Jimmy Shields (footballer)

Jimmy Shields (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername = Jimmy Shields


fullname = Robert James Shields
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1931|09|26|df=y
cityofbirth = Derry
countryofbirth = Northern Ireland
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = height|ft=5|in=8
position = Centre forward
currentclub =
youthyears =
youthclubs = Londonderry Boys Club
years = 1952–1954
1954–1956
1956–1959
1959–1961
1961–????
clubs = Crusaders
Sunderland
Southampton
Headington United
South Shields
caps(goals) =
00 0(0)
38 (20)
05 0(1)

nationalyears = 1956
nationalteam = Northern Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 0(0)
manageryears =
managerclubs =

Robert James Shields (born 26 September 1931) is a retired Northern Irish professional footballer who played at centre forward for Southampton in the late 1950s, and was a Northern Ireland international player.

Playing career

Shields was born in Derry and a Northern Ireland youth international. He started his professional career in Belfast with Crusaders and was part of the Crusaders side which claimed their first major honour, the 1953 Ulster Cup. He was rewarded with an inter-league appearance (in a 5–0 defeat by the Football League at Windsor Park in September 1953) and an Amateur cap (when he scored in a 3–2 win over Wales in January 1954). He moved to England in March 1954 when was signed by Sunderland but failed to break into their first team.

In July 1956 he moved to the south coast to join Southampton for a fee of £1000 which was funded by the Saints Supporters Club. He was the first signing of "Saints'" newly appointed manager Ted Bates, having set the deal up on his way to Scotland for a holiday. [cite book | author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk | title=In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC | publisher=Hagiology | year=2003| pages=pp.577 |isbn=0-9534474-3-X] Described by Holley & Chalk as a "strong, forceful forward" [cite book | author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk | title=The Alphabet of the Saints| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992|pages=p.305| id=ISBN 0-9514862-3-3] he was selected for the Northern Ireland team for a match against Scotland on 7 November 1956. [cite web | title= Scotland 1 Northern Ireland 0 (7 Nov 1956)| work=www.londonhearts.com| url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/games/19561107.html| accessdate=January 2 | accessyear=2008]

He scored on his "Saints" debut on 18 August 1956 and scored eleven goals in the opening twelve matches. The goals then dried up somewhat, until a flurry of four in the final four matches. Over the season he was almost a match for fellow striker Derek Reeves scoring a total of 18 league goals as Saints narrowly missed out on promotion from Football League Third Division South. A broken leg suffered in a reserve match in September 1957 resulted in Shields missing the entire 1957–58 season. He played just three times in 1958–59 before leaving Southampton for Headington United of the Southern League in March 1959.

In 1961 he returned to the north east where he played for South Shields whilst resuming his original career as a joiner.

Honours

;Crusaders
*Ulster Cup: 1953

References

External links

* [http://nifootball.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-shields.html Northern Ireland profile]
* [http://www.rageonline.co.uk/mainpage.php?type=player&player_id=461&range=P Details of Headington career]


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