Jimmy Turner (English footballer)

Jimmy Turner
Personal information
Full name James Turner[1]
Date of birth 6 October 1866[1]
Place of birth Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 25 November 1903(1903-11-25) (aged 37)[1]
Position(s) Left half
Youth career
1887 Black Lane Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1889–1894 Bolton Wanderers 96 (8)
1894–1896 Stoke 52 (1)
1896–1898 Derby County 51 (1)
1898–1899 Stoke 7 (0)
International career
1893–1898 England 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Turner (6 October 1866 – 25 November 1903) was an English footballer, who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Derby County and Stoke. He also gained three caps for England.[1][2]

Career

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Turner was born in Stoke-upon-Trent but started his football career at Black Lane Rovers F.C. in 1887.[3] The following year he moved to Bolton Wanderers where he spent six seasons making 103 appearances for the "Trotters" before joining his home town club Stoke in August 1894.[1] In the 1894–95 season Stoke struggled and had to play a test match against Newton Heath to remain in the First Division, Stoke won the match 3–0 and stayed up.[1] Turner established himself at left half for the 1895–96 season making 27 appearances.[1] He joined Derby County in 1896 where he spent two seasons reaching the 1898 FA Cup Final losing out to Nottingham Forest before he re-joined Stoke in 1898.[1] He played seven matches before retiring due to injury.[1]

Career statistics

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Club

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Source:[4]

Club Season League FA Cup Test Match Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bolton Wanderers 1888–89 The Football League 2 1 3 3 5 4
1889–90 The Football League 6 1 0 0 6 1
1890–91 The Football League 12 4 1 0 13 4
1891–92 The Football League 23 2 1 0 24 2
1892–93 First Division 29 0 2 0 31 0
1893–94 First Division 24 0 0 0 24 0
Total 96 8 7 3 0 0 103 10
Stoke 1894–95[1] First Division 26 0 2 0 1 0 29 0
1895–96[1] First Division 24 1 3 0 27 1
Total 50 1 5 0 1 0 56 1
Derby County 1896–97 First Division 21 1 4 0 25 1
1897–98 First Division 26 0 6 0 32 0
Total 51 1 10 0 0 0 61 1
Stoke 1898–99[1] First Division 7 0 0 0 7 0
Career Total 204 10 22 3 1 0 227 13

International

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Source:[5]

National team Year Apps Goals
England 1893 1 0
1895 1 0
1898 1 0
Total 3 0

Honours

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Derby County

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael: "The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939 " (ISBN 1899468676).
  3. ^ "English National Football Archive". Retrieved 12 March 2023. (registration & fee required)
  4. ^ Jimmy Turner at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  5. ^ "Turner, Jimmy". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
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