- Jimmy Warner
Infobox Football biography
playername = Jimmy Warner
fullname = James Warner
dateofbirth = birth date|1865|4|15|df=y
cityofbirth =Lozells ,Birmingham
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1943|11|7|1865|4|15|df=y
cityofdeath =Pittsburgh
countryofdeath =United States
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs = Milton
years = 1886–1892
1892–1893
1893–1894
clubs = Aston Villa
Newton Heath
Walsall Town Swifts
caps(goals) = 75 (0)
22 (0)
12 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =James "Jimmy" Warner (15 April 1865 – 7 July 1943) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Aston Villa and Newton Heath in the late 19th century. He helped Aston Villa win the
FA Cup in 1887.Football career
Aston Villa
Born in
Lozells ,Birmingham , Warner began his football career with Milton, before moving to Aston Villa in May 1886. He played for Aston Villa for six years, making a total of 101 appearances in all competitions. In 1887, he was a member of the Villa side which defeated Rangers 3–1 in theFA Cup semi-final , to set up a final against local rivals West Bromwich Albion. In the final, played atKennington Oval on 2 April 1887, Albion were the favourites having been (defeated) finalists the previous year, and also having defeated Preston North End in the semi-final. In the first twenty minutes of the final, the Villa defence was put under heavy pressure, but "Warner played a brave game in goal, repeatedly foiling Albion's attempts to charge him, ball in hand, over his own goal-line." [cite web |title= FA Cup Final 1887 |work=www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk |url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1887.html |accessdate=2008-09-07 ] Warner successfully prevented the Albion forwards from scoring, and in the second half Villa score twice with with goals byArchie Hunter andDennis Hodgetts , to win the cup for the first time.On 8 September 1888, Villa made their first appearance in
The Football League on the first day of the inaugural season, 1888-89. In the match against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Warner was in goal when defenderGershom Cox "had the misfortune of kicking the ball through his own goalposts". [cite book |first=Philip |last=Gibbons |title=Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900 |year=2001 |publisher=Upfront Publishing |pages=p.106 |isbn=1-844260-35-6 ] Thus Cox scored and Warner conceded the first goal in the Football League. [cite web |title= Football: Come in number 500,000 (Article on "landmark" goals) |work=The Independent |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060808/ai_n16662286 |accessdate=2008-09-07 ]In the first three league seasons, Warner was virtually ever-present, missing only two matches, with Villa gaining the runners-up spot in 1888-89. The following season, Villa were less successful finishing eighth in the table and were one of five clubs having to apply to be re-elected to the league. 1890-91 was similar, with Villa finishing ninth and again having to suffer "the indignation of the re-election process". [Gibbons, p.139.]
In 1891-92, injury restricted Warner to only eleven league appearances with
Albert Hinchley replacing him. Warner was able to recover to appear in all five FA Cup matches, when Villa reached the final where they again met local rivals West Bromwich Albion. In the final, played atKennington Oval on 19 March 1892, Warner and his colleagues in the Villa defence were no match forBilly Bassett and the Albion forwards who won the match comfortably 3–0, with goals fromJasper Geddes ,Sammy Nicholls and Jack Reynolds. [cite web |title=FA Cup Final 1892 |work=www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk |url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1892.html |accessdate=2008-09-07 ]Villa finished the 1891-92 in fourth place in the league, but Warner's Villa career was over and, in July 1892, he was transferred to Newton Heath in
Manchester .Newton Heath
He became Newton Heath's first choice goalkeeper straight away in their first season in
the Football League and made 20 consecutive appearances at the start of the season.cite book |last=Shury |first=Alan |coauthors=& Landamore, Brian |title=The Definitive Newton Heath F.C. |publisher=SoccerData |date=2005 |isbn=1899468161 |pages=pp.6-8 ] However, he failed to show up for an away match against Stoke City on 7 January 1893, resulting in centre-halfWillie Stewart having to play as a makeshift goalkeeper; the team lost 7–1. Warner explained to the club directors that he had missed his train toStoke , but they were unconvinced and suspended him for a month. [cite book |last=White |first=John D. T. |title=The Official Manchester United Almanac |edition=1st edition |date=2008-05-29 |publisher=Orion Books |location=London |isbn=978-0-7528-9192-7 |pages=pp.7–8 |chapter=January ] After his suspension was up, Warner made just three more appearances for Newton Heath (two in the league and one in the Manchester Senior Cup), and was sold to Walsall Town Swifts at the end of the season.Walsall Town Swifts
His career at Walsall was short-lived too, and he retired in 1894. [cite book |last=Barnes |first=Justyn |coauthors=Adam Bostock, Cliff Butler, Jim Ferguson, David Meek, Andy Mitten, Sam Pilger, Frank Taylor OBE & Tom Tyrell |title=The Official Manchester United Illustrated Encyclopedia |publisher=Manchester United Books |date=2001 |location=London |isbn=0-233-99964-7 |pages=p.121 ]
Warner died in
Pittsburgh ,United States , on 7 July 1943. [cite web |title=Warner, James (Jimmy) |work=Aston Villa player database |url=http://web.telia.com/~u27301997/1397.html |accessdate=2008-09-07 ]Honours
;Aston Villa
*FA Cup winner: 1887
*FA Cup runner-up: 1892
*Football League runner-up: 1888-89References
External links
* [http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/playermenu/warner_jimmy.html Newton Heath career summary]
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