Players - Jimmy Collins

Jimmy Collins
Birthdate: 30 January 1911
Birthplace: London, England
Date of death: 10 July 1983
Other clubs: Tooting (1929-30), Wimbledon (1930-31), Queens Park Rangers (1931-33), Newport County (1933), Tunbridge Wells Rangers (1933), Rochdale (1933-34), Stockport County (1934-35), Walsall (1935-36), Cardiff City (1937-46); Swindon Town, Aberaman Athletic (wartime guest), Aberaman Athletic (1945-)
Signed from: Walsall
Signed for LFC: £2,500, 17.01.1936
Liverpool debut: 01.02.1936
Last appearance: 13.03.1937
Contract expiry: 12.05.1937
Win ratio: 0% W:0 D:2 L:5
League games / goals: 7 / 0
Total games / goals: 7 / 0

Player Profile

After going back and forth between amateur and professional clubs with modest success Collins made seven first division appearances in Liverpool's forward-line during the middle of the 1930's, making his debut at West Bromwich Albion on the opening day of February 1936. He was picked for the next four matches and also once more before the end of that 1935/36 season. Collins was only to play for the first team on one more occasion a year later, as replacement for centre-forward Fred Howe in the home 1-1 draw with Preston North End on 13 March 1937. Cardiff in Third Division South was Collins' next destination. Collins scored a hat-trick on his home debut and was a popular figure at the club scoring 41 goals in 76 League games before World War I cut his League career short. Described while playing for Cardiff: "Short, fair-haired and fast (though built like a barrel), Jimmy Collins along with Bert Turner really began to make things hum after so long in the doldrums. Strong and fearless he was also mustard with both feet."
Appearances per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 7 0 0 0 0 7
1935-1936 6 0 0 0 0 6
1936-1937 1 0 0 0 0 1
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps Minutes Opponent
1 90 Sunderland
1 90 Aston Villa
1 90 Preston North End
1 90 Wolves
1 90 Bolton Wanderers
1 90 WBA
1 90 Birmingham City
Total Venue
4 Home
3 Away
Total Competition
7 League
Total W D L Win % Manager
6 0 1 5 0% George Patterson (2nd term)
1 0 1 0 0% George Kay
Milestone Appearances
# Date Against Stadium Competition
1 01.02.1936 WBA The Hawthorns League
Other Clubs
Club Season Club rank League apps League goals Total apps Total goals
Tooting 1929-1930 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wimbledon 1930-1931 Isthmian League N/A N/A N/A N/A
QPR 1931-1932 England Third Division South 11 2 11 2
QPR 1932-1933 England Third Division South 11 2 11 2
Newport County 1933 England Third Division South 0 0 0 0
Tunbridge Wells Rangers 1933 Southern League N/A N/A N/A N/A
Rochdale 1933-1934 England Third Division North 30 6 31 8
Stockport County 1934-1935 England Third Division North 6 1 9 6
Walsall 1935-1936 England Third Division North 22 14 26 15
Cardiff City 1937-1938 England Third Division South 40 23 46 28
Cardiff City 1938-1939 England Third Division South 36 18 43 18
Aberaman Athletic 1945- N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total 156 66 177 79