Jimmy Dale (footballer)

Jimmy Dale
Personal information
Full name John Dale
Date of birth July qtr. 1870
Place of birth Audley, Staffordshire, England
Date of death January qtr. 1948 (aged 77)
Place of death Stoke on Trent, England
Playing position Half-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1893–1894 Sunderland 0 (0)
1894–1895 Stoke 4 (0)
1895 Southampton St Mary's 3 (0)
1895–???? Audley Town

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


John "Jimmy" Dale (1870–1948)[1] was an English footballer, who played for Stoke and Southampton St Mary's in the 1890s.

Football career

Dale was born in Audley, Staffordshire,[1]a and started his football career with Sunderland in January 1893.[1] He failed to break into Sunderland's first-team and returned to Staffordshire to join Stoke of the Football League First Division in June 1894.[1]

At Stoke, he made four League appearances all of which came during the first month of the 1894–95 season 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.[2]

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 7–3 "thrashing"[3] by Clapton and after two further league matches and two in the FA Cup,[4] Dale returned to Staffordshire, where he played for his local club, Audley Town, and worked in the coal mines.[1]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke 1894–95 400040
Southampton St Mary's 1895–96 302050
Career total 702090

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
  2. 1 2 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  3. 1 2 Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  4. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 18–19. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
  5. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records: 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. p. 68. ISBN 1 899468 67 6.
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