| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Broad[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1891-11-10)10 November 1891[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Stalybridge, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 22 August 1963(1963-08-22) (aged 71)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Chelmsford, England[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward Inside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| St. Mark's (West Gorton) | |||
| Stalybridge Celtic | |||
| 1911 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 1912 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| 1913–1914 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | (5) |
| Morton | |||
| 1920 | Millwall Athletic | 9 | (6) |
| 1921–1924 | Stoke | 108 | (62) |
| Sittingbourne | |||
| 1924–1925 | Everton | 18 | (8) |
| 1925 | New Brighton | 11 | (3) |
| 1926 | Watford | 1 | (1) |
| Caernarvon Town | |||
| Taunton Town | |||
| 1929 | New Brighton | 0 | (0) |
| Fleetwood | |||
| Total | 162 | (85) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1929–1930 | Spezia | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Broad (10 November 1891 – 22 August 1963) was an Englishfootballer who played as aforward for variousFootball League clubs in the 1910s and 1920s, includingOldham Athletic,Stoke andEverton.[1] His brotherTommy was also a footballer.
Born inStalybridge, Cheshire (nowGreater Manchester), Broad began his football career withSt Mark's (West Gorton), before moving toStalybridge Celtic. He joined Manchester City in 1911,Manchester United in 1912, and thenOldham Athletic in 1913, without having made an appearance for either United or City. In his one season with Oldham, Broad made 15 appearances and scored five goals, but he was allowed to joinMorton of Scotland in 1914. He returned to England withMillwall in 1919, scoring 39 goals in 54 games for the club, mostly in theSouthern Football League.
Broad was brought toStoke by wealthy director John Slater along with his brotherTommy. The idea was that winger Tommy would supply crosses for Jimmy to convert and it worked very well as in1921–22 Stoke gained promotion with Jimmy top-scoring with 27 goals.[1] However Stoke struggled in theFirst Division and despite Jimmy scoring 26 goals Stoke were relegated back to the Second Division. In1923–24 a promotion challenge failed to materialise and at the end of the season the board decided to reduce the wage bill by releasing ten players which included the Broad brothers.[1] Jimmy and eight unwanted teammates arrived at theVictoria Ground and ransacked the offices causing a considerable amount of damage.[1]
He joinedEverton in 1924, viaSittingbourne, and scored eight goals in 18 games for the Toffees. In 1925, he moved toNew Brighton, for whom he scored three goals in 11 matches, and then he joinedWatford in 1926. After just one game for Watford, in which he scored a goal, Broad was sacked for a breach of discipline.[3] He moved into non-league football withCaernarvon Town andTaunton Town, before returning to New Brighton at the age of 38. However, he did not make any appearances for New Brighton before joiningFleetwood.
He then went on to do some coaching withDeportivo de La Coruña in Spain as well as in Turkey, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Holland and South Africa.[1] At the age of 40 in 1931 he finally settled down taking up the post of groundsman atChelmsford City a position he kept until his death in 1963.[1]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oldham Athletic | 1913–14 | First Division | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| 1914–15 | First Division | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | ||
| Millwall Athletic | 1920–21 | Third Division | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Stoke | 1921–22 | Second Division | 41 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 27 |
| 1922–23 | First Division | 30 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 26 | |
| 1923–24 | Second Division | 37 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 14 | |
| Total | 108 | 62 | 8 | 5 | 116 | 67 | ||
| Everton | 1924–25 | First Division | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 |
| 1925–26 | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8 | ||
| New Brighton | 1925–26 | Third Division North | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| Watford | 1926–27 | Third Division South | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Career total | 162 | 85 | 15 | 6 | 177 | 91 | ||