Jimmy Raeside Explained

Jimmy Raeside
Fullname:James Smith Raeside
Birth Name:James Smith Reside[1]
Birth Date:1879[2] [3]
Birth Place:Camlachie, Scotland
Death Date:17 January
Death Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:1896–1898
Youthclubs1:Wellington Stars
Years1:1898–1899
Clubs1:Parkhead
Years2:1899–1906
Clubs2:Third Lanark
Caps2:143
Goals2:0
Years3:1906–1912
Clubs3:Bury
Caps3:156
Goals3:3
Totalcaps:299
Totalgoals:3
Nationalyears1:1906
Nationalteam1:Scotland
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

James Smith Raeside (1879 – 17 January 1946) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Raeside was born in Glasgow, the son of William Raeside and Margaret Smith.[2] He played club football for Parkhead, Third Lanark[4] and Bury.[5] He won the Scottish Football League with Third Lanark in 1903–04 (playing in all 26 fixtures) and the Scottish Cup in 1905.[6] During his spell in England with Bury, he scored three penalties in league matches.[7]

At representative level, he was selected for the Glasgow FA's annual challenge match against Sheffield on two occasions, played in the 'Home Scots v Anglo-Scots' international trial in 1905,[8] and then made one appearance for Scotland in 1906.[9] [6]

He married first to Margaret Lawrie Beck in 1904 in Scotland. She died in 1908. He married secondly Florence Williamson in 1910 in Manchester.[10]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-deaths&surname=Reside&surname_so=exact&forename=James%20Smith&forename_so=starts&other_surname_so=exact&mmsurname_so=exact&birth_year_range=1&record_type=stat_deaths Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results
  2. James Raeside, Football player, in the 1901 Scotland Census
  3. James Smith Raeside, Professional football player, in the 1911 England Census
  4. https://www.fitbastats.com/thirdlanark/player.php?playerid=1065 (Third Lanark player) Raeside, James S.
  5. https://playupliverpool.com/1946/01/17/james-smith-raeside-jimmy-raeside-playupliverpool-com/ James Smith Raeside
  6. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  7. https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/raeside-james-image-1-bury-1908/ Raeside James Image 1 Bury 1908
  8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V85AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YaYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2567%2C2213708 Football. Anglo-Scots Trial Match.
  9. Book: Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Paul Smith. Pitch Publishing. 2013. 241.
  10. James Smith Raeside in the Manchester, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930