James Buchan (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Buchan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1881[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Perth, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1950 (aged 68–69) [3] | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1902 | St Johnstone | ||
| 1902–1904 | Hibernian | 43 | (4) |
| 1904 | Woolwich Arsenal | 8 | (0) |
| 1904–1911 | Manchester City | 155 | (8) |
| 1911–1912 | Motherwell | 14 | (1) |
| 1912–1913 | Kilmarnock | 20 | (0) |
| 1913– | Forfar Athletic | ||
| –1915 | St Johnstone | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1920–1922 | St Johnstone | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Buchan (19 April 1881 – 1950) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half. He played for Manchester City, Woolwich Arsenal, St Johnstone, Hibernian, Motherwell, Kilmarnock and Forfar Athletic. After his retirement from football, Buchan managed St Johnstone.
A wing half, Buchan began his career at hometown junior league club St Johnstone and moved to Scottish League First Division club Hibernian in 1902.[4] In his first season at Easter Road he was a part of the team which won the 1902–03 First Division title.[5] Buchan remained with the club until April 1904, when he moved to newly promoted English First Division club Woolwich Arsenal.[6] He made just eight appearances during the early months of the 1904–05 season,[2] before falling out of favour and moving north to join divisional rivals Manchester City in March 1905.[3] Buchan remained at Hyde Road for the following seven years and after the heartbreak of relegation to the Second Division at the end of the 1908–09 season,[7] he helped the club to an immediate return to the top-flight at the end of 1909–10.[8] Buchan dropped out of favour during the 1910–11 season and returned to Scotland to finish his career with Motherwell, Kilmarnock, Forfar Athletic and a second spell with St Johnstone,[4] whom he later managed between 1920 and 1922.[9]
Personal life
On 8 December 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Buchan attested as a reserve private in the Highland Light Infantry.[10] He was mobilised on 28 August 1916 and transferred to the Army Pay Corps a matter of days later.[10] Buchan was transferred to the Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry on 29 September 1917, with whom he served until being transferred to the army reserve in March 1919.[10]
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