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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Lang > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Lang.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lang > Source revision: 1291970285 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jimmy Lang | image = | caption = | fullname = James Joseph Lang{{cite web |first=Stuart |last=Spencer |url=https://scottishfootballmuseum.org.uk/the-scottish-influence-in-the-beginning-of-english-football/ |title=The Scottish Influence at the Beginning of English Football |website=Scottish Football Museum |date=18 June 2018 |access-date=26 January 2020 |archive-date=26 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126204108/https://scottishfootballmuseum.org.uk/the-scottish-influence-in-the-beginning-of-english-football/ |url-status=dead }} | birth_date = {{birth date|1851|3||df=y}} | birth_place = Scotland | death_date= {{death date and age|1929|07|14|1851|03|df=y}} | death_place= [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), Scotland | height = | position = [Forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)) | youthyears1 = | years1 = |clubs1 = [Eastern](/source/Eastern_F.C.) | years2 = |clubs2 = [Clydesdale](/source/Clydesdale_F.C.) | years3 = |clubs3 = [Third Lanark](/source/Third_Lanark_A.C.) | years4 = 1876–188? |clubs4 = [The Wednesday](/source/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C.) | years5 = 1876 |clubs5 = [Spital](/source/Spital_F.C.) | years6 = 1877–1879 |clubs6 = [Third Lanark](/source/Third_Lanark_A.C.) | years7 = 1879 |clubs7 = [Attercliffe](/source/Attercliffe_F.C.) | years8 = 1879–1880 |clubs8 = [Sheffield Zulus](/source/The_Zulus) | years9 = 1884 |clubs9 = [Northwich Victoria](/source/Northwich_Victoria_F.C.) | nationalyears1 = 1876–1878 |nationalteam1 = [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team) |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 2 | manageryears1 = |managerclubs1 = [Sheffield Zulus](/source/The_Zulus) }} '''James Joseph Lang''' (March 1851{{cite book | last = Lamming | first = Douglas | title = A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872-1986 | type = Hardback | publisher = Hutton Press | year = 1987 | isbn = 0-907033-47-4 }} – 14 July 1929{{Cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001579/19290724/073/0005|title = Campsie: Sports| work = Kirkintilloch Herald | date = 24 July 1929 }}) was a Scottish international [footballer](/source/Association_football) who represented [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team) twice from 1876 to 1878. ==Early life== Lang was born in March 1851 in Scotland. Before his football career, he worked at the [John Brown & Company](/source/John_Brown_%26_Company)'s shipyard on the [River Clyde](/source/River_Clyde) in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), where he lost sight in one eye due to an accident in 1869.{{cite journal |last1=Curry |first1=Graham |title=Playing for money: James J. Lang and emergent soccer professionalism in Sheffield |journal=Soccer & Society |date=2004 |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=336–355 |doi=10.1080/1466097042000279599 |s2cid=143695266 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1466097042000279599 |access-date=26 January 2020|url-access=subscription }}{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?3f4b05ffcd85bcca952b9b95205fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeeda315 |title=Interesting and curious facts about full internationals and national players (1872-1900) |publisher=[IFFHS](/source/IFFHS) |access-date=20 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204120325/http://iffhs.de/?3f4b05ffcd85bcca952b9b95205fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeeda315 |archive-date= 4 December 2010 }} ==Football career== ===Club career=== Lang's playing career started with Glasgow's [Eastern](/source/Eastern_F.C.), from where he moved to [Clydesdale](/source/Clydesdale_F.C.) and then [Third Lanark](/source/Third_Lanark_A.C.). While with Clydesdale he played in the first ever [Scottish Cup](/source/Scottish_Cup) final in [1874](/source/1874_Scottish_Cup_Final), losing 2–0 against [Queen's Park](/source/Queen's_Park_F.C.).{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup-matches/?mid=91304 |title=Queen's Park v Clydesdale |website=Scottish FA |access-date=26 January 2020}} He also became involved with the [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow_Football_Association) vs. [Sheffield](/source/Sheffield_and_Hallamshire_Football_Association) association matches,{{cite web |url=http://gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.com/2014/02/sheffield-v-glasgow-1870s.html |title=Sheffield v Glasgow: 1870s |website=Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937. |date=10 February 2014 |access-date=26 January 2020}} and at the 1876 meeting (in which Glasgow won 2–0){{cite web |url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/representative-matches.htm |title=Representative Matches |website=Scottish Football Historical Archive |access-date=26 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708135909/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/representative-matches.htm |archive-date=8 July 2019}} he caught the attention of [The Wednesday](/source/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C.) board. They subsequently invited him to play for their team. He was not paid by the club but instead gained employment with a company in Garden Street owned by one of the directors, Walter Fearnehough. Although the family business manufactured "Bayonet Spirals, Ledger Blades and Chaff Knives" Lang received no formal duties and he spent most of the day reading the paper. The first mention of Lang playing for Wednesday was a friendly against local rivals [Hallam](/source/Hallam_F.C.) on 25 November 1876. While he appeared for Wednesday throughout the 1876–77 season, featuring in "six friendly matches, four cup ties, two representative fixtures and one benefit game", he also made two appearances for [Chesterfield Spital](/source/Spital_F.C.) during December 1876. Lang returned to Third Lanark in October 1877 and played in their [1878 Scottish Cup Final](/source/1878_Scottish_Cup_Final) defeat to [Vale of Leven](/source/Vale_of_Leven_F.C.).{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup-matches/?mid=91680 |title=Vale Of Leven v Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers |website=Scottish FA |access-date=26 January 2020}} Despite returning north of the border, Lang still featured for The Wednesday in 1878, playing in three [Sheffield Challenge Cup](/source/Sheffield_%26_Hallamshire_Senior_Cup) matches, including the final in which Wednesday beat [Attercliffe](/source/Attercliffe_F.C.) 2–0. While still at Third Lanark, Lang played once more for Wednesday in January 1879 against [Heeley](/source/Heeley_F.C.), before returning full-time to South Yorkshire for the 1879–80 season. Lang featured for Attercliffe against [Blackburn Rovers](/source/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C.) in November 1879. Lang also played for the [Sheffield Zulus](/source/The_Zulus),{{cite web |first=Somnath |last=Sengupta |url=http://inbedwithmaradona.com/sheffield-2/2015/11/2/sheffield-zulus-victorian-showmen |title=Sheffield Zulus: Victorian Showmen |website=IBWM |date=3 November 2015 |access-date=26 January 2020}} lining up for them against Chesterfield on 24 November 1879{{cite web |url=http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/sheff/zuluz.htm |title=Zulus |website=THE OWL Football Historian |access-date=26 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011235032/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/sheff/zuluz.htm |archive-date=11 October 2012}} and [Barnsley](/source/Barnsley_F.C.) in January 1880 – he was also briefly secretary for the club. Lang featured for Wednesday over 20 times during the 1880–81 season, captaining them in the opening months. However, for the 1881–82 season he only appeared three times – including the 1882 [Wharncliffe Charity Cup](/source/Wharncliffe_Charity_Cup) Final against Heeley, which Wednesday won 5–0.{{cite web |url=https://playupliverpool.com/1882/03/04/the-wednesday-v-heeley-5-0-wharncliffe-charity-cup-final-march-4-1882/ |title=THE WEDNESDAY V HEELEY 5-0 (WHARNCLIFFE CHARITY CUP FINAL: MARCH 4, 1882) |website=Play Up, Liverpool |date=4 March 1882 |access-date=26 January 2020}} Lang was also noted playing for [Northwich Victoria](/source/Northwich_Victoria_F.C.) against [Bolton Wanderers](/source/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C.) in January 1884. ===International career=== He won two international caps for [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team), the first on 25 March 1876 in a 4–0 win over [Wales](/source/Wales_national_football_team) (the [first international](/source/1876_Scotland_v_Wales_football_match) between the two countries) and the second on 23 March 1878, scoring a goal in each game.{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113488 |title=James Lang |website=Scottish FA |access-date=26 January 2020}} ==Career statistics== ===International=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=4|[Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team) |1876||1||1 |- |1878||1||1 |- !colspan=1|Total||2||2 |} ===International goals=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition |- !scope=col|No. !scope=col|Date !scope=col|Venue !scope=col|Cap !scope=col|Opponent !scope=col|Score !scope=col|Result !scope=col|Competition !scope=col class=unsortable|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope=row style=text-align:center|1 |25 March 1876||[Hamilton Crescent](/source/Hamilton_Crescent), Glasgow, Scotland||align=center|1||{{fb|WAL|1807}}||align=center|3–0||align=center|4–0||[Friendly](/source/Exhibition_game)||align=center|{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-intres1880.html |title=Scotland - International Matches 1872-1880 |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=26 January 2020}} |- !scope=row style=text-align:center|2 |23 March 1878||[Hampden Park](/source/Hampden_Park_(1873%E2%80%9383)), Glasgow, Scotland||align=center|2||{{fb|WAL|1807}}||align=center|9–0||align=center|9–0||[Friendly](/source/Exhibition_game)||align=center| |} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lang, Jimmy}} Category:1851 births Category:Scotland men's international footballers Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Third Lanark A.C. players Category:Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Category:Clydesdale F.C. players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Eastern F.C. players Category:Sportspeople with visual impairment Category:1929 deaths Category:Scottish blind people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jimmy Lang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lang) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lang?action=history)). 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