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Player #255

From:

To:

Career Status:

1914-15

1920-21

Retired

Appearances:

32

Starts:

32

Goals:

1

Assists:

-

Involvements:

1

Jimmy Stephenson

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Winger

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SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Jimmy Stephenson

Seasons Quick-View

1914-21 🕒 32 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #255 |

Season :

1914-15
1919-20
1920-21

Age :

23
24
25

Division :

D1
D1
D1

Squad # :

#
#
#

Appearances :

11
5
16

Starts :

11
5
16

Substitute :

0
0
0

Unused :

0
0
0

Goals :

1
0
0

Assists :

-
-
-

Involvements :

1
0
0

Games / Goal :

Bookings :

-
-
-

Sendings Off :

-
-
-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

James Stephenson

Birth Date

10 February 1895

Birth Place

New Delaval, Northumberland

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

New Delaval

Original Transfer

Aged

19

From

New Delaval Villa

For

Free

On

April 1914

Under

George Ramsay

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

26

Sunderland

£3,000

May 1921

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

1921-22 Sunderland
1922-27 Watford
1927-28 Queens Park Rangers
1928-30 Boston Town
1930 New Delaval Villa
1930-31 Ashington
New Delaval Villa
Retired

Died

1 February 1958, Aged 63

Jimmy Stephenson

Villa Career

1914-21 🕒 32 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #255 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

26 September 1914

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

26 September 1914

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1914-15

26 September 1914

Everton (a), Division One

19

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1920-21

5 March 1921

Tottenham Hotspur (a), FA Cup

26

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

5 March 1921

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

1919-20 FA Cup Winners |

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

Jimmy Stephenson

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Player #256 for Aston Villa, James Stephenson, known as Jimmy Stephenson, played as a winger for the club in the outside right position.

Jimmy played for Villa between 1914-15 and 1920-21 making 32 appearances.

Jimmy was born in New Delaval, Northumberland on 10th February 1895 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on the 26th September 1914 aged 19.

Villa had signed Jimmy from home town club New Delaval in April 1914 joining his Villa superstar brother Clem at the club.

He was largely used as a back up forward both before and after the Great War however he made most of his appearances for Villa alongside his brother Clem failing to appear together in just one of Jimmy’s appearances in 1914-15 and 1919-20.

Jimmy made his final appearance on 5th March 1921 before moving to Sunderland for a club record fee of £3,000 in May 1921.

Jimmy had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Jimmy passed away in Newcastle in February 1958 aged 62.

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