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 1894.

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.^[1]

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"^[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 (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
2. 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.