{{for|the 1880s Dumbarton FC player|James Liddell (1880s footballer)}} {{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = James Liddell | image = | fullname = James Liddell | birth_date = {{birth-date|1897}} | birth_place = Baillieston, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height = | position = Wing half | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1= – | clubs1= Ashfield | caps1= | goals1= | years2= 1920–1921 |clubs2= Liverpool | caps2=0 | goals2=0 |years3= 1921 |clubs3= → Albion Rovers (loan) | caps3= | goals3= | years4= 1921–1924 |clubs4= Bristol Rovers | caps4=30 | goals4= 4 | years5= 1924 | clubs5= Preston North End | caps5=0 | goals5= 0 |years6= 1924–1925 |clubs6= Albion Rovers | caps6= 29 | goals6= 8 | years7= 1925–1930 |clubs7= Clyde | caps7= 111 | goals7= 5 |years8= 1930–1931 |clubs8= Albion Rovers | caps8= 14 | goals8= 1 |years9= 1931–1933 |clubs9= Dumbarton | caps9= 50 | goals9= 3 |years10= 1933–1939 |clubs10= Albion Rovers | caps10= 104 | goals10= 5 }} '''James Liddell''' (born 1897)<ref name="Byrne&Jay">{{cite book |last1=Jay |first1=Mike |last2=Byrne |first2=Stephen |title=Pirates in Profile: A Who's Who of Bristol Rovers Players |year=1994 |publisher=Potten, Baber & Murray |location=Bristol |isbn=0-9524835-0-5 |page=151}}</ref><ref name="Joyce">{{cite book |last1=Joyce |first1=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 |year=2004 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |isbn=1899468676 |page=157}}</ref> was a Scottish footballer who played for Albion Rovers, Dumbarton<ref>{{cite book | last = McAllister | first = Jim | title = The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club | publisher = J&J Robertson Printers | year = 2002 | location = Dumbarton}}</ref> and Clyde.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Emms | first1 = Steve | last2 = Wells |first2 = Richard | title = Scottish League Players' Records Division One 1890/91 to 1938/39 | publisher = Tony Brown | year = 2007 | location = Beeston, Nottingham | isbn = 978-1-899468-66-9}}</ref><ref name=litsterprewar>{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}</ref>
He joined Liverpool in 1920 but failed to make any first team appearances in his year at Anfield, moving on to Bristol Rovers in 1921. In two and a half years in Bristol he made thirty league appearances, scoring either 4<ref name="Joyce"/> or 5<ref name="Byrne&Jay"/> goals. In January 1924 he moved to First Division side Preston North End, but as with his time in Liverpool, he didn't make any first team appearances for them.<ref name="Joyce"/>
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