James Swarbrick
Swarbrick while with Brentford in 1904
Personal information
Date of birth (1880-05-16)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)
0000–1910 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

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

Swarbrick was a talented and pacey dribbler.[6]

Career statistics

Source:[7]

Club Season Division League FA Cup
Welsh Cup 		Total
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

Port Vale

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 285. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A Who's Who of Grimsby Town AFC 1890–1985. Hutton Press. p. 117. ISBN 0907033342.
  3. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 357. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Matthews, Tony: "The Encyclopedia of Stoke City " (Lion Press, 1994, ISBN 1-85983-100-1)
  6. ^ Jackman, Mike (1994). Blackburn Rovers : the official encyclopaedia. Derby: Breedon. p. 220. ISBN 9781873626702. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  7. ^ James Swarbrick at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  8. ^ "Player Details". Port Online. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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