James Colville (footballer)

James Colville ( dates unknown ) was a Scottish footballer who played from 1892 to 1895 for three years as a professional in England and nine appearances in the Football League First Division came.

Career

Colville played the early 1890s for the Annbank FC, ​​a club from the mining embossed Street Village Annbank who scored in Ayrshire before the turn of the century the dominant clubs. The club won in 1890 and 1892 Ayrshire Cup, 1892 the Ayrshire Football League and was 1891/92 against the Rangers in the quarter finals of the Scottish FA Cup. In October 1892 Colville joined the Scottish Amateur Football - the professionalism was allowed in Scotland until 1893 - for the north of England Manchester -based professional club Newton Heath, who played in the Football League First Division and the squad was composed predominantly of Scottish players. Colville was the first in a series of Annbank players that were active at Newton Heath in the following years. His strike partner on the left wing, Tommy Fitzsimmons, already followed a month later, hired subsequently also Will Davidson (1893 ), David Fitzsimmons (1895 ), James Vance (1896) and John Gourlay (1899 ) at Newton Heath on.

Colville debuted as a left winger on November 12, 1892 at a 1:3 home defeat against Notts County, a week later he formed with his former Annbank teammates Tommy Fitzsimmons in a 2-0 win over Aston Villa for the first time the left wing. The partnership had seven more games on hand, including in a 2-2 draw against Accrington Stanley, both as each contributed a hit. Newton Heath was the whole season at the end of the table and was reinforced in March 1893 for the forthcoming "Test matches" ( Play off ) against Small Heath with the Scots Joe Cassidy, the displaced Colville on the left wing. Colville was then neither in the last four games of the season, nor in the successful games for the league against Small Heath used.

At the end of the season he left Newton Heath, but remained in Greater Manchester and joined the Lancashire League for Fairfield Athletic. Fairfield aspired to join the Football League and probably Colville was there participating in the league win and reaching the main round of the FA Cup in the season 1894/95. As a practice player he was in the 1894/95 season also temporarily at Notts County, but had no further use in the Football League and returned in June 1895 Annbank FC to Scotland.