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Jimmy
Settle |
Bury FC, Everton FC
6 appearances, 6 goals (3
on his debut)
P 6 W 5 D
1 L 0 F 26: A 5
92% successful
1899-1903
captain: none
minutes played: 540 |
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Timeline |
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James Settle |
Birth |
5
September
1875
in Millom, Cumberland [registered in
Bootle, December 1875]. Birthdate confirmed by the 1939
register. |
Baptism |
26 September 1875
in Holy Trinity Church, Millom |
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According to the 1881
census, James is the youngest of four children, to the widowed
Hannah, living at 103 Wellington Street in Millom. His father, Stephen,
died in the first quarter of 1881. |
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According to the 1891
census, James remains the youngest of the four children still living at
home with their mother at living at 12 Huxley Street in Halliwell. He is a
tenter at the bleachworks. |
Marriage |
to
Catherine Leigh Higham,
on 23 May 1898 at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Aspull
[registered in Wigan, June 1898]. Died in 1926. |
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According to the 1901
census, James is a professional footballer married to Catherine and they
have two children, John and Bertha. They also have one servant and they
live at 18 Eton Street in the Walton-on-the-Hill area in Liverpool,
opposite Goodison Park stadium. |
According to the 1911
census, James and Catherine are running the Dog & Partridge on the Moor
Lane in Bolton. The census reveals that one of their four children had
died. |
According to the 1921
census, James is still married but is now a crane driver, and with their
three children, they live at 74 Victoria Grove in Bolton. |
According to the 1939 register, widowed
Jamesis an Iron Foundary Labourer, living at 6 Bottom of Moor Old Lane in
Horwich with his son, James, and his wife, Minnie. |
Death: 1 June
1954, aged 78 years 269 days
[registered in Farnworth, June 1954]. Living at
102 Chorley New Road, Horwich. |
Funeral: 5 June
1954 at St. Peter's
Church, Halliwell, with his wife and two of his children, Robert and
Bertha |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played
junior football in Bolton before joining Bolton Wanderes FC in 1894
and made thirteen league appearances, scoring four goals.
Joined Halliwell Rovers FC a year later and transfered to Bury FC in
January 1897. After 28 goals in 63 league outings,
Everton FC spent £400 on him on 13 April 1899. Becoming club
captain. He made 237 league appearances and scored 84 goals.
On 12 May 1908, Settle joined Stockport County FC, scored twice
in 26 league outings, retiring a year later. |
Club honours |
FA Cup
winners 1905-06, runners-up 1906-07; |
Individual honours |
Football League (four appearances); Top
Goalscorer Football League Division One
(18, 1901-02) |
Distinctions |
None |
Height/Weight |
5'
6", 11st.
0lbs [1902]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of four who became 242nd
player (244) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Inside-left |
First match |
No.
65, 18 February 1899, England 13 Ireland 2, a British
Championship match at Roker Park Ground, Association Road, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland,
aged 23 years 166 days.
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Last match |
No. 77, 14 February 1903,
England 4 Ireland 0, a British Championship match at Molineux,
Wolverhampton, aged 27 years 162 days. |
Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1898-99, 1901-02; |
Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1898-99; |
Individual honours |
England's Top
Goalscorer (two 1902) |
Distinctions |
most appearanced Englishman at Bury FC,
shared with
Norman Bullock since 1926. |
Beyond England |
No additional information, but we
know from census records that he became a publican. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.219. |
Jimmy Settle - Career Statistics |
Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
8 |
6 |
6 |
540 |
6 |
90 min |
6 |
none |
none |
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
Jimmy Settle
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Home |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
25 |
5 |
+20 |
0 |
2 |
5.00 |
1.00 |
90.0 |
+4 |
Away |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All
-
British Championship |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
26 |
5 |
+21 |
0 |
3 |
4.333 |
0.833 |
91.7 |
+5 |
Jimmy Settle
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1898-99 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
3 |
+16 |
0 |
1 |
6.333 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
BC 1901-02 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.50 |
2.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
BC 1902-03 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
4.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC
All |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
26 |
5 |
+21 |
0 |
3 |
4.333 |
0.833 |
91.7 |
+5 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
26 |
5 |
+21 |
0 |
3 |
4.333 |
0.833 |
91.7 |
+5 |
All |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
26 |
5 |
+21 |
0 |
3 |
4.333 |
0.833 |
91.7 |
+5 |
Jimmy Settle
- Match History |
Club: Bury F.C. -
3 full appearances |
F.A. International
Select Committee - 6 full capsx
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Age 23 |
1 |
65 |
18 February 1899 -
England 13 Ireland 2, Roker Park, Sunderland |
BC |
HW |
Start
 
53, 55, 80 |
il |
2 |
66 |
20 March 1899 - England 4 Wales 0,
Ashton Gate, Bristol |
HW |
Start |
il |
3 |
67 |
8 April 1899 - England 2 Scotland 1,
Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham |
HW |
Start
40 |
il |
Club: Everton F.C. -
3 full appearances |
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Age 26 |
4 |
75 |
22 March 1902 - Ireland 0 England 1,
Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
Start
86 |
il |
void |
5 April 1902 - Scotland 1 England 1,
Ibrox Park, Glasgow |
AD |
Start
44 |
il |
5 |
76 |
3 May 1902 - England 2 Scotland 2,
Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham |
HD |
Start
65 |
il |
Age 27 |
6 |
77 |
14 February 1903 - England 4 Ireland 0,
Molineux, Wolverhampton |
BC |
HW |
Start |
il |
- |
78 |
2 March 1903
- England 2 Wales 1,
Fratton Park, Portsmouth |
HW |
withdrawn |
Notes
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