Jimmy Jay

English footballer (1879–1927)

Jimmy Jay

Jay while with Brentford in 1905.

Personal information
Full name|  James Jay[1]
Date of birth|  July 1879[2]
Place of birth|  Kingswood, England[2]
Date of death|  13 March 1927 (aged 47)[2]
Place of death|  Bristol, England
Position(s)|  Wing half
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
0000–1901|  Bristol East|  |
1901–1903|  Bristol City|  22|  (4)
1903–1908|  Brentford|  153|  (4)
1908–1910|  Brentford|  53|  (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Jay (July 1879 – 13 March 1927) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Bristol City. He is the record Southern League appearance-maker for Brentford and was posthumously inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in 2015.

## Career

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### Bristol City

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A wing half, Jay joined Football League Second Division club Bristol City from Western League Second Division high-flyers Bristol East in September 1901.[3][4][5] He made 21 appearances and scored four goals,[2] before departing at the end of the 1902–03 season.[1]

### Brentford

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Jay joined Southern League First Division club Brentford in June 1903.[1] He was a regular member of the team until his release at the end of the 1907–08 season.[6] In September 1908,[7] the Bees' management had a change of heart and brought Jay back for two further seasons and gave him a testimonial against Clapton Orient.[1] Jay's 206 Southern League appearances is a club record and he made over 225 senior appearances for Brentford,[8] scoring eight goals.[1]

## Personal life

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After being released from Brentford in 1908, Jay became a pub landlord in his native Bristol.[1]

## Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition  Club  | Season  | League  | FA Cup  | Total

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Division  | Apps  | Goals  | Apps  | Goals  | Apps  | Goals
Brentford | 1903–04[8] | Southern League First Division  | 22  | 1  | 4  | 0  | 26  | 1
1904–05[8] | Southern League First Division  | 28  | 2  | 3  | 0  | 31  | 2
1905–06[8] | Southern League First Division  | 32  | 1  | 4  | 0  | 36  | 1
1906–07[8] | Southern League First Division  | 37  | 0  | 4  | 0  | 41  | 0
1907–08[8] | Southern League First Division  | 34  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 36  | 0
Total  | 153  | 4  | 17  | 0  | 170  | 4
Brentford  | 1908–09[8] | Southern League First Division  | 31  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 33  | 1
1909–10[8] | Southern League First Division  | 22  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 22  | 0
Total  | 206  | 5  | 19  | 0  | 225  | 5
Career total  | 206  | 5  | 19  | 0  | 225  | 5

## Honours

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Bristol East

* Western League Second Division: 1900–01[9]

Individual

* Brentford Hall of Fame[10]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 77\. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
2. ^ a b c d Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 152\. ISBN 978-1905891610.
3. ^ "Jimmy Jay". Citystats – Unofficial archive of results, players and managers. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
4. ^ "Playing Record". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
5. ^ "The Football Association – Season 1901–02 – Summary Of Professional Registrations". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Archived from the original on 27 April 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
6. ^ White, p. 91-92.
7. ^ "The Football Association – Season 1908–09 – Summary Of Professional Registrations". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
8. ^ a b c d e f g h White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 357–360\. ISBN 0951526200.
9. ^ Bristol East F.C. at the Football Club History Database
10. ^ Wickham, Chris. "Kevin O'Connor and Marcus Gayle join others in being added to Brentford FC Hall of Fame". brentfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

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Brentford F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees

1991|

* Coote
* Hopkins
* James
* MacDonald

2012|

* Holder

2013|

* Graham
* Hawley
* Holdsworth
* Ross

2014|

* Booker
* Evans
* Francis
* Gelson
* Millen
* Nelmes
* Salman

2015|

* Bain
* Bateman
* Blissett
* Bristow
* Brodie
* Cakebread
* Cartmell
* Charlton
* Curtis
* Gayle
* Gorman
* Halliday
* Hendren
* Holliday
* Horne
* Jay
* Jones
* J. Lane
* McCulloch
* Monk
* Muttitt
* O'Connor
* Rainford
* Rhodes
* W. Scott
* Smith
* Towers
* Underwood

2016|

* Higginson
* Owusu

2017|

* Phillips
* Saunders

2018|

* Bragg
* Cross
* Dargie
* Poyser

2019|

* Bence
* Crozier
* Gaskell
* Phillips
* Price

2020|

* Roberts

2024|

* Blunstone
* Crook
* Dare
* Docherty
* Hurlock
* Jansson
* Kamara
* W. Lane
* McKenzie
* A. Scott

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