Jimmy Goodfellow

Jimmy Goodfellow

Goodfellow playing for Cardiff City Legends in July 2009
Personal information
Full name	James Goodfellow[1]
Date of birth	(1943-09-16)16 September 1943[1]
Place of birth	Bishop Auckland, England[1]
Date of death	22 April 2020(2020-04-22) (aged 76)[2]
Place of death	Newport, Wales[3][4]
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[5]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
195?–1960	Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–196?	Consett
1962–1965	Crook Town
1965–1966	Bishop Auckland
1966–1969	Port Vale	85	(10)
1969–1974	Workington	199	(15)
1974–1978	Rotherham United	192	(8)
1978–1979	Stockport County	3	(0)
Total		479	(33)
Teams managed
1984	Cardiff City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

James Goodfellow (16 September 1943 – 22 April 2020) was an English professional footballer and manager. He played as a midfielder.

Goodfellow was born in Bishop Auckland. In the Football League, he played for Port Vale, Workington, Rotherham United and Stockport County. He scored 33 goals in 479 league games in a 13-year career in the Football League. He later managed Cardiff City in 1984.

Goodfellow died in Newport, Wales, on 22 April 2020. He was 76.^[6]

Career statistics

Playing statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1966–67	Fourth Division	26	7	1	0	1	0	28	7
	1967–68	Fourth Division	28	1	1	1	2	0	31	2
	1968–69	Fourth Division	31	3	5	0	0	0	36	3
	Total		85	10	7	1	3	0	95	11
Workington	1969–70	Fourth Division	46	4	2	1	2	0	50	5
	1970–71	Fourth Division	44	1	4	2	2	0	50	3
	1971–72	Fourth Division	46	4	2	1	1	0	49	5
	1972–73	Fourth Division	44	4	4	2	2	0	50	6
	1973–74	Fourth Division	19	2	1	0	0	0	20	2
	Total		199	15	10	4	7	0	216	19
Rotherham United	1973–74	Fourth Division	19	3	0	0	0	0	19	3
	1974–75	Fourth Division	40	1	4	0	4	0	48	1
	1975–76	Third Division	46	2	2	1	2	0	50	2
	1976–77	Third Division	42	0	5	0	2	0	49	0
	1977–78	Third Division	45	2	4	0	4	0	53	2
	Total		192	8	15	1	12	0	119	9
Stockport County	1978–79	Fourth Division	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
Career total			479	33	32	6	24	0	535	39

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Cardiff City	1 March 1984	27 September 1984	23	6	4	13	026.1
Total[7]			23	6	4	13	026.1

Honours

Crook Town

• FA Amateur Cup: 1964^[3]

Rotherham United

• Football League Fourth Division third-place promotion: 1974–75^[3]

References

General

• Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.

Specific

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 113. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
2. "Jimmy Goodfellow: Former Cardiff City manager dies aged 76". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
3. Payne, Les (22 April 2020). "OBITUARY | Jimmy Goodfellow 1943–2020". themillers.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
4. "James Goodfellow". Sunderland Echo. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021 – via Legacy.com.
5. "Portsmouth v Port Vale, 1967". onevalefan.co.uk. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
6. "Jimmy Goodfellow: Former Cardiff City manager dies aged 76". BBC Sport. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
7. Jimmy Goodfellow management career statistics at Soccerbase