James Swarbrick

James Swarbrick (16 May 1880 – March 1970) was a footballer who played in the English Football League.

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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing 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]

Statistics

Source:[7]

Club Season Division League FA Cup
Welsh Cup		 Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackburn Rovers1901–02First Division200020
1902–03First Division13010140
Total 15010160
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 19120211
Grimsby Town1905–06Second Division33410344
1906–07Second Division34820368
Total 6718307012
Oldham Athletic1907–08Second Division320032
1908–09Second Division100010
Total 420042
Southport Central[8]1909–10Lancashire Combination Division One000000
Stoke1910–11Birmingham & District League / Southern League Second Division300030
Port Vale1911–12Central League22300223
Swansea Town1912–13Southern League Second Division 22092312
Career total 1521815416722

Honours
Port Vale

References
  1. 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. 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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