Jamie Bates (footballer)

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Jamie Bates
Personal information
Full name James Alan Bates [1]
Date of birth (1968-02-24) 24 February 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Croydon, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Orient
Southampton
0000–1985 Crystal Palace
1985–1986 Brentford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1999 Brentford 419 (18)
1987 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 1 (0)
1999–2001 Wycombe Wanderers 80 (4)
Total500(22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Alan Bates (born 24 February 1968) is an English former professional footballer who made over 520 appearances for Brentford as a central defender. In a Football League 125th anniversary poll, Bates was named as the Brentford supporters' third all-time favourite player. [3] He also played league football for Wycombe Wanderers.

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Career

Brentford

1986–1994

After spells as a schoolboy with Southampton, Orient and Crystal Palace, [4] Bates joined Third Division club Brentford as a trainee in 1985. [5] After later signing non-contract terms, he made his senior debut in October 1986. [6] Owing to the fitness and form of Keith Millen and Terry Evans, Bates was unable to play his preferred centre back position, instead playing for long periods at full back. [1] Brentford became a threat in the Third Division in the late 1980s and early 1990s and Bates was part of the team which reached the FA Cup quarter-finals in the 1988–89 season (Bates appeared as late substitute for Andy Feeley as the Bees were beaten 4–0 by Liverpool at Anfield) and went out in the 1991 play-off semi-finals to Tranmere Rovers. [7]

Bates made 42 league appearances in a triumphant 1991–92 season for the Griffin Park club and won the first silverware of his career in the form of the Third Division championship. [1] Injury to Terry Evans saw Bates finally take over one of the centre back positions in the newly renamed First Division during the 1992–93 season, though the campaign ended with the league relegated back to the Second Division. [1] Under new manager David Webb, Bates was paired at centre back with Shane Westley during the 1993–94 season and took over the captaincy from Billy Manuel. [1]

1994–1999

1994–95 proved to be Bates' best season – paired with Barry Ashby in central defence, he won the club's Player of the Year award, [8] but at the end of the season he failed to convert a penalty in a playoff semi-final shootout to the eventually-promoted club Huddersfield Town. [1] The 1995–96 season was relatively uneventful, but things came together again in 1996–97, [6] with Bates making 45 appearances and scoring two goals as Brentford reached the 1997 Second Division play-off final. [9] The team, however, lost 1–0 to Crewe Alexandra at Wembley Stadium. [10]

Bates improved his appearance tally to 47 in the 1997–98 season, [11] but a poor campaign saw the Bees relegated to the Third Division on the final day. [12] The takeover of the club by Ron Noades during the 1998 off-season (who installed himself as manager) brought an influx of money and younger players. [13] Though he was still a regular, [14] Bates was soon superseded as captain by new record-signing Hermann Hreiðarsson. [1] He departed on a free transfer March 1999, [15] after making 526 appearances and scoring 24 goals in 13 years at Griffin Park. [1] As of January 2024, Bates is second behind Ken Coote on Brentford's all-time appearances list. [3]

Wycombe Wanderers

Bates signed a two-year contract with Second Division club Wycombe Wanderers on 26 March 1999. [15] It was his second spell with the club, after a brief loan during the 1986–87 season, [16] while the Chairboys were members of the Isthmian League Premier Division. [17] He made 101 appearances and scored seven goals before retiring at the end of the 2000–01 season. [18] [19] The highest profile match of Bates' career came in April 2001, when he played in the Chairboys' FA Cup semi-final versus Liverpool at Villa Park, though he gave away a free kick which led to Liverpool's second goal in the 2–1 defeat. [20]

Personal life

After retiring from professional football, Bates became a postman. [21] As of July 2010, Bates was working as a courier for a company in Orpington. [21]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1985–86 [22] Third Division 0000000000
1986–87 [22] 24100003 [lower-alpha 1] 0271
1987–88 [22] 23100102 [lower-alpha 1] 0261
1988–89 [22] 36120302 [lower-alpha 1] 0431
1989–90 [23] 15000303 [lower-alpha 1] 0210
1990–91 [6] 32200416 [lower-alpha 2] 0423
1991–92 [6] 42131502 [lower-alpha 1] 0522
1992–93 [6] First Division 24000417 [lower-alpha 3] 1352
1993–94 [6] Second Division 45220203 [lower-alpha 1] 0522
1994–95 [6] 38210204 [lower-alpha 4] 0452
1995–96 [6] 36450402 [lower-alpha 1] 0474
1996–97 [9] 37230406 [lower-alpha 5] 0502
1997–98 [11] 40120401 [lower-alpha 1] 0471
1998–99 [24] Third Division27131412 [lower-alpha 1] 0363
Total4191821240343152624
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 1986–87 [16] Isthmian League Premier Division10———10
Wycombe Wanderers 1998–99 [24] Second Division90———90
1999–00 [25] 321504000411
2000–01 [26] 39372411 [lower-alpha 1] 0516
Total81412281101027
Career total5002233448444162531
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ 4 appearances in Football League Trophy, 2 appearances in Third Division play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
  4. ↑ 2 appearances in Football League Trophy, 2 appearances in Second Division play-offs
  5. ↑ 3 appearances in Football League Trophy, 3 appearances in Second Division play-offs

Honours

Brentford

Individual

Notes

  1. ↑ Third-tier.
  2. ↑ Fourth-tier.

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  14. ↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 184.
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