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Chelsea FC Profile: Jimmy Bain

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Full Name: James Alastair Bain

Born: Sunday, 14th December 1919
Place of birth: Blairgowrie, Scotland
Height: 5' 8"
Died: Monday, 30th December 2002 (aged 83)
Place of death: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Burial: Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Involvement with Chelsea:


Men's 1st Team Player from 1945 to 1947


Playing Career:


Gillingham
Chelsea (May 1945 to May 1947) - cost: unknown
Swindon Town
Headington United

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Competitive Debut: Saturday, 5th January 1946, Chelsea 1 - 1 Leicester City

Age on debut: 26 years 0 months 22 days

Last Competitive First-Team Appearance: Saturday, 12th April 1947, Everton 2 - 0 Chelsea

See full chronological appearance listing HERE

Appearances

Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl
1945 / 46 050005
1946 / 47 900009
Total9500014

Goals

Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl
1946 / 47 100001
Total100001


* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Jimmy Bain made 14 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
F.A. Cup5th Jan 1946Chelsea11Leicester City39,678 match drawn
F.A. Cup10th Jan 1946Leicester City02Chelsea25,368 match won
F.A. Cup26th Jan 1946Chelsea20West Ham United65,726 match won
F.A. Cup30th Jan 1946West Ham United10Chelsea35,000 match lost
F.A. Cup9th Feb 1946Chelsea01Aston Villa65,307 match lost
League31st Aug 1946Chelsea43Bolton Wanderers62,850 match won
League4th Sep 1946Chelsea03Manchester United27,750 match lost
League2nd Nov 1946Blackpool10Chelsea23,365 match lost
League9th Nov 1946Chelsea32Brentford50,242 match won scored 1 goal
League16th Nov 1946Sunderland12Chelsea41,227 match won
League23rd Nov 1946Chelsea13Aston Villa63,896 match lost
League5th Apr 1947Chelsea30Derby County52,886 match won
League7th Apr 1947Blackburn Rovers12Chelsea35,646 match won
League12th Apr 1947Everton20Chelsea30,970 match lost

Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances

Season Appearances
1945 / 46 3
1946 / 47 1
Total4

Non-Competitive First-Team Goals

SeasonGoals
1946 / 47 1
Total1


Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Jimmy Bain made 4 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
Friendly13th Nov 1945Chelsea33Dynamo Moscow72,926 match drawn
Friendly8th May 1946Swindon Town24Chelsea10,000 match won
Friendly8th Jun 1946St. Gallen15Chelsea6,000 match won
Friendly24th Aug 1946Chelsea55Chelseaunknown match drawn scored 1 goal

Non-First-Team Appearances

Season Appearances
1945 / 46 6
1946 / 47 23
Total29

Non-First-Team Goals

SeasonGoals
1946 / 47 5
Total5


Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Jimmy Bain made 29 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-First-Team Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
Reserve League23rd Mar 1946Ipswich Town33Chelsea6,000 match drawn
Reserve League6th Apr 1946Chelsea48Brighton And Hove Albionunknown match lost
Reserve League17th Apr 1946Chelsea02Readingunknown match lost
Reserve League25th Apr 1946Fulham31Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League1st May 1946Chelsea21Millwallunknown match won
Reserve League4th May 1946Brentford20Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League7th Sep 1946Chelsea04Coventry Cityunknown match lost
Reserve League11th Sep 1946Chelsea32Swansea Townunknown match won
Reserve League16th Sep 1946Fulham02Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League21st Sep 1946Chelsea20Bournemouth & Boscombe Athleticunknown match won
Reserve League28th Sep 1946Bristol City42Chelsea2,000 match lost
London Football Association Cup14th Oct 1946Chelsea11Charlton Athleticunknown match drawn
London Football Association Cup21st Oct 1946Charlton Athletic50Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League26th Oct 1946Portsmouth53Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League7th Dec 1946Brentford22Chelseaunknown match drawn scored 1 goal
Reserve League25th Dec 1946Southampton30Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League26th Dec 1946Queens Park Rangers32Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League28th Dec 1946Chelsea11West Ham Unitedunknown match drawn scored 1 goal
Football Combination Cup18th Jan 1947Chelsea32Charlton Athleticunknown match won
Football Combination Cup25th Jan 1947Charlton Athletic02Chelseaunknown match won
Football Combination Cup1st Feb 1947Chelsea21Crystal Palaceunknown match won
Football Combination Cup1st Mar 1947Chelsea05Fulhamunknown match lost
Football Combination Cup22nd Mar 1947Millwall12Chelseaunknown match won
Football Combination Cup29th Mar 1947Chelsea21West Ham Unitedunknown match won
Football Combination Cup7th Apr 1947Chelsea13Brighton And Hove Albionunknown match lost scored 1 goal
Reserve League19th Apr 1947Brighton And Hove Albion12Chelseaunknown match won scored 1 goal
Reserve League26th Apr 1947Chelsea20Aldershotunknown match won scored 1 goal
Reserve League3rd May 1947Bristol Rovers03Chelsea3,000 match won
Reserve League10th May 1947Leicester City01Chelseaunknown match won

Chelsea Graves Society Info & External Research Links:


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Chelsea FC Player Jimmy Bain

Games Won: 7
Win Percentage: 50%
Total Bookings: 0
Times Sent Off: 0

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 14 appearances, Jimmy Bain played alongside the following 22 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

Sidney Bathgate (2)
Alex Davidson (1)
Dickie Foss (6)
John Galloway (2)
Len Goulden (12)
John Harris (14)
Tommy Lawton (13)
Fred Lewis (2)
James Macaulay (7)
Alex Machin (9)
Harry Medhurst (3)
Joe Payne (4)
Fred Richardson (1)
Bill H Robertson (11)
Robert Russell (2)
Dick Spence (13)
Willi Steffen (1)
Albert Tennant (5)
Tommy Walker (7)
Alex White (4)
Reg Williams (7)
Danny Winter (14)