Moore: James (Jimmy)

1921-1922 (Player Details)

Inside Forward

Born: Boldon, Nr Felling-on-Tyne, Co. Durham: 01-09-1891

Debut: v Port Vale (h): 27-08-1921

5’8” 10st 8lb (1922)

Moore began with Bolden Colliery, and then played for Ardsley Nelson and Jarrow Croft before joining Barnsley in August 1911. The following year he won an FA Cup Winners’ medal with the Oakwell club, when they beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in the final after extra-time. He was known as “The Player That Never Smiles”. During World War One he worked in a boatyard in Cowes on the Isle of Wight and guested for Southampton. While at Barnsley he made one hundred and one League appearances and scored twenty-three goals. He joined the Saints in May 1919 and was their first-ever player to be sent off in a League game when he was dismissed against Grimsby in December 1920. He was ever-present in the League with forty-two appearances and notched twenty-three goals. He signed for Leeds in May 1921 but was released in June 1922 to join the Third Division South side, Brighton. He was already a veteran when he joined Leeds in their second season in the League and had made his name at Barnsley and Southampton. Bought to bring experience to the side, he started the season as the regular Inside Left, but after fourteen games he switched to Inside Right to accommodate Jack Swan, who had been bought from Huddersfield Town and did not miss a game until Christmas. However, the new year of 1922 saw him fall from favour as Bill Poyntz became the regular Inside Right and Moore only played when either he or Left Winger Basil Wood were injured. He did not stay long at Brighton and after scoring two goals in six League games he joined Third Division North team Halifax Town in the summer of 1923, scoring six goals in forty League appearances at The Shay. He moved to Queens Park Rangers of the Third Division South in 1924 and scored five times in twenty six League games. He made his final move to Third Division North team Crewe Alexandra in July 1925, scoring six goals in thirteen games. In 1926 he left Crewe and retired as a player and in March of the following year went to Holland to coach NAC Breda. He later ran a pub in Barnsley, and also had a Greengrocer’s business. After World War Two he became a Director of Barnsley. He died in December 1972.