James Neil |
![]() James Neil was born in Glasgow, although his date of birth remains unknown to us. * The 5' 9 (11st 9lbs) goalkeeper temporarily transferred to George Easton's Thistle on Tuesday, 28th December, 1915, from his parent club, Portsmouth. He made his debut appearance on Saturday, 1st January, 1916, in a 1-0 win at home to Third Lanark in the Scottish Football League. In doing so, James joined the goalies' clean-sheet debutant's club. He registered the last of his 13 clean-sheets on Saturday, 2nd December, 1916, in a 0-0 draw away to Ayr United in the Scottish Football League. He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 20th March, 1920, in a 2-0 defeat away to St Mirren in the Scottish Football League, having appeared as a Jag on 37 occasions. His club-list included Portsmouth, Partick Thistle, Morton, Kilmarnock and Glasgow Perthshire. We don't know where or when James died. *
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compiled from our All Games criteria. |
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01.01.1916 Third Lanark [h] W1-0 (SFL - game 19) |
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03.01.1916 Rangers [a] W1-0 (SFL - game 20) |
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15.01.1916 Dumbarton [h] D0-0 (SFL - game 22) |
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29.01.1916 Queen's Park [h] W5-0 (SFL - game 24) |
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12.02.1916 Kilmarnock [h] W4-0 (SFL - game 26) |
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19.04.1916 St Mirren [h] W4-0 (SFL - game 35) |
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22.04.1916 Airdrieonians [a] W2-0 (SFL - game 36) |
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06.05.1916 Queen's Park [n] W4-0 (Glasgow Charity Cup Semi Final) |
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21.10.1916 Dumbarton [h] W6-0 (SFL - game 9) |
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28.10.1916 Raith Rovers [h] W2-0 (SFL - game 10) |
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18.11.1916 Celtic [a] D0-0 (SFL - game 12) |
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25.11.1916 Dundee [h] W3-0 (SFL - game 13) |
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02.12.1916 Ayr United [a] D0-0 (SFL - game 14) |
James Neil's clean-sheet ratio |
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13/37 ← success rate → 35.1% |
Thistle's clean-sheet ratio |
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1559/6710 ← success rate → 23.2% |
@ 18-Mar-2023 |