John Bumstead

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John Bumstead
Personal information
Full name John Bumstead[1]
Date of birth (1958-11-27) 27 November 1958 (age 63)[1]
Place of birth Rotherhithe,[1] London, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Youth career
Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1991 Chelsea 339 (38)
1991–1993 Charlton Athletic 56 (3)
Bromley
Total 395 (41)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

John Bumstead (born 27 November 1958) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Chelsea, where he spent most of his career, and Charlton Athletic.[3]

Club career[]

Bumstead started his career in the Chelsea youth set-up, and was well established in the first team by the time they won the Second Division in 1983-84, and with it promotion to the First Division. He helped them win the Full Members Cup in 1985-86, when they also finished sixth in the league. He remained with the club after their relegation in 1987-88 and collected a Second Division medal the following season as they regained their First Division status at the first attempt.

He remained with Chelsea for another two seasons, making a total of 409 appearances and scoring 44 goals, before being transferred to Charlton Athletic, where he spent two seasons before retiring from professional football in his 35th year.

Playing statistics[]

Season Club Division League FA Cup League Cup Members Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1978–79 Chelsea First Division 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1979–80 Second Division 28 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 3
1980–81 41 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 44 1
1981–82 21 4 6 1 2 1 0 0 29 6
1982–83 36 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 42 5
1983–84 31 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 35 7
1984–85 First Division 25 3 1 0 6 1 0 0 32 4
1985–86 32 1 1 0 5 0 4 1 42 2
1986–87 29 8 3 1 3 0 1 0 36 9
1987–88 17 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 24 1
1988–89 Second Division 29 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 2
1989–90 First Division 28 2 3 0 1 0 6 1 38 3
1990–91 13 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 18 1
Chelsea total 338 38 21 3 34 1 16 2 409 44

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "John Bumstead". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ "John Bumstead". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 11 October 2009.

External links[]

  • John Bumstead at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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