Jimmy Lindsay (footballer, born 1949)

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Jimmy Lindsay
Personal information
Full name James Young Lindsay [1]
Date of birth (1949-07-12) 12 July 1949 (age 75) [1]
Place of birth Hamilton, Scotland [1]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Possilpark YMCA
1966–1968 West Ham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1968–1971 West Ham United 39 (2)
1971–1974 Watford 65 (12)
1974–1975 Colchester United 45 (6)
1975–1977 Hereford United 79 (6)
1977–1981 Shrewsbury Town 86 (0)
Total314(26)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Young Lindsay (born 12 July 1949) is a Scottish former footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder for West Ham United, Watford, Colchester United, Hereford United and Shrewsbury Town. He amassed over 300 Football League appearances in a career spanning 13 years, collecting two Third Division winners medals with Hereford and Shrewsbury in the process.

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Career

West Ham United

Born in Hamilton, Lindsay began his career with West Ham United in the Football League after joining from amateur club Possilpark YMCA in Scotland. [1] He signed on professional terms with the club in summer 1966, initially as a striker, making his first-team debut coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 away defeat to Burnley on 8 October 1968. [3] He found it difficult to break into the first-team, scoring his first goal ten months after he was handed his debut, [4] in a 2–1 First Division defeat to Stoke City. [3] In three years as a professional with the club, Lindsay scored twice in 39 league appearances, [5] with his second and final goal for the Hammers coming on 31 January 1970 during a 3–2 defeat at Burnley, the club he made his debut against, and played his final game on 10 April 1971, a 1–0 defeat to Nottingham Forest. [3]

Watford

Lindsay was signed by Watford for £20,000 from West Ham in May 1971. [6] He scored 12 goals from midfield in 65 league games for the club between 1971 and 1974, [7] making his debut in a Second Division 3–0 defeat away at Fulham. At the end of his first season with the club, Lindsay was placed on the transfer list with a valuation of £20,000, but remained with the club until he was released two years later. He played his final Watford game in a 1–0 FA Cup victory over Chelmsford City on 24 November 1973. [6]

Colchester United

Colchester United signed Lindsay on a free transfer from Watford in July 1974. [1] He was a regular figure in the first-team for Colchester during the 1974–75 season, his only season with the club, making 45 league appearances and scoring six goals. [8] He made his debut for the U's on 17 August in a 1–1 draw with his former club Watford at Layer Road, [9] and scored his first goal in the following game, a 1–0 League Cup win over Oxford United. [10] He scored his final goal for the club on 22 April 1975 in a 2–0 win over Blackburn Rovers [11] and made his final appearance in the final game of the season, a 3–2 home win against Bury. [12] In the summer of 1975, he was sold to Hereford United for £15,000. [1]

Hereford United

After making his debut on 16 August 1975 against Port Vale, [13] Lindsay was ever-present during his first season with Hereford, scoring twice in 46 league appearances [14] on the way to helping the club win the Third Division title. [1] In total, he made 79 appearances and scored six goals in two seasons with the Bulls, [15] but could not prevent the club from being relegated back to the Third Division in his second season. [6] He made his final appearance for Hereford on 14 May 1977 against Leyton Orient. [13]

Shrewsbury Town

Lindsay signed for Shrewsbury Town in August 1977 from Hereford and would make 86 appearances for the club, [16] including helping the club finish first in the Third Division in the 1978–79 season. [6]

Personal life

Once he had retired from the game, Lindsay settled in Shrewsbury and now runs a pub in the town. [17]

Honours

Hereford United
Shrewsbury Town
All honours referenced by: [18]

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