James Boyd (soccer player)

James Boyd
Personnel
Surname	James Shaw Boyd
birthday	June 25, 1872
place of birth	Kilsyth ,  Scotland
date of death	1961
position	Center Forward
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
0000-1897	Kilsyth Wanderers
1897	Burton Swifts	2 (0)
1897–?	Kilsyth Wanderers
1 Only league games are given.

James Shaw Boyd (born June 25, 1872 in Kilsyth , † 1961 ) was a Scottish football player .

Career

Boyd played as a striker in his hometown in the 1890s for the Kilsyth Wanderers , who at that time participated several times in the main rounds of the Scottish FA Cup and their league operations first in the Midland League (1895-1897) and later in the Central Combination (1897- 1900) had. In the final of the Stirlingshire Cup against FC Falkirk in March 1896, he was not part of the squad.

After Boyd had already been traded in the summer of 1896 as a possible newcomer to the English second division side Burton Swifts , he moved a year later to the club located in the Staffordshire . Boyd was at the start of the season against Small Heath (final score 1: 3) in the team and was also called up on the following day as a center forward. After the 4-0 defeat against Newton Heath , he was replaced by Tom Leigh and no longer appeared for Burton. Boyd allegedly returned to Scotland later in the season.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Life data according to the English National Football Archive (ENFA) , accessed on May 16, 2020
2. ↑ FALKIRK V. KILSYTH WANDERERS. . In: Falkirk Herald , March 14, 1896, p. 3.  (link subject to charge)
3. ↑ Rod Evans: The Original Burton Leaguers: The Definitive Burton Swifts, Wanderers and United 1892 to 1907 . Soccerdata, Nottingham 2015, ISBN 978-1-905891-98-6 , pp. 15 .