present in the Boro side which was promoted to Division One as Division Two champions in the 1926/27 season, giving Mathieson his first taste of top flight football in England. Middlesbrough were relegated straight back to Division Two, but with Mathieson again an ever-present in goal, the club won promotion straight back as Division Two champions in the 1928/29 season.[1] He made 245 league appearances for the club before departing in 1934.
Brentford
Mathieson dropped back down to Division Two to sign for Brentford in the summer of 1934.[1] He was one of a number of former Middlesbrough players recruited by Bees manager Harry Curtis in the early 1930s and Mathieson linked up with former teammates Jack Holliday, Billy Scott, Herbert Watson and Ernie Muttitt at Griffin Park.[1] Mathieson went straight into the team and was an ever-present during the 1934/35 season, helping Brentford to the Division Two title and promotion to the top-flight for the first time in the club's history.[4] He missed just one league game during the 1935/36 season, as the Bees finished in their highest-ever league placing of fifth in Division One.[4] Mathieson lost his place in goal to Joe Crozier during the 1937/38 season and departed the club at the end of the campaign.[1][4] Mathieson made 129 appearances during his four years with Brentford.[4]
Queen of the South
Mathieson returned to Scotland in 1938 and joined Scottish Division One side Queen of the South.[1] He made 38 league appearances before the breakout of the Second World War ended his career the following year.
Personal life
Before becoming a professional footballer, Mathieson worked as a miner.[1]
Honours
- Football League Division Two (2): 1926/27, 1928/29
- Football League Division Two (1): 1934/35
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Yore Publications. p. 43, 44. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.com/fieldsoffife.pdf
- ↑ "East Neuk Junior Football League 1919-1922". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Brentford Football Club History". Brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-25.