Kevin James (English footballer)

Kevin Ernest James (born 3 January 1980 in Southwark) is an English footballer, who last played for Isthmian League Premier Division club Dulwich Hamlet.

Kevin James
Personal information
Full name Kevin Ernest James[1]
Date of birth (1980-01-03) 3 January 1980[1]
Place of birth Southwark, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
000?–1998 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
2000–2004 Gillingham 48 (4)
2004–2007 Nottingham Forest 7 (0)
2004–2005 → Boston United (loan) 6 (0)
2006 → Walsall (loan) 15 (1)
2006 → Yeovil Town (loan) 6 (0)
2006 → Grimsby Town (loan) 2 (0)
2007 → Swindon Town (loan) 2 (0)
2007 Welling United ? (?)
2007–2008 Woking 18 (0)
2008 Crawley Town 12 (2)
2008–2009 Chelmsford City 1 (0)
2010–2017 Dulwich Hamlet 175 (35)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

James was initially a Charlton trainee, but was released at the age of 20, joining Gillingham. Here he showed promise, and after four years he moved on to Nottingham Forest in 2004.

However, his time at Forest was not successful and he made few appearances for the club. In the 2004-05 season he was loaned out to Boston United, and the following season was loaned to Walsall. At Walsall he scored on his debut in an FA Cup tie against Barnsley, and scored again as Walsall won the subsequent replay.[2][3] James' FA Cup scoring form continued when he scored in the next round against Stoke City.[4] He scored his fourth and final goal for Walsall, and his only league goal for the club, in a 2-2 draw with Bradford City on 25 March 2006.[5]

In 2006-07 he was loaned out three times to Yeovil Town, Grimsby Town and Swindon Town, without scoring during any of those loan spells.

He was released in 2007 and subsequently joined Welling United for a couple of games before moving onto Woking. He played at Woking on non-contract terms, making 18 league appearances and four cup appearances (scoring one goal in the FA Trophy tie at Hemel Hempstead Town) before deciding to leave in January 2008 after failing to agree terms for the rest of the season.

On 16 January 2008, James joined Crawley Town until the end of 2007–08 season.[6] He left Crawley Town in March 2008.[7]

On 1 July 2008, he signed a contract at Chelmsford City, becoming the club's third signing for the 2008–09 season. He went on to join Dulwich Hamlet at the start of 2010, going on to make his debut on 6 February 2010 against Chatham Town. He spent nearly eight seasons with Dulwich, making 235 appearances and scoring 38 goals in all competitions, and becoming a key member of the club's coaching staff under manager Gavin Rose, before announcing his departure from the club on 9 November 2017, with Rose commenting "Kev will be a huge loss to the management team and the club on the whole, he has so much to offer the game and we're sure he'll be back playing or coaching somewhere very soon. The club have lost a great servant in the short term, but his hard work and dedication will be remembered."[8]

England 6 a side

In 2019, James was appointed as the England 6 a side team Assistant Manager.[9] Along with Manager, Jamie Leggett, they won the Home Nations Championship [10] before heading to Crete for the World Cup. They reached the last eight, before losing to Home Nation Greece in front of a sell out 3000 crowd.[11]

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 58. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  2. "Barnsley 1-1 Walsall". BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. "Walsall 2-0 Barnsley". BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. "Stoke 2-1 Walsall". BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  5. "Broadhurst remains calm". business-live.co.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  6. Crawley complete signing of James, BBC Sport
  7. "James and Shimmin leave Reds - Crawley Observer". 7 September 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008.
  8. Thank You Kevin James, Dulwich Hamlet F.C.
  9. "England".
  10. "HOME NATIONS – THE DAY IN PICTURES". 8 May 2019.
  11. "Crete 2019".
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