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| fullname = James Atkinson Gotts
| fullname = James Atkinson Gotts<ref name="coludata">{{cite web |title=Colchester United - Player profile |url=http://coludata.co.uk/player.asp?pid=110 |publisher=Coludata.co.uk |accessdate=24 April 2013 }}</ref>
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1917|01|17}}<ref name="coludata"/>
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| birth_place = [[Seaton Delaval]], England<ref name="coludata"/>
| birth_place = [[Seaton Delaval]], England
|death_date = {{Death year and age|df=y|1998|1917}}<ref name="coludata"/>
| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|12||1917|1|17|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Ealing]], England
| position = [[Midfielder#Winger|Winger]]
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
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| years1 = |clubs1 = [[Ashington A.F.C.|Ashington]] |caps1 = |goals1 =
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| years2 = 1946 |clubs2 = [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0
| youthclubs1 = East Cramlington Black Watch
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| years3 = 1946 |clubs3 = → [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]] (loan) |caps3 = 0 |goals3 = 0
| years1 = 1935
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| years4 = 1946–1947 |clubs4 = [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] |caps4 = 2 |goals4 = 0
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'''James Atkinson "Jim" Gotts''' (17 January 1917 – 1998) was an English [[Association football|footballer]] who played in [[the Football League]] as a [[Midfielder#Winger|winger]] for [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]].
'''James Atkinson Gotts''' (17 January 1917 – December 1998) was an English professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played in the [[English Football League|Football League]] as an [[outside right]] for [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]. He played twice for [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] in the [[1945–46 FA Cup]], appeared for [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]] in the [[Southern Football League Cup (England)|Southern League Cup]], and played [[North-Eastern League]] football for [[Ashington A.F.C.|Ashington]].


==Career==
==Career==


James Atkinson Gotts was born on 17 January 1917 in [[Seaton Delaval]], [[Northumberland]].<ref name="Hugman">{{Hugman|7505|access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref> He attended Seaton Delaval School, with whose football team his goalscoring ability first became apparent. He joined East Cramlington Black Watch Juniors, where the 16-year-old "maintained his special forte of marksmanship" with 26 goals from 10 Bedlington and District Junior League matches in the first half of the 1933–34 season.<ref name=>{{cite news |title=Juniors do well |newspaper=Blyth News |date=21 December 1933 |page=8}}</ref> Gotts scored in the first minute of the Bedlington Junior Cup final, which Cramlington won in front of [[scout (sport)|scouts]] from several [[English Football League|Football League]] clubs, and was reportedly "booked for a further look over".<ref>{{cite news |title=Cramlington B.W. Juniors win trophy |newspaper=Morpeth Herald |date=13 September 1935 |page=4}}</ref>
Born in [[Seaton Delaval]], Gotts began his career at [[Ashington A.F.C.|Ashington]] prior to joining [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] during the [[World War II|war years]].<ref name="coludata"/> He made two first-team appearances for Brentford, both of which came in the [[1945–46 FA Cup]].<ref name="BFCH">{{cite web |title=Brentford Football Club History - Jim Gotts |url=http://www.brentfordfchistory.co.uk/player.php?id=869 |publisher=Brentford Football Club History |accessdate=24 April 2013 }}</ref> His debut came on 31 January 1946, a 5–0 victory over [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]],<ref name="debut">{{cite web |title=Brentford Football Club History - Brentford 5–0 Bristol City |url=http://www.brentfordfchistory.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=4090 |publisher=Brentford Football Club History |accessdate=24 April 2013 }}</ref> and his final game came on 9 February 1946 in a 3–1 away victory over [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] in the following round.<ref name="final game">{{cite web |title=Brentford Football Club History - Queens Park Rangers 1–3 Brentford |url=http://www.brentfordfchistory.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=4091 |publisher=Brentford Football Club History |accessdate=24 April 2013 }}</ref> While registered with Brentford, Gotts signed on loan to [[Southern Football League|Southern League]] club [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]] for a single Southern League Cup match on 13 April 1946,<ref name="coludata"/> resulting in a 5–2 away victory over [[Guildford City F.C.|Guildford City]].<ref name="game">{{cite web |title=Colchester United - Match details - Guildford City 2–5 Colchester Utd |url=http://coludata.co.uk/matchdetails.asp?mid=159 |publisher=Coludata.co.uk |accessdate=24 April 2013 }}</ref>


That interest came to nothing, but he soon moved on to [[Ashington A.F.C.|Ashington]] of the [[North-Eastern League]], and was selected in "his proper position" of [[centre forward]] for their first team in late October 1935.<ref>{{cite news |title=Teams |newspaper=Morpeth Herald |date=25 October 1935 |page=4}}</ref> He continued for a time in the first team, but appeared increasingly for the reserves in the latter part of 1936 and in 1937,<ref>''Blyth News'' and ''Morpeth Herald''. 1936–1937 ''passim''.</ref> and is known to have undergone knee surgery following a football injury.<ref name="Gotts 406">{{cite web |url=https://gotts.one-name.net/gotts-stories-20-jim_gotts_2_page406.html |title=Jim Gotts footballer continued |website=Gotts Surname Family History |publisher=Ian Gotts |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref>
The following season, Gotts joined [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]], where he would make his [[The Football League|Football League]] debut. He made two league appearances for Brighton in total.<ref name="NB">{{cite web |title=BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION:1946/47-2011/12 |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/brighton/brighton.htm |publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database |accessdate=24 April 2013 }}</ref>


Gotts served in the [[Royal Navy during the Second World War]].<ref name="Gotts 347">{{cite web |url=https://gotts.one-name.net/james_atkinson_373_gotts_page347.html |title=James Atkinson 373 Gotts RN |website=Gotts Surname Family History |publisher=Ian Gotts |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref> In January 1946, he resumed his football career, signing professional forms with [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Good news for the Villa |newspaper=News Chronicle |location=London |date=4 January 1946 |page=4}}</ref> He made four appearances and scored once in the [[Football League South]] wartime league,<ref>{{cite book |last=Rollin |first=Jack |title=Soccer at War 1939–45 |publisher=Headline |location=London |date=2005 |page=291 |isbn=978-0-7553-1431-7}}</ref> and played twice without scoring in the [[1945–46 FA Cup]], on 31 January in a 5–0 victory at home to [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] in the fourth round and nine days later in a 3–1 win away to [[Queens Park Rangers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brentfordfchistory.co.uk/player.php?id=869 |title=Profile: Jim Gotts |website=Brentford FC History |access-date=24 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121601/http://www.brentfordfchistory.co.uk/player.php?id=869 |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> Gotts played once as a guest for [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]], on 13 April in a [[Southern Football League Cup (England)|Southern League Cup]] match in which Colchester won 5–2 away to [[Guildford City F.C.|Guildford City]].<ref name="coludata">{{cite web |url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=110 |title=Players: Jim Gotts (Midfielder / Forward) |website=Coludata.co.uk |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref> According to the ''[[Essex County Standard]]'', Gotts' "brilliant placing of the ball from long distances often led to shots rights on the target."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.coludata.co.uk/matchesplayed/1022/110/159 |title=United's surprise Consolation Cup win |newspaper=Essex County Standard |date=April 1946 |via=Coludata.co.uk |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref>
James Gotts died in 1998.<ref name="coludata"/>

In June 1946, ahead of the Football League's post-war resumption, Gotts signed for [[Football League Third Division South|Third Division South]] club [[Brighton & Hove Albion]]. His debut was delayed because of an injury sustained during pre-season, but he eventually made his first appearance in the Football League on 21 December, playing at outside right{{snd}}characterised as a "lively [[winger (association football)|winger]]" and one of seven players used in that position over the season{{snd}}in a 3–1 defeat away to [[Torquay United]].<ref name="C&H AtoZ">{{cite book |last1=Carder |first1=Tim |last2=Harris |first2=Roger |title=Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. |publisher=Goldstone Books |location=Hove |date=1997 |page=99 |isbn=0-9521337-1-7}}</ref> His second and last, a week later, was in an even heavier defeat away to [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]].<ref name="ENFA">{{cite web |url=https://www.enfa.co.uk/playersearch.php |title=Player search: Gotts, JA (Jim) |website=English National Football Archive |access-date=25 October 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was released at the end of the season,<ref name="C&H AtoZ"/> and made no more appearances in League football.<ref name="ENFA"/>

Gotts died in [[Ealing]], west London, in December 1998 at the age of 81.<ref name="Hugman"/>


==References==
==References==
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 17 January 1917
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Seaton Delaval]], [[England]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 1998
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Latest revision as of 21:22, 22 October 2024

Jim Gotts
Personal information
Full name James Atkinson Gotts
Date of birth (1917-01-17)17 January 1917
Place of birth Seaton Delaval, England
Date of death December 1998(1998-12-00) (aged 81)
Place of death Ealing, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
East Cramlington Black Watch
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935 East Cramlington Black Watch
1935–193? Ashington
1946 Brentford 0 (0)
1946 → Colchester United (guest) 0 (0)
1946–1947 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 (0)
Total 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Atkinson Gotts (17 January 1917 – December 1998) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as an outside right for Brighton & Hove Albion. He played twice for Brentford in the 1945–46 FA Cup, appeared for Colchester United in the Southern League Cup, and played North-Eastern League football for Ashington.

Career

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James Atkinson Gotts was born on 17 January 1917 in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland.[1] He attended Seaton Delaval School, with whose football team his goalscoring ability first became apparent. He joined East Cramlington Black Watch Juniors, where the 16-year-old "maintained his special forte of marksmanship" with 26 goals from 10 Bedlington and District Junior League matches in the first half of the 1933–34 season.[2] Gotts scored in the first minute of the Bedlington Junior Cup final, which Cramlington won in front of scouts from several Football League clubs, and was reportedly "booked for a further look over".[3]

That interest came to nothing, but he soon moved on to Ashington of the North-Eastern League, and was selected in "his proper position" of centre forward for their first team in late October 1935.[4] He continued for a time in the first team, but appeared increasingly for the reserves in the latter part of 1936 and in 1937,[5] and is known to have undergone knee surgery following a football injury.[6]

Gotts served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.[7] In January 1946, he resumed his football career, signing professional forms with Brentford.[8] He made four appearances and scored once in the Football League South wartime league,[9] and played twice without scoring in the 1945–46 FA Cup, on 31 January in a 5–0 victory at home to Bristol City in the fourth round and nine days later in a 3–1 win away to Queens Park Rangers.[10] Gotts played once as a guest for Colchester United, on 13 April in a Southern League Cup match in which Colchester won 5–2 away to Guildford City.[11] According to the Essex County Standard, Gotts' "brilliant placing of the ball from long distances often led to shots rights on the target."[12]

In June 1946, ahead of the Football League's post-war resumption, Gotts signed for Third Division South club Brighton & Hove Albion. His debut was delayed because of an injury sustained during pre-season, but he eventually made his first appearance in the Football League on 21 December, playing at outside right – characterised as a "lively winger" and one of seven players used in that position over the season – in a 3–1 defeat away to Torquay United.[13] His second and last, a week later, was in an even heavier defeat away to Port Vale.[14] He was released at the end of the season,[13] and made no more appearances in League football.[14]

Gotts died in Ealing, west London, in December 1998 at the age of 81.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jim Gotts". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Juniors do well". Blyth News. 21 December 1933. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Cramlington B.W. Juniors win trophy". Morpeth Herald. 13 September 1935. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Teams". Morpeth Herald. 25 October 1935. p. 4.
  5. ^ Blyth News and Morpeth Herald. 1936–1937 passim.
  6. ^ "Jim Gotts footballer continued". Gotts Surname Family History. Ian Gotts. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  7. ^ "James Atkinson 373 Gotts RN". Gotts Surname Family History. Ian Gotts. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Good news for the Villa". News Chronicle. London. 4 January 1946. p. 4.
  9. ^ Rollin, Jack (2005). Soccer at War 1939–45. London: Headline. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-7553-1431-7.
  10. ^ "Profile: Jim Gotts". Brentford FC History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Players: Jim Gotts (Midfielder / Forward)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  12. ^ "United's surprise Consolation Cup win". Essex County Standard. April 1946. Retrieved 25 October 2021 – via Coludata.co.uk.
  13. ^ a b Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 99. ISBN 0-9521337-1-7.
  14. ^ a b "Player search: Gotts, JA (Jim)". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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