Jimmy Adam

James Adam (born 13 May 1931) is a Scottish former footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Luton Town and Stoke City.[1]

Jimmy Adam
Personal information
Full name James Adam[1]
Date of birth (1931-05-13) 13 May 1931[1]
Place of birth Blantyre, Scotland[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Blantyre Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1951 Aldershot 1 (0)
1951–1953 Spennymoor United
1953–1959 Luton Town 137 (22)
1959–1961 Aston Villa 24 (3)
1961–1962 Stoke City 22 (7)
1962–1964 Falkirk 22 (4)
1964 South Melbourne Hellas
Total 206 (36)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Blantyre, Adam began his career with local youth club Blantyre Celtic before moving south to English club Aldershot in 1950.[1] However, the young Adam was only able to make a single league appearance for the club during the 1950–51 season and then left and joined non-league Spennymoor United.

In 1953, Adam signed for Luton Town, where he made 138 appearances during a six-year spell in which he helped the club gain promotion to the First Division in 1954–55.[1] By the time of Luton's relegation from the First Division in 1960, Adam had joined Aston Villa, where he spent two seasons before signing for Stoke City where he spent the 1961–62 season scoring seven goals in 24 appearances before returning to Scotland with Falkirk.[1] He later emigrated to Australia, where he played for South Melbourne Hellas.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[2]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aldershot 1950–51 Third Division South 1000—10
Luton Town 1953–54 Second Division 3000—30
1954–55 Second Division 25900—259
1955–56 First Division 30500—305
1956–57 First Division 18100—181
1957–58 First Division 32310—333
1958–59 First Division 29400—294
Total 1372210—13822
Aston Villa 1959–60 Second Division 21310—223
1960–61 First Division 30000030
Total 2431000253
Stoke City[1] 1961–62 Second Division 2270020247
Career Total 18332202018732

References
  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. Jimmy Adam at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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