Jock Stirling

John Hamilton Stirling (1887 – 1924) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford Park Avenue, Coventry City, Middlesbrough and Stoke.[1]

Jock Stirling
Personal information
Full name John Hamilton Stirling
Date of birth 1887[1]
Place of birth Clydebank, Scotland[1]
Date of death 1924 (aged 36–37)[1]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1907–1908 Clydebank Juniors
1908–1911 Clyde 75 (18)
1911–1914 Middlesbrough 103 (8)
1914–1919 Bradford Park Avenue 31 (2)
1917 → Third Lanark (loan) 3 (0)
1919–1920 Stoke 20 (1)
1920 Coventry City 5 (0)
1920 Dunfermline Athletic
1920–1924 Alloa Athletic 64 (7)
Total 301 (36)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Stirling was born in Clydebank and played for both local side Clydebank Juniors and then for Clyde (where he featured on the losing side in the 1910 Scottish Cup Final)[2] before moving to England with Middlesbrough in 1911.[1] He spent three seasons with the Ayresome Park club under the management of Thomas McIntosh the side finished in 3rd position in the First Division during the 1913–14 season. Stirling left for Bradford Park Avenue where he spent the 1914–15 season before football was halted due to the outbreak of World War I.[1]

After the end of the war Stirling joined Stoke who had just re-gained their Football League status after falling foul of financial mismanagement.[1] He played in 21 matches for Stoke, scoring once against Stockport County in October 1919.[1] He left for Coventry City in March 1920 and played five matches for the Sky Blues before returning to Scotland with Dunfermline Athletic (then playing in the Central League) and Alloa Athletic.[2]

At representative level, he played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots annual trial matches in 1912[3] and 1914[4] while with Middlesbrough, but never gained a full cap for Scotland. He also played in two editions of the Glasgow FA's annual challenge match against Sheffield while with Clyde.[2]

Career statistics

Source:[5]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Middlesbrough 1911–12 First Division 36340403
1912–13 First Division 33140371
1913–14 First Division 34410354
Total 10381001128
Bradford Park Avenue 1914–15 First Division 31230342
Stoke 1919–20 Second Division 20110211
Coventry City 1919–20 Second Division 500050
Career Total 1591114017211

References
  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Football. | Anglo-Scots, 4; Home Scots, 1., The Glasgow Herald, 12 March 1912
  4. Association Football. | International Trial Match., The Glasgow Herald, 17 March 1914
  5. Jock Stirling at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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