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==Career==
==Career==
Born in [[Stepney]], Belcher played for [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]], [[Snowdown Colliery Welfare F.C.|Snowdown Colliery Welfare]], [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]], [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]], [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] and [[Margate F.C.|Margate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/jimmybelcher.html|title=Profile|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database|accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prideofanglia.com/page.php?page=playerProfile&last=Belcher&first=Jim|title=Profile|publisher=Pride of Anglia}}</ref><ref name="Trice">{{Cite web |url=http://www.margatefootballclubhistory.com/jimmybelcher.shtml |title=Jimmy Belcher |last=Trice |first=Jeff |date=5 October 2007 |accessdate=30 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2012/july/appearances/|title=Crystal Palace FC|last=|first=|date=|work=|accessdate=16 November 2017|archive-url=|archivedate=|dead-url=|language=en-gb}}</ref>{{Sfn|Purkiss|Sands|1989|p=316}}
Born in [[Stepney]], Belcher played for [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]], [[Snowdown Colliery Welfare F.C.|Snowdown Colliery Welfare]], [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]], [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]], [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] and [[Margate F.C.|Margate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/jimmybelcher.html|title=Profile|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database|accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prideofanglia.com/page.php?page=playerProfile&last=Belcher&first=Jim|title=Profile|publisher=Pride of Anglia}}</ref><ref name="Trice">{{cite web |url=http://www.margatefootballclubhistory.com/jimmybelcher.shtml |title=Jimmy Belcher |last=Trice |first=Jeff |date=5 October 2007 |accessdate=30 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2012/july/appearances/|title=Crystal Palace FC|last=|first=|date=|work=|accessdate=16 November 2017|archive-url=|archivedate=|dead-url=|language=en-gb}}</ref>{{Sfn|Purkiss|Sands|1989|p=316}}


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
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== Career statistics ==
== Career statistics ==
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| [[1954–55 Football League#Third Division South|1954–55]]<ref name="Purkiss">{{Cite book |title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989 |last=Purkiss |first=Mike |last2=Sands |first2=Nigel |publisher=The Breedon Books Publishing Company |year=1989 |isbn=0907969542 |pages=202–209}}</ref>
| [[1954–55 Football League Third Division South|1954–55]]<ref name="Purkiss">{{Cite book |title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989 |last=Purkiss |first=Mike |last2=Sands |first2=Nigel |publisher=The Breedon Books Publishing Company |year=1989 |isbn=0907969542 |pages=202–209}}</ref>
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|[[1958–59 Football League Second Division|1958–59]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prideofanglia.com/page.php?page=playerAppearanceRecord&fullname=Jim%20Belcher&season=1958-59|title=Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club|last=|first=|date=|website=www.prideofanglia.com|publisher=|accessdate=8 January 2017}}</ref>
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|[[1959–60 Football League Second Division|1959–60]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prideofanglia.com/page.php?page=playerAppearanceRecord&fullname=Jim%20Belcher&season=1959-60|title=Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club|last=|first=|date=|website=www.prideofanglia.com|publisher=|accessdate=8 January 2017}}</ref>
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|[[1961–62 Brentford F.C. season|1961–62]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=100 Years Of Brentford|last=|first=|publisher=Brentford FC|year=1989|isbn=0951526200|editor-last=White|editor-first=Eric|location=|page=386|quote=|via=}}</ref>
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|2<ref group="lower-alpha">1 appearance in [[Southern League Cup]], 1 appearance in Kent Floodlight Cup.</ref>
|2<ref group="lower-alpha">1 appearance in [[Southern Football League Cup (England)|Southern League Cup]], 1 appearance in Kent Floodlight Cup.</ref>
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Revision as of 02:55, 9 January 2018

For the English bare-knuckles boxer, see James Belcher.

Jimmy Belcher
Personal information
Full name James Alfred Belcher[1]
Date of birth (1932-10-31) 31 October 1932 (age 92)
Place of birth Stepney, England
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1951 Leyton Orient 0 (0)
1951–1952 Snowdown Colliery Welfare
1952–1954 West Ham United 0 (0)
1954–1958 Crystal Palace 128 (22)
1958–1961 Ipswich Town 27 (0)
1961–1962 Brentford 30 (1)
1962–1963 Margate 0 (0)
Total 185 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Alfred Belcher (born 31 October 1932), known as Jimmy Belcher or Jim Belcher, is an English former professional footballer who played as a wing half.[1]

Career

Born in Stepney, Belcher played for Leyton Orient, Snowdown Colliery Welfare, West Ham United, Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town, Brentford and Margate.[2][3][4][5][6]

Personal life

As of November 2013, Belcher was living in Rainham, Kent.[4]

Career statistics

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Jimmy Belcher". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Profile". Pride of Anglia.
  4. ^ a b c Trice, Jeff (5 October 2007). "Jimmy Belcher". Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Crystal Palace FC". Retrieved 16 November 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ Purkiss & Sands 1989, p. 316.
  7. ^ a b c d Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1989). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. pp. 202–209. ISBN 0907969542.
  8. ^ "Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club". www.prideofanglia.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club". www.prideofanglia.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  10. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 386. ISBN 0951526200.


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