Jackie Chalmers

Jackie Chalmers
Personal information
Full name	John Chalmers
Date of birth	16 October 1886
Place of birth	Beith, Scotland
Date of death	Unknown
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
–	Rutherglen Glencairn
–	Rangers
1905–1907	Stoke
–	Bristol Rovers
–	Clyde
1910–1911	Woolwich Arsenal
–	Greenock Morton
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John "Jackie" Chalmers (1885 – unknown) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke and Woolwich Arsenal.^[1]

Career

Chalmers was born in Beith and started his career with Rutherglen Glencairn before turning professional with Rangers.^[1] He moved to Stoke City in January 1906 and made an instant impact scoring five goals in five games.^[1] He was the club's top scorer in the 1906–07 season, though they were relegated from the First Division.^[1] In all he scored 19 goals in 40 appearances but was released in the summer of 1907. He had a spell at Southern League Bristol Rovers, before moving back north of the border to join Clyde in November 1908. In 1909–10 Chalmers was in Clyde's side that reached the Scottish Cup final, which they eventually lost to Dundee in the second replay.

In October 1910 Chalmers was tempted south of the border again, signing for Woolwich Arsenal. Arsenal had been ailing in the First Division; they had only scored twice in their first six matches of the 1910–11 season and were languishing in seventeenth place. Chalmers made his debut against Bradford City on October 8, 1910 and soon had an immediate impact on Arsenal's season, scoring fifteen league goals (and one in the FA Cup, making him the club's top scorer with sixteen), as Arsenal finished a comfortable tenth.

Chalmers was a first-team starter the next season, but lost his place to Alf Common, who had been moved from inside-forward to centre-forward. Chalmers was unhappy playing for Arsenal's reserves and was transferred to Morton in March 1912.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1905–06	5	5	0	0	5	5
	1906–07	26	11	3	0	29	11
	1907–08	9	3	0	0	9	3
	Total	40	19	3	0	43	19
Woolwich Arsenal	1910–11	29	15	2	1	31	16
	1911–12	19	6	1	0	20	6
	Total	48	21	3	1	51	22
Career Total		88	40	6	1	94	41

References

Specific

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

General

Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.) (1995). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

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