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James Stevenson
Personal information
Full name James Tervit Stevenson
Date of birth 10 November 1903 [1]
Place of birth Newmains, Scotland
Date of death 1973 (aged 69–70) [1]
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
Newmains
Overtown Rangers
1924–1926 Third Lanark 38 (7)
1926–1929 South Shields 54 (24)
1929–1931 Bradford City 10 (1)
Aldershot
1932–1935 Stockport County 96 (38)
Walsall
1936 Stockport County 1 (0)
1936–1937 Macclesfield Town 9 (2)
Total 209+ (72+)
Managerial career
1936–1937 Macclesfield Town (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Tervit Stevenson (10 November 1903 – 1973) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside right.

Career

Born in Newmains, [2] Stevenson spent his early career with Newmains, Overtown Rangers, Third Lanark [1] and South Shields. [3] He combined his early playing career with work as an engineer. [4] He scored 24 goals in 54 league games for South Shields after signing for them in 1926. [4]

He signed for Bradford City in July 1929, [2] scoring 1 goal in 10 league appearances for the club, [5] before moving to Aldershot in July 1931. [2] He later played for Stockport County, Walsall and Macclesfield Town. [3]

He had three spells at Stockport, [6] [7] also served as reserve team trainer after leaving Macclesfield, [4] and in 2002 he was inducted into the Stockport County Hall of Fame. [8]

He also served as player-manager of Macclesfield in the 1936–37 season, scoring twice in 9 league games for them. [4] [9] After leaving Macclesfield he returned to Stockport, serving a reserve team trainer. [4]

Sources

  • Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN  0-907969-38-0.

References

  1. ^ a b c John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help)
  2. ^ a b c Frost, p. 407
  3. ^ a b James Stevenson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ a b c d e "Player profiles - S". Silkmen Archive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. ^ Frost, p. 388
  6. ^ "Profile". Go Go Go County. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Profile". Hatters Matters. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Hall of Fame". Stockport County F.C. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Macclesfield Town Football Club managers" (PDF). Silkmen Archive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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