Joe James (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph James[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 13 January 1910||
Place of birth | Battersea, England[2] | ||
Date of death | January 1993 (aged 82–83)[2] | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) |
Centre half | ||
Youth career | |||
Battersea Church | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1929–1944 | Brentford | 240 | (2) |
1945–1946 | Colchester United | 9 | (0) |
Total | 249 | (2) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Joseph James (13 January 1910 – January 1993) was an English professional
centre half. In 2013, James placed third in a Football League 125th Anniversary poll of Brentford's best ever captains. He is a member of the Brentford Hall of Fame
and made over 250 appearances for the club.
Career
Early years
Born in Battersea, James began playing football as a youth for local club Battersea Church.[2]
Brentford
James appeared in a
London Combination title in the 1931–32 and 1932–33 seasons.[1] Consistently behind Jimmy Bain in the pecking order, James made his debut for the club on 21 November 1931 in a 2–1 away win for the Bees over Brighton & Hove Albion.[4] He made a further six appearances during the 1931–32 season and another five the following year.[4]
With the Bees playing
The outbreak of the
Second World War in September 1939 saw competitive football suspended for the duration of hostilities. James remained with Brentford during the war and captained the team to the 1941–42 London War Cup, winning the trophy at the second time of asking.[9] James played on until February 1944, when he retired after suffering a broken wrist in a 5–3 defeat to Charlton Athletic.[1] He made 165 appearances for the Bees during the war.[10] In a Football League 125th anniversary poll, James was ranked by the Bees supporters as the club's third best-ever captain and was one of the first inductees to the Brentford Hall of Fame in 1991.[9][11]
Colchester United
After the war, James, now in his mid-thirties, signed for Colchester United of the Southern League.[2] He made his debut on 17 November 1945 in a 3–1 away defeat to Hereford United and played his last game for the club on 2 February 1946,[12] an 8–0 defeat at the hands of Bath City.[13] He made a total of 9 appearances for Colchester.[14]
Personal life
James died in January 1993.[2]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 1931–32[4] | Third Division South | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
1932–33[4] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
1933–34[4] | Second Division | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | ||
1934–35[5] | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | |||
1935–36[5] | First Division | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 42 | 0 | ||
1936–37[15] | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | |||
1937–38[15] | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
1938–39[8] | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | |||
Total | 240 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 253 | 2 | ||
Colchester United | 1945–46[14] | Southern League | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
Career total | 249 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 262 | 6 |
- ^ Appearance in Empire Exhibition Trophy
Honours
Brentford
- London Combination: 1931–32, 1932–33[1]
- 1934–35[1]
- London Challenge Cup: 1934–35[6]
- London War Cup: 1941–42[16]
Individual
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ a b c d e f "Colchester United – Player profile". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Brentford. Only one change in 'Bees' team". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. iv – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ a b c White 1989, p. 373.
- ^ ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
- ^ "Brentford 1937–1938". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ a b White 1989, p. 375.
- ^ a b "Brentford". Football League 125. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Official Brentford FC Matchday Programme versus Chesterfield. O Publishing. 12 January 2008. p. 47.
- ^ a b "Brentford FC Former Players' Association". Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "Colchester United – Match details – Hereford United 3–1 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Colchester United – Match details – Colchester Utd 0–8 Bath City". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Colchester United – Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ a b White 1989, p. 374.
- ^ Haynes 1998, p. 84.