Jackie Chalmers

Jackie Chalmers
Personal information
Full name John Chalmers[1]
Date of birth 16 October 1886[1]
Place of birth Beith, Scotland[1]
Date of death Unknown
Playing position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1903 Rutherglen Glencairn
1904–1905 Rangers 1 (0)
1905 Beith
1905–1907 Stoke 40 (19)
1908 Bristol Rovers
1908–1910 Clyde
1910–1911 Woolwich Arsenal 48 (21)
1911–1913 Greenock Morton
1913 West Stanley
1913 Clyde
1914 Shelbourne
Total 89 (40)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

John "Jackie" Chalmers (1885 – unknown) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke and Woolwich Arsenal.[1]

Career

Chalmers was born in Beith and started his career with Rutherglen Glencairn before turning professional with Rangers.[1] He moved to Stoke City in January 1906 and made an instant impact scoring five goals in five games.[1] He was the club's top scorer in the 1906–07 season, though they were relegated from the First Division.[1] In all he scored 19 goals in 40 appearances but was released in the summer of 1907. He had a spell at Southern League Bristol Rovers, before moving back north of the border to join Clyde in November 1908. In 1909–10 Chalmers was in Clyde's side that reached the Scottish Cup final, which they eventually lost to Dundee in the second replay.

In October 1910 Chalmers was tempted south of the border again, signing for Woolwich Arsenal. Arsenal had been ailing in the First Division; they had only scored twice in their first six matches of the 1910–11 season and were languishing in seventeenth place. Chalmers made his debut against Bradford City on 8 October 1910 and soon had an immediate impact on Arsenal's season, scoring fifteen league goals (and one in the FA Cup, making him the club's top scorer with sixteen), as Arsenal finished a comfortable tenth.

Chalmers was a first-team starter the next season, but lost his place to Alf Common, who had been moved from inside-forward to centre-forward. Chalmers was unhappy playing for Arsenal's reserves and was transferred to Morton in March 1912.

Career statistics

Source:[2]

Club Season League FA Cup Glasgow Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers 1904–05[3] Scottish Division One 10222052
Stoke 1905–06 First Division 5500—55
1906–07 First Division 261130—2911
1907–08 Second Division 9300—93
Total 401930—4319
Woolwich Arsenal 1910–11 First Division 291521—3116
1911–12 First Division 19610—206
Total 482131—5122
Career Total 894083209943

References

Specific
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ↑ Jackie Chalmers at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  3. ↑ "Chalmers, John". Fitbastats.
General
  • Harris, Jeff (1995). Hogg, Tony, ed. Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.
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