Jimmy Dale (footballer)

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

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
Position(s) 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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Source:[5]

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

Notes
  • ^a Some older sources show that Dale was born in Motherwell, Scotland in July 1869.[2][3][6]

References
  1. 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. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  3. 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. Jimmy Dale at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  6. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records: 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. p. 68. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
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