| James Raven | |
| Fullname: | James Raven[1] |
| Birth Date: | 29 March 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Nottingham, England |
| Death Place: | Nottingham, England |
| Height: | 5ft 11in |
| Position: | Right half |
| Years1: | 1931–1933 |
| Clubs1: | Notts County |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1933–1934 |
| Clubs2: | Folkestone |
| Years3: | 1934–1936 |
| Clubs3: | Brentford |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1936–1937 |
| Clubs4: | Bristol Rovers |
| Caps4: | 7 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1937–1939 |
| Clubs5: | Wrexham |
| Caps5: | 55 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 1946 |
| Clubs6: | Nottingham Corinthians |
| Clubs7: | East End |
| Clubs8: | Nottingham Co-operative Dairy |
James Raven (29 March 1908 – 2 January 1965) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford, Bristol Rovers and Wrexham as a right half.
A right half, Raven began his career at Second Division club Notts County and later dropped into non-League football to join Southern League Eastern Division club Folkestone.[2] Raven returned to the Football League to join Second Division club Brentford in 1934. He made one appearance for the club, in a 0–0 draw with Nottingham Forest on 28 February 1935.[3] Raven spent much of his time in the reserve team and won the 1934–35 London Challenge Cup with the team.[4] He later played in both the Third Division North and South for Wrexham and Bristol Rovers respectively, before his career was brought to a halt by the outbreak of the Second World War.[5]
Raven worked for Nottingham Co-operative Dairy for over 20 years.[6]
| Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brentford | 1934–35 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bristol Rovers | 1935–36 | Third Division South | 0 | 0 | ― | 1[7] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1936–37[8] | Third Division South | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[9] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Wrexham | 1937–38[10] | Third Division North | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1[11] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 1938–39[12] | Third Division North | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[13] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Total | 55 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 72 | 1 | |||
Brentford Reserves