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)
Burial: Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Involvement with Chelsea:

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

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

Age on debut: 26 years 0 months 22 days

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

Appearances Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1945 / 46 0 5 0 0 0 5 1946 / 47 9 0 0 0 0 9 Total 9 5 0 0 0 14

Goals Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1946 / 47 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total 1 0 0 0 0 1

* 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

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
F.A. Cup	5th Jan 1946	Chelsea	1	1	Leicester City	39,678
F.A. Cup	10th Jan 1946	Leicester City	0	2	Chelsea	25,368
F.A. Cup	26th Jan 1946	Chelsea	2	0	West Ham United	65,726
F.A. Cup	30th Jan 1946	West Ham United	1	0	Chelsea	35,000
F.A. Cup	9th Feb 1946	Chelsea	0	1	Aston Villa	65,307
League	31st Aug 1946	Chelsea	4	3	Bolton Wanderers	62,850
League	4th Sep 1946	Chelsea	0	3	Manchester United	27,750
League	2nd Nov 1946	Blackpool	1	0	Chelsea	23,365
League	9th Nov 1946	Chelsea	3	2	Brentford	50,242
League	16th Nov 1946	Sunderland	1	2	Chelsea	41,227
League	23rd Nov 1946	Chelsea	1	3	Aston Villa	63,896
League	5th Apr 1947	Chelsea	3	0	Derby County	52,886
League	7th Apr 1947	Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Chelsea	35,646
League	12th Apr 1947	Everton	2	0	Chelsea	30,970

Chelsea Graves Society Info & External Research Links:

View CGS profile for James Alastair Bain on Ancestry
View CGS profile for James Alastair Bain on Find-A-Grave
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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 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)