James Martin (footballer, born 1893)

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James Martin
Personal information
Full name James Martin
Date of birth 21 August 1892
Place of birth Bo'ness, Scotland
Date of death 9 February 1958(1958-02-09) (aged 64)[citation needed]
Place of death Portsmouth, England
Position(s) Left half
Youth career
Bo'ness
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1915–1916 Heart of Midlothian 33 (0)
1916–1919 Rangers 39 (5)
1917 → Airdrieonians (loan) 2 (1)
1918 → Morton (loan) 3 (1)
1918–1919 → Falkirk (loan) 28 (5)
1919–1920 Dumbarton 15 (1)
1920 Bo'ness
1921–1927 Portsmouth 209 (27)
1927 Montrose
1927–1928 Aldershot
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

James Martin (21 August 1892 – 9 February 1940) was a Scottish footballer who played for Hearts,[1] Dumbarton,[2][3] Rangers[4] and Portsmouth, mainly as a left half. He won the Scottish Football League championship with Rangers in the 1917–18 season, making 18 appearances (although he also spent time on loan with both Airdrieonians and Morton during that campaign, and the whole of the next at Falkirk).[5] He moved to English football with Portsmouth in 1921 and became a regular and eventually captain at Fratton Park,[6] making over 200 appearances[7] and winning the Football League Third Division South title in 1923–24.[8] After leaving Pompey in 1927, he had short spells at Montrose and Aldershot.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ (Hearts player) James Martin, London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. ^ Emms, Steve; Wells, Richard (2007). Scottish League Players' Records Division One 1890/91 to 1938/39. Beeston, Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 978-1-899468-66-9.
  4. ^ (Rangers player) Martin, James, FitbaStats. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ No. 40 James Martin, 'Famous Footballers', 1926 card, scan via Doing The 92. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  7. ^ Jimmy Martin, Doing The 92. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  8. ^ Martin Jimmy Image 5 Portsmouth 1926, Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 1 January 2022.


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