James Logan (24 June 1870 – 25 May 1896) was a Scottish professional

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. He was most famous for scoring a

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in the

1894 FA Cup Final The 1894 FA Cup Final was contested by Notts County and Bolton Wanderers at Goodison Park. Notts County won 4–1, with goals by James Logan (3) and Arthur Watson. Jim Cassidy scored for Bolton. Notts County became the first team from outside ...

for

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in a 4–1 victory over

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pik ...

Playing career

Logan started his career at

Ayr Ayr (; sco, Ayr; gd, Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. It is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire council area and the historic county town of Ayrshire. With a population ...

. On 21 March 1891, he scored on his full

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debut, finishing on the winning team in a 4–3 victory over

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. He came to the attention of

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that day and in 1891 signed for them, making two appearances as Sunderland won the 1891/1892 season. In October 1892 he returned to Ayr F.C. briefly before signing for

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for a transfer fee of £30. He played ten times for them in the 1892/1893 season, scoring on seven occasions, and followed that up with one goal in four games before

signed him. Notts County at this point were a Second Division Club, but this only helped Logan as he went on to score 21 goals in 21 games, guiding the club to their second

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. Notts County eliminated three clubs from the First Division to reach the final and beat Bolton Wanderers 4–1, Jimmy Logan scoring a hat-trick to seal the victory. Logan moved on to play two games for

Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...

and later

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, scoring eight goals in the nine games, before transferring to

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. It was here than his career ended. Loughborough on their way to play Newton Heath discovered that their kit had been lost. Unable to borrow any shirts, Loughborough had to take to the field wearing their ordinary clothes. Rain fell heavily throughout the 90 minutes, and at the end of a 0–2 defeat, Loughborough's players had to return home wearing the very clothes they had played the match in. Logan caught a cold, which he managed to shake off, but not long after scoring in a 4–1 victory in the final game of the season against

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, Logan relapsed, developed

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and died, aged 25.

Honours

;

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winners:

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External links

1894 FA Cup FinalFootballs Fallen

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Logan, James 1870 births 1896 deaths Scottish footballers Scotland international footballers Sunderland A.F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players People from Troon Ayr F.C. players Loughborough F.C. players English Football League players Deaths from pneumonia in England Association footballers not categorized by position Footballers from South Ayrshire FA Cup Final players