James Birch

James Birch

James Birch (born Blackwell, Derbyshire 1888, died 1940) was an English footballer who played mainly with QPR.

Birch was signed by QPR manager James Cowan from his former club Aston Villa. Birch had scored 49 goals for Villa's reserves in two seasons but was only a fringe player at the midlands club, and this form prompted Rangers to sign him in 1912. Birch was small in stature - only 5 feet 7 inches - but he was a stocky and bustling inside-forward. He made his debut in the September against Plymouth Argyle and scored both goals in a 2-1 win. Had the First World War not intervened it is very possible that he would have played in excess of 500 games for QPR and ended up as the club's all-time leading scorer.Although never really prolific he was an extremely consistent goalscorer who could usually be relied on to score 15+ a season.

He went on to play 334 league games (363 in all competitions) for Rangers, scoring 125 league goals (144 in all). He stands 3rd in the all-time list of leading scorers at QPR. In 1926 he was transferred to Brentford.

References

*cite book | author=Macey, Gordon | title=Queens Park Rangers - A Complete Record | publisher=The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited| year=1993| id=ISBN 978-1-873626-40-5


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