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James Donnelly (footballer)

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James Donnelly
James Donnelly, Brentford FC footballer, 1926
Donnelly while with Brentford in 1926.
Personal details
Born (1893-12-18)18 December 1893[1]
Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland[1]
Died 3 June 1959(1959-06-03) (aged 65)[1]
England[1]

James Elliot Donnelly (18 December 1893 – 3 June 1959) was an Irish professional football player and manager. As a player, he played as a full back in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers, Accrington Stanley, Southend United, Brentford and Thames .[2][3] After his retirement as a player, Donnelly became a manager and coach and as part of an FA coaching programme,[1] he was sent abroad and managed Građanski Zagreb, Fenerbahçe, Turkey and Amsterdamsche FC.[4][5][6][7][8] He also held coaching roles at Thames , in Belgium and at AS Ambrosiana-Inter.[1][9]

Personal life[]

Donnelly served in the Royal Artillery during the First World War.[10]

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southend United 1924–25[11] Third Division South 42 0 3 0 45 0
Brentford 1925–26[12] Third Division South 39 0 2 0 41 0
1926-27[12] 39 1 5 0 44 1
1927–28[12] 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 79 1 7 0 86 1
Career total 121 1 10 0 131 1

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Lost Legends: Mayo's Enigmatic Sports Stars – James Donnelly: Clare St to the Kadıköy King". North Mayo Heritage Centre. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 84. ISBN 190589161X. 
  3. ↑ "Donnelly Jim Image 1 Accrington Stanley 1922" (in en-GB). https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/donnelly-jim-image-1-accrington-1922/. 
  4. ↑ "Popis trenera kroz povijest." (in hr). povijest.gnkdinamo.hr. http://povijest.gnkdinamo.hr/osoblje/treneri-kroz-povijest.html. 
  5. ↑ "Turkey National Team Coaches". http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/tur-coach.html. 
  6. ↑ "A Milli Takım Teknik Direktörleri TFF". http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=321. 
  7. ↑ "Waarde Clubgenoot". https://afc.courant.nu/issue/SC/1938-06-15/edition/null/page/3. 
  8. ↑ "Historisch overzicht". https://afc.courant.nu/issue/JBB/2010-01-01/edition/null/page/8. 
  9. ↑ "L'inglese Donnelly del "Birmingham" consulente tecnico all' "Ambrosiana"". http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=2983&p=4#page/4/mode/2up. 
  10. ↑ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees – Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 49. ISBN 0955294916. OCLC 316718484. 
  11. ↑ "SUFCdb | Player Profile". http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/profile.php?p=91. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 White, Eric, ed (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 368–369. ISBN 0951526200. 
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