| James Cleland | |
| Fullname: | James Cleland |
| Birth Date: | 7 October 1869 |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Position: | Outside left |
| Years1: | –1893 |
| Clubs1: | Minerva |
| Years2: | 1893–1894 |
| Clubs2: | Third Lanark |
| Caps2: | 11 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 1894–1896 |
| Clubs3: | St Bernard's |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 1895 |
| Clubs4: | → Liverpool (loan) |
| Caps4: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1896–1897 |
| Clubs5: | Abercorn |
| Caps5: | 5 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 1897–1898 |
| Clubs6: | Partick Thistle |
| Caps6: | 6 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
James Cleland (7 October 1869 – 16 November 1942) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left.[1]
Cleland made one appearance for Liverpool, in the test match against Bury at the end of the 1894–95 season. Injuries to key players meant that Cleland got the chance to play for the club, following his loan from Edinburgh club St Bernard's.[2]
Cleland was born on 7 October 1869 in Glasgow to Matthew Cleland, a mercantile clerk, and Margaret Lithgow Cleland .[3] Cleland married to Agnes Hutchison Rankin on 26 December 1901 in Glasgow.[4] He died on 16 November 1942 in Glasgow at the age of 73.[5]