Jimmy Raeside

Jimmy Raeside

Personal information
Full name	James Smith Raeside
Birth name	James Smith Reside[1]
Date of birth	1879[2][3]
Place of birth	Camlachie, Scotland
Date of death	17 January 1946 (aged 66–67)
Place of death	Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1896–1898	Wellington Stars
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1898–1899	Parkhead
1899–1906	Third Lanark	143	(0)
1906–1912	Bury	156	(3)
Total		299	(3)
International career
1906	Scotland	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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][7] During his spell in England with Bury, he scored three penalties in league matches.[8]

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,[9] and then made one appearance for Scotland in 1906.[6][7]

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]

References

1. Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
2. James Raeside, Football player, in the 1901 Scotland Census
3. James Smith Raeside, Professional football player, in the 1911 England Census
4. (Third Lanark player) Raeside, James S., FitbaStats
5. James Smith Raeside, Play Up Liverpool
6. Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 241.
7. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
8. Raeside James Image 1 Bury 1908, Vintage Footballers
9. Football. Anglo-Scots Trial Match., The Glasgow Herald, 21 March 1905
10. James Smith Raeside in the Manchester, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930