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Jimmy
Stewart |
The Wednesday
FC, Newcastle United FC
3 appearances, 2 goals (1
on his debut)
P 3 W 0 D
3 L 0 F 3: A 3
50% successful
1907-11
disciplined: none
Captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Profile |
Full name |
James Stewart |
Born |
15 January 1883 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Northumberland [registered in
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 1883].
Birthdate confirmed by the 1939 register.
Not born in Gateshead, the Gateshead born
Jimmy Stewart died in 1890. |
notes |
There are discrepencies over this biography. The census returns reveal a
James Stewart who was born and brought up in the Westgate area of
Newcastle, known locally as Todd's Nook, where he played his early
football. We know from his 1911 census that he was single, fitting in with
any marriage after that time. Was it the same James Stewart that
married Sarah, joined the army, and died in 1958? His trade in his
attestation calls him an audit clerk, not a joiner. That same attestation
gives us his birthdate. |
Census Notes |
According to the 1891
census, James is the sixth of eight children to Adam and Isabella T. (née
Anderson), living at 95 Monday Street in Westgate area of Newcastle. His
father is a cabinet maker. |
According to the 1901
census, James is a joiner, still living with his parents at 95 Monday
Street. He has one more younger sister, making him one of seven at home.
His father is still a cabinet maker. |
According to the 1911
census, James is a professional football player. He remains single
and is, on Sunday, 2 April 1911, in The Queen's Hotel, with some of his
fellow players, on 54 The Promenade in Southport. |
According to the 1939 register, James and Sarah R.
remain married and live at 2 Normount Gardens in Fenham,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He is an audit clerk. |
Married |
to
Sarah Robinson Dodds, at Westgate Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 3 June 1913
[registered in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June
1913]. Lived at 45 Simonburn Avenue in Fenham. One child,
James Adam Routledge (b. 5 April 1914). |
Died |
17 February 1958 at 2 Normount Gardens in
Fenham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
aged 75 years 33 days
[registered in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March
1958]. Left £1862 7s. 6d. to
his widow Sarah Robinson Stewart |
Height/Weight |
5'
9", 11st.
4lbs [1907],
5'
9½" [1915]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
Club Career |
Club(s) |
Began his football
career with Todds Nook FC, and then Gateshead NER FC. Joined The Wednesday
club in May 1902. After 123 league appearances
and 51 goals, he returned to his native Tyneside when Newcastle
United FC signed him in 1 August 1908 for a £1000 fee,
and he returned 121 league appearances with 49
goals. Joined Rangers FC, under acrimonious circumstances, on 14
September 1913 for a £750 transfer fee. The United directors had
transfer-listed Stewart, along with Scott Duncan, then re-signed them,
promising them a one-off benefit match against Everton FC, paying them £500
each without playing them in their own benefit, then sold them to Rangers
the following day, where he made nineteen
Scottish league appearances and scored ten goals, before a return
to Tyneside before the season's end, when North Shields Athletic FC
appointed Stewart as their player~manager on 29 May 1915. |
Club honours |
Football League Division One Champions 1902-03, 1903-04,
1908-09; FA Cup winners 1906-07,
1909-10, runners-up 1910-11; FA Charity Shield winners 1909; |
Individual honours |
Football League
(four appearances) |
Distinctions |
None |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of four who became the
326th
players (328) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Inside-left |
First match |
No.
90, 27 March 1907, England 1 Wales 1, a British
Championship match at Craven Cottage, New Road, Fulham, London,
aged 24 years 71 days.
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Last match |
No. 110,
1 April 1911, England 1 Scotland 1,
a British Championship match
at
Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool, aged
28 years 76 days.
 |
Major tournaments |
British
Championships 1906-07, 1910-11; |
Team honours |
British Championships
winners 1910-11; |
Individual honours |
England's
Joint-Top Goalscorer (one 1907) |
Distinctions |
None |
England
Disgrace |
"STEWART SUSPENDED "The Newcastle United Directors at their meeting
last night suspended James Stewart, the old Todd's Nook and Sheffield
Wednesday forward, sine die, for making disrespectful remarks about
members of the Board, which he refused to withdraw." -
The
Evening Telegraph and Post, Thursday, 6 January 1910.
"STEWART'S SUSPENSION
WITHDRAWN "The breach between the Newcastle United directors and James
Stewart has been healed. The player, who was suspended last week for
making remarks to which the directors took exception, has withdrawn the
remarks complained of and on Saturday night the suspension was annulled." -
Sunderland Daily Echo, Tuesday, 11 January 1910.
"Having apologised for certain disrespectful remarks to the
officials of the club, James Stewart has been reinstated, and may
accompany the team to Stoke on Saturday for the Cup-tie." -
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, 12 January 1910 |
England Tragedy |
"An
old football international, James Stewart, formerly of Newcastle United,
failed in a claim for damages for alleged misrepresentation against
Frederick Groham of Ripon, at the West Riding Assizes at Leeds yesterday.
The case arose out of the purchase of the Fox and Hounds Inn, Bullamoor,
Northallerton." -
Northern Daily Mail, Friday, 13 July 1928. |
Beyond England |
After WW1, Stewart lived in Gateshead
and worked as a commercial traveller. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.237. |
Jimmy Stewart - Career Statistics |
Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
3 |
3 |
3 |
270 |
2 |
135
min |
2 |
none |
none |
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. |
Jimmy Stewart
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Home
-
British Championship |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
All |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Jimmy Stewart
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1906-07 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
BC 1910-11 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
BC
All |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
All |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Notes
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