| Jimmy Stephenson | |
| Fullname: | James Stephenson[1] |
| Birth Date: | 10 February 1895 |
| Birth Place: | New Delaval, England |
| Death Place: | Newcastle-under-Lyme, England |
| Height: | [2] |
| Position: | Outside right |
| Years1: | –1913 |
| Clubs1: | New Delaval Villa |
| Years2: | 1913–1921 |
| Clubs2: | Aston Villa |
| Caps2: | 31 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 1916–1919 |
| Clubs3: | → Leeds City (guest) |
| Caps3: | 36 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 1921–1922 |
| Clubs4: | Sunderland |
| Caps4: | 21 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 1922–1927 |
| Clubs5: | Watford |
| Caps5: | 195 |
| Goals5: | 18 |
| Years6: | 1927–1928 |
| Clubs6: | Queens Park Rangers |
| Caps6: | 18 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1928–1930 |
| Clubs7: | Boston Town |
| Years8: | 1930 |
| Clubs8: | New Delaval Villa |
| Years9: | 1930–1931 |
| Clubs9: | Ashington |
| Clubs10: | New Delaval Villa |
James Stephenson (10 February 1895 – 1 February 1958) was an English professional footballer who made over 190 appearances in the Football League for Watford as an outside right.[3] [4] He also played league football for Aston Villa, Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers.
Stephenson's brothers were England international footballers Clem and George and he was the uncle of sportsman Bob Stephenson. In May 1917, nearly three years since the outbreak of the First World War, Stephenson enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery and saw action on the Western Front and later served as part of the British Army of the Rhine.[5] For a period while a professional footballer, he ran the Nascot Arms pub in Watford.
| Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Aston Villa | 1914–15[6] | First Division | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| 1919–20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1920–21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |||
| Total | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | |||
| Sunderland | 1921–22[7] | First Division | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| Watford | 1922–23[8] | Third Division South | 38 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 4 | |
| 1923–24 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 4 | |||
| 1924–25 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 3 | |||
| 1925–26 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 6 | |||
| 1926–27 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 3 | |||
| Total | 195 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 209 | 20 | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | 1927–28[9] | Third Division South | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Career total | 266 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 282 | 27 | |||