James Swarbrick

James Swarbrick
	Swarbrick while with Brentford in 1904
Personal information
Date of birth	16 May 1880
Place of birth	Lytham St Annes, England
Date of death	March 1970 (aged 89–90)
Place of death	Swansea, Wales
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Outside-left
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Blackpool Red Star
	Marton Combination
	Blackpool Etrurians
1901–1902	Blackburn Rovers
1903–1905	Brentford
1905–1907	Grimsby Town
1907–1908	Oldham Athletic
1909	Southport Central
0000–1910	Brentford
1910–1911	Stoke
1911–1912	Port Vale
1912–1913	Swansea Town
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Swarbrick (16 May 1880 – March 1970) was a footballer who played in the English Football League.

Career

Swarbrick started his career with Blackpool Red Star, Marton Combination, and Blackpool Etrurians before joining Blackburn Rovers in November 1901. Rovers finished fourth in the First Division in 1901–02, with Swarbrick playing 15 league games. He then joined Brentford, a club struggling in the Southern League,^[3] before signing with Grimsby Town of the Football League Second Division. He played 67 league games for the "Mariners", scoring 12 goals, before moving on to Oldham Athletic in 1907. He played for Oldham in 1907–08, their first Football League campaign, in which they posted a third-place finish, just two points behind the promotion places. He scored twice in four league games for Oldham before moving on to Southport Central, a return to Brentford and then Stoke.^[4] He made three appearances in the Birmingham & District League for the "Potters" in 1910–11.^[5] After leaving the Victoria Ground he joined rivals Port Vale, and was a regular in the Central League side that lifted the Staffordshire Senior Cup in 1912.^[1] In 1912 he transferred to Swansea Town.^[1]

Swarbrick was a talented and pacey dribbler.^[6]

Source:^[7]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup Welsh Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Blackburn Rovers	1901–02	First Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1902–03	First Division	13	0	1	0	14	0
	Total		15	0	1	0	16	0
Brentford	1903–04	Southern League First Division	9	1	0	0	9	1
	1904–05	Southern League First Division	10	0	2	0	12	0
	Total		19	1	2	0	21	1
Grimsby Town	1905–06	Second Division	33	4	1	0	34	4
	1906–07	Second Division	34	8	2	0	36	8
	Total		67	18	3	0	70	12
Oldham Athletic	1907–08	Second Division	3	2	0	0	3	2
	1908–09	Second Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		4	2	0	0	4	2
Southport Central^[8]	1909–10	Lancashire Combination Division One	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoke	1910–11	Birmingham & District League / Southern League Second Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
Port Vale	1911–12	Central League	22	3	0	0	22	3
Swansea Town	1912–13	Southern League Second Division	22	0	9	2	31	2
Career total			152	18	15	4	167	22

Port Vale

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 285. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A Who's Who of Grimsby Town AFC 1890–1985. Hutton Press. p. 117. ISBN 0907033342.
^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 357. ISBN 0951526200.
^ "J Swarbrick has been transferred to Stoke. Brentford will profit over the deal by a small transfer fee". County of Middlesex Independent. 9 July 1910.
^ Matthews, Tony: "The Encyclopedia of Stoke City " (Lion Press, 1994, ISBN 1-85983-100-1)
^ Jackman, Mike (1994). Blackburn Rovers : the official encyclopaedia. Derby: Breedon. p. 220. ISBN 9781873626702. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
^ James Swarbrick at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
^ "Player Details". Port Online. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2017.