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Jimmy
Conlin |
 Bradford City
FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 1:
A 2
0% successful
1906
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Private
James Conlin |
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Born |
6 July 1881 in
Consett, county Durham [no registration found]. |
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Birth notes |
There were two
James Conlin's registered in Durham (Sunderland district), one in June
1881, the other in September 1882. |
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Census Notes |
According to the BantamsPast
article Mary Ann (nee Courtney) is pregnant with the child who would
become James, his father, Luke. They are not in the 1881 census. |
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According to the 1891 census,
James is the oldest of four children to Luke and Mary Ann. His younger
three siblings were all born in Coatbridge from 1885. His Scottish father
is a puddler, and the live at The Depot in Old Monkland in Coatsbridge,
Scotland. |
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Not on the 1901 census,
probably still in Scotland. 1901 Scottish census still not available. |
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According to the 1911 census,
James is married to Elizabeth and is a professional footballer, he has two
children, David (born in 1906, Bradford) and Elizabeth Ann (born 1909 in
Coatbridge, Scotland). They live at 10
Moorland Street in West Gorton, Manchester |
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Married |
to Elizabeth
[no registration, presumably married in Scotland in 1904]. |
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Died |
23 June 1917,
aged 35 years 352 days
[registered in Army Deaths]. Killed in Action. He has no
known grave and is commemorated on the Nieuport memorial. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
5", 9st.
1lbs [1906]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], FindMyPast.com &
BantamsPast.co.uk/FallenHeroes |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Jimmy
began his career in Scotland with Captain Colt's Rovers. He went onto
Cambuslang FC and Hibernian FC. He joined Falkirk FC on 9 January 1900,
and on 14 March 1901 he joined Albion Rovers as a left winger.
Conlin should have signed for Bradford City FC in April 1904, however,
Albion Rovers wanted �200. City appealed to the Scottish League Committee
and they set Conlin�s transfer fee at �60. Albion Rovers responded by
alleging that City had approached Conlin without their consent. An
international committee, made up of representatives from both sides of the
border, met at Carlisle on 23 September. City were found guilty, but the
transfer was allowed to proceed. City were fined �50 for their �illegal�
approach of the player. However, a �100 transfer fee was approved and
Conlin was thus freed to appear in City�s victory over Port Vale at Valley
Parade on 24 September 1904. Jimmy made 67 appearances for
Bradford City, scoring ten goals. On 13
July 1906 Manchester City paid �1,000 to secure Jimmy�s services. After
175 appearances and 30 goals he left for Birmingham City FC on 29
September 1911. A stay at plagued by injury, he made only 23
appearances, scoring twice. On 30 July 1912 Jimmy moved back to
Scotland, with Airdrieonians FC for a fee of �150. On 7 October he
was fined �2 10s for failing to turn up for a game. On
13 August 1913 the Coatbridge Express reported that Jimmy had joined
Broxburn Athletic FC, but it was a move that was �not the will of the
directors�. Presumably the �200 was not forthcoming! Jimmy had made 27
appearances for Airdrie, scoring six goals. His long and occasionally
troubled career ended at Broxburn. |
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Club honours |
Scottish
Combination Championship 1901-02, 1902-03. Lanarkshire Cup
runner-up 1902-03. Scottish Qualifying Cup
runner-up 1903-04. Football League Division Two winner 1909-10.
Lanarkshire Cup winner 1911-12; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & BantamsPast.co.uk/FallenHeroes |
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England Career |
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Player number |
320th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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Only match |
No. 88,
7 April 1906, Scotland 2 England 1, a
British Championship match at Hampden Park, Glasgow, aged
24 years
302 days. |
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Major tournaments |
x |
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Team honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
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At the outbreak of the Great War,
James enlisted with the Highland Light Infantry, serving in the 15th
(Service) Battalion (1st Glasgow). The battalion was transferred to
the Nieuport sector on the Belgium coast during June 1917, in readiness to
support a British offensive at the third Battle of Ypres. This is where
Private Conlin (26447) died. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.72./BantamsPast.co.uk/FallenHeroes |
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England Disgrace |
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Jimmy became the first
Bradford City player ever to be sent off when he was dismissed during a
6-1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion on 11 November 1905. On 10 February
1906 he was at the centre of yet another controversy. Manchester United
came to Valley Parade, during the game United�s burly Bob Bonthron
repeatedly clashed with Jimmy. The crowd � angered by Jimmy�s treatment �
got completely out of hand. After the game the visiting team were pelted
with missiles as they made their way up Holywell Ash Lane. The Football
League held a commission of enquiry and duly closed Valley Parade for a
fortnight between 1-14 March. Sadly, Jimmy�s off field problems
worsened when he failed to turn up for several Airdrieonians training
sessions. On 4 February 1913, after Jimmy admitted having a drink problem,
the board fined him again, ordered him to find work and told him to stop
drinking. The warning had no effect, on 15 April 1913 Jimmy was suspended
by the club and placed on the transfer list. Obviously, the club still
rated him as a footballer, as they were asking �200 for his services.
- BantamsPast.co.uk/FallenHeroes |
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Jimmy Conlin - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Jimmy Conlin
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match - By Colour of Shirt |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Away
-
British Championship
- White |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Jimmy Conlin
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Tournaments |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1905-06 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC
All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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All
Tournaments |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Jimmy Conlin
- Match History |
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Club: Bradford
City F.C. - 1 full cap |
Coach: F.A. Committee - 1
full capx
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Age 24 |
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1 |
88 |
7 April 1906
- Scotland 2 England 1,
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
BC |
AL |
Start |
ol |
Notes
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