Jimmy Boswell

Jimmy Boswell

Football player infobox
playername = Jimmy Boswell


fullname = James Boswell
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1922|3|13|df=y
cityofbirth = Chester
countryofbirth = England
position = Wing half
years =

1946–1958
1958–1959
1959–1961
1961–?
clubs =Chester
Sheffield Wednesday
(wartime guest)
Gillingham
Gravesend & Northfleet
Tonbridge
Canterbury City
caps(goals) =000 (0)


470 (6) [Comprises 2 Kent League appearances, 126 Southern League appearances and 342 Football League appearances] |manageryears=1966|managerclubs=Gillingham (caretaker)
Chatham Town
pcupdate = 4/10/2008

James "Jimmy" Boswell (born 13 March 1922) is an English former professional footballer. He played for Gillingham from 1946 until 1958, making 342 appearances in the Football League, and appeared in more FA Cup matches than any other player in the club's history.

Career

Born in Chester, Boswell joined local football club Chester F.C. upon leaving school, initially as an amateur. He remained with the club until the outbreak of the Second World War, but never made it to the club's first team.cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001| id=ISBN 0-7524-2243-X|pages=p61] During the war he served with the Royal Engineers and also made appearances as a guest player for Sheffield Wednesday during unofficial wartime competitions.cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| pages=p62] He was later posted to Barton Stacey in Hampshire, where he helped his unit's football team win a major Army Football Association trophy. Upon leaving the army in 1946 he joined Gillingham, who at the time were playing in the Kent League. Manager Archie Clark also signed Jackie Briggs, George Forrester, Hughie Russell and Vic Hole, all of whom had served with Boswell at Barton Stacey and played with him in the unit football team.

Boswell missed only two matches during the 1946–47 season as Gillingham won the Kent League championship by a margin of one point.cite book | first=Tony|last= Brown | title=The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record| publisher=Soccerdata| year=2003| id=ISBN 1-8994-6820-X|pages=p56] The following season the club played in the Southern Football League and Boswell was again a regular as the team finished in second place.cite book | first=Tony|last= Brown | title=The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record| pages=p57] In the 1948–49 season Gillingham won the Southern League championship.cite book | first=Tony|last= Brown | title=The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record| pages=p58] By the time the club was elected back into the Football League in 1950 Boswell had played over 100 times, and had become the team's captain.cite book | first=Tony|last= Brown | title=The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record|pages=pp58–59] He remained one of the club's most consistent players until 1958, playing over 40 times in each season to take his total number of appearances to more than 500.cite book | first=Tony|last= Brown | title=The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record| pages=pp60–67] He also played 36 times in the FA Cup, a club record.

At the end of the 1957–58 season Boswell, now aged 36, left Gillingham to play for non-league team Gravesend & Northfleet. He later played for Tonbridge and Canterbury City before retiring. In 1964 he returned to Gillingham as team trainer, a position he held for five years. In January 1966 he took over as caretaker manager after the resignation of Freddie Cox, and guided the team to two victories before stepping down upon the arrival of new manager Basil Hayward. He also had a spell as manager of non-league Chatham Town, and coached the football team of the Kent Police. In later life he lived in the Lordswood area of Chatham.

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