Jock Robertson

Football player infobox| playername= Jock Robertson
fullname = James Walter Robertson
nickname =


dateofbirth = 21 February 1898
dateofdeath= 29 December 1970
cityofdeath= Rochester
cityofbirth = Chatham
countryofbirth = England
countryofdeath =England
height = unknown
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Defender
years=?–1919
1919-1933
1933–?
clubs=Chatham Centrals
Gillingham
Canterbury Waverley
caps(goals) =unknown
365 (1) [Includes both Southern League and Football League appearances.]
unknown
manageryears = | managerclubs=| nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 15 August 2007

James Walter "Jock" Robertson (21 February 1898 – 29 December 1970) was an English association football player who played professionally for Gillingham. He joined the club while it was still playing non-league football and went on to set a club record for the most matches played in the Football League, making over 350 appearances.

Career

Robertson was born in Chatham and shortly after the First World War played for local team Chatham Centrals. Upon his demobilisation from the Army in November 1919 he signed for professional club Gillingham,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=p26] at the time playing in the Southern Football League, but had to wait until the following April to make his debut for the team, which came in an away match against Southend United. He played in seven of the team's final eight matches of the season. [cite book
last = Brown
first = Tony
coauthors =
title = The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record
publisher = Soccerdata
year = 2003
isbn = 1-8994-6820-X
pages =p.33]

At the end of the 1919–20 season, the Southern League Division One was absorbed into the Football League to form the new Third Division, and Robertson played in the club's first ever Football League match against Southampton on 28 August 1920. [cite book
last = Brown
first = Tony
coauthors =
title = The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record
pages =p.34] Over the next thirteen seasons he made over 350 Football League appearances, a club record which stood for over 30 years. [cite book
last = Triggs
first = Roger
coauthors =
title = Gillingham Football Club: A Chronology 1893-1984
publisher = Kent County Libraries
year = 1984
isbn =
pages = p13] At the end of the 1932–33 season he left Priestfield Stadium to join non-league club Canterbury Waverley. Details of his career beyond that point are unknown. He died in Rochester in 1970.

Career statistics

References