Jimmy Belcher Explained

Jimmy Belcher
Fullname:	James Alfred Belcher
Birth Date:	31 October 1932
Birth Place:	Stepney, England
Death Place:	Barking, England
Position:	Wing half
Youthclubs1:	Leyton Orient
Years1:	1950–1951
Clubs1:	Leyton Orient
Caps1:	0
Goals1:	0
Years2:	1951–1952
Clubs2:	Snowdown Colliery Welfare
Years3:	1952–1954
Clubs3:	West Ham United
Caps3:	0
Goals3:	0
Years4:	1954–1958
Clubs4:	Crystal Palace
Caps4:	128
Goals4:	22
Years5:	1958–1961
Clubs5:	Ipswich Town
Caps5:	27
Goals5:	0
Years6:	1961–1962
Clubs6:	Brentford
Caps6:	30
Goals6:	1
Years7:	1962–1963
Clubs7:	Margate
Caps7:	0
Goals7:	0
Totalcaps:	185
Totalgoals:	23

James Alfred Belcher (31 October 1932 – October 2023) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.

Career

Born in Stepney, Belcher played for Leyton Orient, Snowdown Colliery Welfare, West Ham United, Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town, Brentford and Margate.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Personal life and death

As of November 2013, Belcher lived in Rainham, Kent. He died in Barking, London in October 2023.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Crystal Palace	1954–55^[4]	Third Division South	38	12	2	0	—		—		40	12
	1955–56	Third Division South	36	6	2	0	—		—		38	6
	1956–57	Third Division South	31	4	4	0	—		—		35	4
	1957–58	Third Division South	23	0	2	0	—		—		25	0
	Total		128	22	10	0	—		—		138	22
Ipswich Town	1958–59^[5]	Second Division	3	0	2	0	0	0	—		5	0
	1959–60^[6]	Second Division	24	0	0	0	0	0	1^[7]	0	25	0
	Total		27	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	30	0
Brentford	1961–62^[8]	Third Division	30	1	5	0	1	0	—		36	1
Margate	1962–63	Southern League First Division	0	0	0	0	—		2^[9]	0	2	0
Career total			185	23	17	0	1	0	3	0	206	23

1. Web site: Profile . 14 December 2020 . Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club.
2. Web site: Trice . Jeff . 5 October 2007 . Jimmy Belcher . 30 November 2016.
3. News: Appearances . 16 November 2017 . Crystal Palace FC . en-gb.
4. Book: Purkiss, Mike . Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989 . Sands . Nigel . The Breedon Books Publishing Company . 1989 . 0907969542 . 202–209.
5. Web site: Games played by Jim Belcher in 1958–59 . 8 January 2017 . Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club.
6. Web site: Games played by Jim Belcher in 1959–60 . 8 January 2017 . Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club.
7. Appearance in Ipswich Hospital Cup
8. Book: 100 Years Of Brentford . Brentford FC . 1989 . 0951526200 . White . Eric . 386.
9. 1 appearance in Southern League Cup, 1 appearance in Kent Floodlight Cup