James Broad (10 November 1891 – 22 August 1963) was an English
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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for various
Football League
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clubs in the 1910s and 1920s, including
Oldham Athletic
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,
Stoke
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and
Everton.
His brother
Tommy
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was also a footballer.
Career
Born in
Stalybridge
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, Cheshire (now
Greater Manchester
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), Broad began his football career with
St Mark's (West Gorton), before moving to
Stalybridge Celtic
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. He joined Manchester City in 1911,
Manchester United
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in 1912, and then
Oldham Athletic
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in 1913, without having made an appearance for either United or City. In his one season with Oldham, Broad made 15 appearances and scored five goals, but he was allowed to join
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of Scotland in 1914. He returned to England with
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in 1919, scoring 39 goals in 54 games for the club, mostly in the
Southern Football League
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.
Broad was brought to
Stoke
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Berkshire
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Bristol
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by wealthy director John Slater along with his brother
Tommy
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. The idea was that winger Tommy would supply crosses for Jimmy to convert and it worked very well as in
1921–22 Stoke gained promotion with Jimmy top-scoring with 27 goals.
However Stoke struggled in the
First Division and despite Jimmy scoring 26 goals Stoke were relegated back to the Second Division. In
1923–24 a promotion challenge failed to materialise and at the end of the season the board decided to reduce the wage bill by releasing ten players which included the Broad brothers.
Jimmy and eight unwanted teammates arrived at the
Victoria Ground
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and ransacked the offices causing a considerable amount of damage.
He joined
Everton in 1924, via
Sittingbourne
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, and scored eight goals in 18 games for the Toffees. In 1925, he moved to
New Brighton, for whom he scored three goals in 11 matches, and then he joined
Watford
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in 1926. After just one game for Watford, in which he scored a goal, Broad was sacked for a breach of discipline. He moved into non-league football with
Caernarvon Town and
Taunton Town
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, before returning to New Brighton at the age of 38. However, he did not make any appearances for New Brighton before joining
Fleetwood
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.
He then went on to do some coaching with
Deportivo de La Coruña
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in Spain as well as in Turkey, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Holland and South Africa.
At the age of 40 in 1931 he finally settled down taking up the post of groundsman at
Chelmsford City
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a position he kept until his death in 1963.
Career statistics
Source:
Honours
; Stoke
*
Football League Second Division
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runner-up:
1922–23
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1891 births
1963 deaths
People from Stalybridge
English footballers
Association football forwards
Manchester City F.C. players
Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players
Manchester United F.C. players
Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
Greenock Morton F.C. players
Millwall F.C. players
Stoke City F.C. players
Sittingbourne F.C. players
Everton F.C. players
New Brighton A.F.C. players
Watford F.C. players
Caernarfon Town F.C. players
Taunton Town F.C. players
Fleetwood Town F.C. players
English Football League players
Chelmsford City F.C. non-playing staff
Association football coaches