Steve James Profile

Steve James

Ste­ven Ro­bert Ja­mes, born Cose­ley, Eng­land, Nov­ember 29, 1949. Ste­ve Ja­mes star­ted his ca­reer as an ap­pren­tice wi­th Man­chester Uni­ted in Ju­ly 1965 and sig­ned his fir­st pro­fes­sion­al con­tract wi­th the club in Dec­ember the fol­low­ing year. A ded­ic­ated and whole­hearted de­fender, he would spend over ten years at Old Traf­ford be­fore he went on to play for York City, Kid­der­min­ster Har­ri­ers, and Tipton Town.

Ste­ve Ja­mes was han­ded his Fir­st Di­vi­sion de­but for Man­chester Uni­ted by Sir Matt Busby in a 2-0 de­feat ag­ainst North West rivals Liver­pool at An­field on the 12th of Oct­ober 1968 and re­gistered his fir­st goal for The Reds in a 3-2 top-flight loss to Chel­sea at Stam­ford Bridge on the 15th of Mar­ch 1969. He made 21 Di­vi­sion One ap­pear­ances for Uni­ted dur­ing his in­aug­ur­al sea­son and pro­ceeded to play 129 Foot­ball Lea­gue ga­mes for the si­de dur­ing his Old Traf­ford ca­reer, con­trib­ut­ing four goals in the pro­cess. The sturdy stop­per won the Sec­ond Di­vi­sion Cham­pi­on­ship wi­th Man­chester Uni­ted in 1975 be­fore he was lured to Di­vi­sion Two out­fit York City by for­mer Old Traf­ford man­ager Wilf McGuin­ness in the middle of the 1975-76 cam­paign and made his fir­st te­am de­but for the re­leg­a­tion strug­gling club in a nar­row 1-0 de­feat ag­ainst pro­mo­tion can­did­ates West Brom­wich Al­bion at Bootham Cres­cent on the 17th of Jan­uary 1976. Af­ter notch­ing up 105 Foot­ball Lea­gue ap­pear­ances for The Min­ster­men, he joi­ned for­ces wi­th Non-Lea­gue Kid­der­min­ster Har­ri­ers at the be­gin­ning of the 1980-81 sea­son. And, at the end of the 1981-82 cam­paign, he left Ag­g­bor­ough Sta­dium for Tipton To­wn where he fin­ished his act­ive ca­reer. Ste­ve Ja­mes Play­ing Ca­reer: Man­chester Uni­ted, York City, Kid­der­min­ster Har­ri­ers, Tipton To­wn. Play­ing Hon­ours: Eng­lish Foot­ball Lea­gue Sec­ond Di­vi­sion 1975.

 

Steve James Quickfacts

Ste­ve Ja­mes, nev­er a reg­u­lar goal scor­er wi­th Man­chester Uni­ted, notched the win­ner in a nar­row 1-0 Lea­gue Di­vi­sion One tri­umph ag­ainst Sto­ke City at Old Traf­ford on the 29th of Au­gust 1973.

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Manchester United Appearances

Liver­pool 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Ips­wich To­wn 0
Sto­ke City 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Liver­pool 0
South­ampton 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Ar­senal 3 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Ex­eter City 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 3
Leeds Uni­ted 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 4 Sun­der­land 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Wat­ford 1
Ips­wich To­wn 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Wat­ford 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Birm­ing­ham City 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Wolver­hampton Wan­derers 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 6 Birm­ing­ham City 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 3 Rap­id Wien 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Ever­ton 1
Rap­id Wien 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Ever­ton 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Chel­sea 3 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 8 Queens Park Ran­gers 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Shef­field Wed­nesday 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Sto­ke City 1
West Ham Uni­ted 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Not­ting­ham For­est 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 West Brom­wich Al­bion 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 3 Not­ting­ham For­est 1
Cov­entry City 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
New­castle Uni­ted 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Middles­brough 0
Not­ting­ham For­est 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
New­castle Uni­ted 5 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Alder­shot 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 3
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Black­pool 1
Wolver­hampton Wan­derers 3 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 Chel­sea 1
New­castle Uni­ted 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 Sto­ke City 2
Not­ting­ham For­est 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 4 Crys­tal Pal­ace 2
South­ampton 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Hud­dersfield To­wn 1
Tot­ten­ham Hot­spur 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Man­chester City 4
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 As­ton Vil­la 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Ar­senal 3
Man­chester Uni­ted 3 Ips­wich To­wn 2
Black­pool 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Man­chester City 3 Man­chester Uni­ted 4
Der­by Coun­ty 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Chel­sea 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 3
Man­chester Uni­ted 3 Ar­senal 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 3 West Brom­wich Al­bion 1
Wolver­hampton Wan­derers 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Ever­ton 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Ips­wich To­wn 0
Ips­wich To­wn 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 3
Crys­tal Pal­ace 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 3
Man­chester Uni­ted 4 West Ham Uni­ted 2
Liver­pool 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 Shef­field Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Burn­ley 1
Hud­dersfield To­wn 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 3
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Der­by Coun­ty 0
Burn­ley 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
New­castle Uni­ted 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Sto­ke City 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Leeds Uni­ted 1
Man­chester City 3 Man­chester Uni­ted 3
Sto­ke City 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 3 Tot­ten­ham Hot­spur 1
Sto­ke City 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 3 Lei­cester City 2
South­ampton 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 5
Man­chester Uni­ted 3 Not­ting­ham For­est 2
Sto­ke City 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Ips­wich To­wn 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 Cov­entry City 2
West Brom­wich Al­bion 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Pre­ston North End 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 New­castle Uni­ted 2
Leeds Uni­ted 5 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Middles­brough 0
Middles­brough 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 3
Tot­ten­ham Hot­spur 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Ever­ton 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 Hud­dersfield To­wn 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Sto­ke City 1
Sto­ke City 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 4 Crys­tal Pal­ace 0
Cov­entry City 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 3
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Liver­pool 3
Shef­field Uni­ted 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Man­chester City 3
Man­chester Uni­ted 3 South­ampton 2
Not­ting­ham For­est 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 3 Sto­ke City 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Ips­wich To­wn 2
Liver­pool 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Ever­ton 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Lei­cester City 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Ar­senal 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Chel­sea 0
West Ham Uni­ted 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Ox­ford Uni­ted 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Cov­entry City 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 3 Ox­ford Uni­ted 1
Wolver­hampton Wan­derers 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 3 Der­by Coun­ty 0
Shef­field Uni­ted 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Bris­tol Rov­ers 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
West Brom­wich Al­bion 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Bris­tol Rov­ers 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 West Brom­wich Al­bion 1
Birm­ing­ham City 3 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 New­castle Uni­ted 1
Tot­ten­ham Hot­spur 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
South­ampton 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Nor­wich City 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 Crys­tal Pal­ace 0
Sto­ke City 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Leeds Uni­ted 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Man­chester City 0
Ar­senal 3 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Sto­ke City 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Lei­cester City 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 3 West Ham Uni­ted 1
Leeds Uni­ted 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Liver­pool 0
Wolver­hampton Wan­derers 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Middles­brough 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Der­by Coun­ty 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Birm­ing­ham City 0
Burn­ley 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 Chel­sea 2
Tot­ten­ham Hot­spur 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
New­castle Uni­ted 3 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Nor­wich City 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 South­ampton 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 Cov­entry City 3
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Ar­senal 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Ips­wich To­wn 1
Cov­entry City 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Leeds Uni­ted 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Tot­ten­ham Hot­spur 1
Chel­sea 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 3
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 Shef­field Wed­nesday 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 Nor­wich City 2
Sun­der­land 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Nor­wich City 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 0 Bris­tol City 1
Ox­ford Uni­ted 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 2 Hull City 0
Man­chester Uni­ted 4 Car­diff City 0
Bol­ton Wan­derers 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Nor­wich City 1
Not­ting­ham For­est 0 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Bris­tol Rov­ers 1 Man­chester Uni­ted 1
Man­chester Uni­ted 1 Ful­ham 0
Notts Coun­ty 2 Man­chester Uni­ted 2
Man­chester Uni­ted 4 Black­pool 0

Total Ap­pear­ances: 129

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