Player Details

Real Name: James Gemmell
Normal Position: Defender
Height: 6' 1/2
Weight: 11st 3lbs
Born: 17/11/1911 (Sunderland)
Died: 11/05/1992 (Great Barr, Birmingham)

Jimmy Gemmell

Robust and dour, this long-kicking defender joined Southport as player- coach after Bury agreed to give him a free transfer. He gave the Shakers grand service after joining them as an i8-year-old. Between 1934 and 1937 he missed only 3 League games. Gemmell was signed by Southport on a 2 year coaching contract but, with so many part-timers and his frequent requirement in the first team, it was not possible for him to undertake much coaching. He gave up League Football at the end of 1946-47 as he would have required a cartilage operation and he obtained an engineering job in Bury. Later he had a spell on Lincoln City's training staff and for 3 years became Coventry City's assistant trainer. He came from a footballing family. His father was a Sunderland forward and his brother-in-law was Billy Simpson, the Aston Villa and Scottish International. During the war he worked on Wellington and Lancaster aero engines in Coventry; he lived in Birmingham from 195o until his death from a heart attack a few months after his 80th birthday.

Player Profile reproduced with Permission from:
The Sandgrounders: The Complete League History of Southport F. C., by Michael Braham and Geoff Wilde (Palatine Books, 1995). ISBN 978-1-874181-14-9

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Statistics include the following competitions
Cambrian Cup, Conference League Cup, English Jubilee Fund, FA Cup , FA Trophy , Football League Cup, Lancashire Floodlit Trophy, Lancashire Junior Cup, Lancashire League Medal Competition, Lancashire Senior Cup, League, Liverpool Senior Cup, Northern Premier League Cup, Northern Premier League Shield, PLAY OFFS , President's Cup, President's Inter League, Third Division (North) Cup, Welsh Cup,

Season	Apps	Subs	Goals
1945/1946	5	0	0
1946/1947	31	0	0
Total	36	0	0

Games where player was named on the team sheet

Date	Competition	Venue	Opponents	Score
05/05/1947	Liverpool Senior Cup	A	SOUTH LIVERPOOL	1 - 3
19/04/1947	League / D3N	H	DONCASTER ROVERS	0 - 5
12/04/1947	League / D3N	H	ROCHDALE	0 - 2
07/04/1947	League / D3N	A	ROTHERHAM UNITED	1 - 2
05/04/1947	League / D3N	A	NEW BRIGHTON	0 - 1
04/04/1947	League / D3N	H	ROTHERHAM UNITED	2 - 0
29/03/1947	League / D3N	H	HALIFAX TOWN	6 - 1
22/03/1947	League / D3N	A	CARLISLE UNITED	1 - 1
15/03/1947	League / D3N	H	ACCRINGTON STANLEY	0 - 1
01/03/1947	League / D3N	H	BRADFORD CITY	0 - 1
22/02/1947	League / D3N	A	OLDHAM ATHLETIC	4 - 2
15/02/1947	League / D3N	H	STOCKPORT COUNTY	4 - 1
01/02/1947	League / D3N	H	CREWE ALEXANDRA	2 - 2
25/01/1947	League / D3N	A	HARTLEPOOL	0 - 3
18/01/1947	League / D3N	H	GATESHEAD (1930)	2 - 1
14/01/1947	Liverpool Senior Cup / 1 2L	H	SOUTH LIVERPOOL	1 - 1
11/01/1947	League / D3N	H	NEW BRIGHTON	2 - 0
01/01/1947	League / D3N	A	TRANMERE ROVERS	0 - 2
28/12/1946	League / D3N	H	DARLINGTON	2 - 2
26/12/1946	League / D3N	A	YORK CITY	1 - 1
07/12/1946	League / D3N	A	ROCHDALE	0 - 0
04/12/1946	Liverpool Senior Cup / 1 1L	A	SOUTH LIVERPOOL	1 - 1
30/11/1946	FA Cup / 1	A	STOCKPORT COUNTY	0 - 2
23/11/1946	League / D3N	A	HALIFAX TOWN	1 - 1
16/11/1946	League / D3N	H	CARLISLE UNITED	0 - 2
26/10/1946	League / D3N	A	BRADFORD CITY	1 - 5
15/10/1946	Lancashire Senior Cup / 1 2L	A	BURY	0 - 3
12/10/1946	League / D3N	A	STOCKPORT COUNTY	0 - 2
01/10/1946	Lancashire Senior Cup / 1 1L	H	BURY	0 - 2
03/09/1946	League / D3N	H	TRANMERE ROVERS	1 - 2
31/08/1946	League / D3N	A	DARLINGTON	2 - 4
03/04/1946	Liverpool Senior Cup	A	LIVERPOOL	0 - 2
24/11/1945	FA Cup / 1	A	OLDHAM ATHLETIC	1 - 3
17/11/1945	FA Cup / 1	H	OLDHAM ATHLETIC	1 - 2
19/09/1945	Lancashire Senior Cup / 1 2L	A	MANCHESTER CITY	0 - 5
05/09/1945	Lancashire Senior Cup / 1 1L	H	MANCHESTER CITY	3 - 2