James Baillie (footballer)

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James Baillie
Personal information
Full name James Baillie[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth Warrington, England
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Ashton United
Youth career
0000–2014 Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Crewe Alexandra 38 (0)
2016Nantwich Town (loan)
2016–2020 Curzon Ashton 101 (5)
2020–2022 Warrington Town 59 (3)
2022– Ashton United 35 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:44, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

James Baillie (born 27 March 1996) is an English footballer who plays for Ashton United. He previously played in the Football League for Crewe Alexandra.

Career[edit]

Baillie began his career with Crewe Alexandra and signed a professional contract with the club in May 2014.[3] He made his Football League debut on 9 August 2014 in a 2–1 defeat away at Fleetwood Town.[4]

In March 2016 he joined Nantwich Town on loan.[5]

in September 2016 he signed for Curzon Ashton.[6] On 30 October 2018, he suffered a broken leg in a fixture against Southport and missed almost a year. Before his return to Curzon Ashton first team action, he had loan spells with Abbey Hey and Mossley to help with his recovery.[7]

After spending four years at Curzon, he signed for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Warrington Town, making nine appearances before the 2020–21 campaign was curtailed. He re-signed for another season in July 2021.[8][9][10]

In June 2022, Baillie joined Ashton United.[11]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 16 November 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crewe Alexandra 2014–15[12] League One 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2015–16[13] 3 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 4 0
Crewe total 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
Curzon Ashton 2016–17[14] National League North 30 1 5 0 0 0 35 1
2017–18[14] 40 1 0 0 0 0 40 1
2018–19[14] 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2019–20[14] 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Curzon Ashton total 85 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 90 2
Career total 101 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 108 3
  1. ^ Appearance in the Football League Trophy

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ "James Baillie". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Crewe Alexandra: James Baillie signs professional deal with the club". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Fleetwood 2-1 Crewe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Crewe Alexandra: James Baillie joins Nantwich Town on loan". The Sentinel. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  6. ^ "James Baillie joins the Nash". Curzon Ashton FC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  7. ^ Hendry, Sam (11 November 2019). "'The Big Interview' with... James Baillie". Curzon Ashton FC. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  8. ^ "JAMES BAILLIE COMMITS TO 2021/22 SEASON". Warrington Town FC. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Warrington Town – Appearances – James Baillie – 2020-2021". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Warrington Town – Appearances – James Baillie". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  11. ^ @AshtonUnitedFC (11 June 2022). "🚨𝘽𝘼𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙅𝙊𝙄𝙉𝙎 𝙐𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙀𝘿@clegg_m's trolly dash at @theyellows continues with his latest addition to next season's squad. Defender @jamesbaillie25 has agreed terms with #aufc for next years @NorthernPremLge. Welcome to Hurst Cross James! #oneclub" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 June 2022 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "Games played by James Baillie in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Games played by James Baillie in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  14. ^ a b c d James Baillie at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

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