James Wall is an English retired

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

defender who played professionally in England and the United States. In July 1999, Wall signed with

Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'The ...

on a free transfer from

Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group. Founded in 1884 ...

where he had spent his youth years. He played fourteen games for Hereford, scoring one goal, in his first season, but went on loan to

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home groun ...

for nine games. On 6 April 2001, Wall transferred to the

Nashville Metros The Nashville Metros were an American soccer team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1989, the team most recently played in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the South A ...

of the

USL A-League The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, pl ...

. He was Second Team All League that season. In August 2001, Wall was back with Burton Albion. On 7 December 2001, Wall signed a three-year contract with the

Atlanta Silverbacks The Atlanta Silverbacks FC were an American professional soccer club based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1998 as Atlanta Ruckus, the club played in many leagues over the years before folding after the 2015 season. The team played its home game ...

.Atlanta Silverbacks sign defender James Wall
/ref> The Silverbacks released him before the 2003 season. After football James became a proficient player of snap and is often seen on late night trains in his role as quizmaster.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wall, James Living people 1980 births Atlanta Silverbacks FC players Burton Albion F.C. players English men's footballers English expatriate men's footballers Hereford United F.C. players Nashville Metros players USL First Division players Men's association football defenders English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Footballers from the London Borough of Sutton People from Carshalton