James Swarbrick
![]() Swarbrick while with Brentford in 1904 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 May 1880 | ||
Place of birth | Lytham St Annes, England[1] | ||
Date of death | March 1970 (aged 89–90) | ||
Place of death | Swansea, Wales | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside-left[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Blackpool Red Star | |||
Marton Combination | |||
Blackpool Etrurians | |||
1901–1902 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | (0) |
1903–1905 | Brentford | 19 | (1) |
1905–1907 | Grimsby Town | 67 | (12) |
1907–1908 | Oldham Athletic | 4 | (2) |
1909 | Southport Central | 0 | (0) |
–1910 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
1910–1911 | Stoke | 3 | (0) |
1911–1912 | Port Vale | 22 | (3) |
1912–1913 | Swansea Town | 22 | (0) |
Total | 152 | (18) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Swarbrick (16 May 1880 – March 1970) was a footballer who played in the English Football League.
Career
[edit]Swarbrick started his career with Blackpool Red Star, Marton Combination, and Blackpool Etrurians before joining Blackburn Rovers in November 1901. Rovers finished fourth in the First Division in 1901–02, with Swarbrick playing 15 league games. He then joined Brentford, a club struggling in the Southern League,[3] before signing with Grimsby Town of the Football League Second Division. He played 67 league games for the "Mariners", scoring 12 goals, before moving on to Oldham Athletic in 1907. He played for Oldham in 1907–08, their first Football League campaign, in which they posted a third-place finish, just two points behind the promotion places. He scored twice in four league games for Oldham before moving on to Southport Central, a return to Brentford and then Stoke.[4] He made three appearances in the Birmingham & District League for the "Potters" in 1910–11.[5] After leaving the Victoria Ground he joined rivals Port Vale, and was a regular in the Central League side that lifted the Staffordshire Senior Cup in 1912.[1] In 1912 he transferred to Swansea Town.[1]
Style of play
[edit]Swarbrick was a talented and pacey dribbler.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Source:[7]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup Welsh Cup |
Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Blackburn Rovers | 1901–02 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1902–03 | First Division | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
Brentford | 1903–04 | Southern League First Division | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
1904–05 | Southern League First Division | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Total | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
Grimsby Town | 1905–06 | Second Division | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
1906–07 | Second Division | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 8 | |
Total | 67 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 12 | ||
Oldham Athletic | 1907–08 | Second Division | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
1908–09 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
Southport Central[8] | 1909–10 | Lancashire Combination Division One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stoke | 1910–11 | Birmingham & District League / Southern League Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Port Vale | 1911–12 | Central League | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
Swansea Town | 1912–13 | Southern League Second Division | 22 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 2 |
Career total | 152 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 167 | 22 |
Honours
[edit]Port Vale
- Staffordshire Senior Cup: 1912
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 285. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A Who's Who of Grimsby Town AFC 1890–1985. Hutton Press. p. 117. ISBN 0907033342.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 357. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ "J Swarbrick has been transferred to Stoke. Brentford will profit over the deal by a small transfer fee". County of Middlesex Independent. 9 July 1910.
- ^ Matthews, Tony: "The Encyclopedia of Stoke City " (Lion Press, 1994, ISBN 1-85983-100-1)
- ^ Jackman, Mike (1994). Blackburn Rovers : the official encyclopaedia. Derby: Breedon. p. 220. ISBN 9781873626702. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ James Swarbrick at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ "Player Details". Port Online. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- Sportspeople from Lytham St Annes
- Footballers from Lancashire
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Southport F.C. players
- Port Vale F.C. players
- Swansea City A.F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- 1880 births
- 1970 deaths