Jimmy Bain (footballer, born 1899)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Bain[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 February 1899 | ||
| Place of birth | Rutherglen, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 22 September 1969 (aged 70)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Polegate, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) |
Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Rutherglen Glencairn | |||
| –1922 | Strathclyde | ||
| 1922–1928 | Manchester United | 4 | (0) |
| 1928 | Manchester Central | ||
| 1928–1934 | Brentford | 191 | (2) |
| Total | 195 | (2) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1952–1953 | Brentford | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Bain (6 February 1899 – 22 September 1969) was a Scottish professional
Football League 125th Anniversary poll of Brentford's best ever captains and was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in May 2015.[4][5]
Club career
Early years and Manchester United
A
centre half, Bain's began his career with hometown junior club Rutherglen Glencairn.[1] He moved to Strathclyde and off the back of his performances earned a transfer to English Second Division club Manchester United in May 1922.[3] Bain failed to make an appearance for the first team during the 1922–23 and 1923–24 seasons and finally made his professional debut in a 4–2 win over Leyton Orient on 7 February 1925.[6] It proved to be his only appearance of the 1924–25 season,[6] which meant he missed out on a Second Division winners' medal.[7] Bain managed just two appearances during the 1925–26 First Division season and did not appear for the first team at all during 1926–27.[6] His fourth and final appearance for the club came in a 3–0 defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 19 September 1927.[6] Bain departed Old Trafford in July 1928.[3]
Manchester Central and Brentford
Bain joined newly-formed
Football League as a £250 signing for Third Division South club Brentford in November 1928.[8] An immediate hit with the Bees, he was awarded the captaincy and helped the club to the 1932–33 Third Division South title.[5] He retired from playing in 1934, after making 201 appearances and scoring two goals for Brentford.[8][9] In 2013, Bain placed fifth in a Football League 125th Anniversary poll of Brentford's best ever captains.[5]
Coaching and management
Bain became assistant to manager
Bill Dodgin, Sr. (1953–1956).[8]
Bain was named as successor to manager Jackie Gibbons in August 1952.player-manager Tommy Lawton.[9] Prior to the dismissal of Eddie May in 1997, Bain's tenure was the shortest on record for a permanent Brentford manager.[12] Bain retired from football at the end of the 1955–56 season and received a Football League Long Service Medal for the contribution he made at Griffin Park.[9] He was awarded a testimonial in 1956, in which Brentford drew 1–1 with an All-Star XI.[13] Bain was posthumously inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in May 2015.[4]
Personal life
Bain's younger brother David was also a professional footballer who played for Manchester United (the siblings coincided on the club staff for two years, but never appeared together in a competitive fixture).[3]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Manchester United | 1924–25[6] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1925–26[6] | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1927–28[6] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Brentford | 1928–29[14] | Third Division South | 26 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |
| 1929–30[14] | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
| 1930–31[14] | 42 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 1931–32[14] | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 1932–33[14] | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 1933–34[14] | Second Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 191 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 201 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 195 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 205 | 2 | ||
Managerial statistics
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Brentford | August 1952 | 2 January 1953 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30.4 | [15] |
| Total | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30.4 | — | ||
Honours
- Brentford
Individual
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "Jimmy Bain". united.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d "James (1922–1928) Bain, Manchester United Player Profile & Stats". MUFCinfo.com. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ a b c Wickham, Chris. "Kevin O'Connor and Marcus Gayle join others in being added to Brentford FC Hall of Fame". brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "Brentford". Football League 125. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "James Bain". 11v11.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Manchester United Complete History". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ ISBN 0955294916.
- ^ ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
- ^ a b White 1989, p. 142-145.
- ^ "Brentford FC – Our History". Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ TW8: Brentford Official Matchday Programme versus Notts County. Charlton, London. 24 February 2001. p. 15.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Griffin Gazette: Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Crewe Alexandra. Quay Design of Poole. 6 April 1996. p. 20.
- ^ ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ White 1989, p. 382.