Jimmy Blain

Jimmy Blain

Personal information
Full name	James Donald Blain[1]
Date of birth	(1940-04-09) 9 April 1940 (age 85)[1]
Place of birth	Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England
Height	5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[2]
Position(s)	Left back, inside forward
Youth career
195?–1959	Everton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1960	Everton	0	(0)
1960–1962	Southport	127	(40)
1962–1964	Rotherham United	23	(1)
1964–1965	Carlisle United	41	(7)
1965–1974	Exeter City	320	(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Donald Blain (born 9 April 1940) is an English professional footballer who made 501 appearances in the Football League playing as a left back or inside forward for Southport,^[2] Rotherham United, Carlisle United and Exeter City.^[1][3] Blain was born in Mossley Hill, Liverpool,^[2] and began his career as a youngster with Everton, but never played for their first team.^[4] After retiring from football he remained in the Exeter area and worked as a carpet fitter.^[2] Blain was a schoolmate of John Lennon, Jimmy Tarbuck and Peter Sissons at Dovedale Primary School. ^[5]

References

1. "Jimmy Blain". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
2. "Player details: Jimmy Blain". Port Online. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
3. Strange, Ben (28 February 2018). "'I dislocated my shoulder at St James Park over the Christmas period. It was a freezing cold day and the ground was like a rock'". Exeter City F.C. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
4. "Everton transfer". Liverpool Echo. 11 February 1960. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via bluecorrespondent.co.uk.
5. http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2024/09/who-else-is-in-that-photograph-of-john.html