Jim Carstairs
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Wood Carstairs[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | St Andrews, Scotland[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1987 | West Ham United | ||
| 1987–1989 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1992 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 1991 | → Brentford (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1991 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | → Stockport County (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Stockport County | 28 | (1) |
| 1994–1998 | Enfield | ||
| 1999 | St Albans City | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Wood Carstairs (born 29 January 1971) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Stockport County and Brentford as a left back.
Career
[edit]Arsenal
[edit]Growing up in Chigwell, Carstairs began his career as a schoolboy at West Ham United and then served an apprenticeship at First Division club Arsenal.[2][3] During the 1987–88 season, he was a part of the youth team which defeated Doncaster Rovers over two legs to win the FA Youth Cup.[3] Despite signing a two-year professional contract,[3] Carstairs failed to force his way into the first team picture.[4]
Carstairs joined Third Division club Brentford on a one-month loan in February 1991,[5] in an attempt to fill the club's problematic left back position.[2] His loan was extended for a second month and he made 11 appearances before returning to Highbury after his loan expired in April.[2][5] Carstairs joined Second Division club Cambridge United on loan in July 1991, but failed to make a league appearance.[1] Following another loan during the first half of the 1991–92 season,[3] Carstairs departed Arsenal on a permanent transfer.[4]
Stockport County
[edit]Carstairs moved to Third Division club Stockport County on loan in November 1991.[6] After seven appearances, he signed a permanent contract and made a total of 24 appearances during the 1991–92 season,[3][6] though Stockport were denied promotion to the second-tier after defeat to Peterborough United in the 1992 Third Division play-off final.[7] Carstairs made 23 appearances during the 1992–93 season and scored two goals.[6] He largely failed to figure during the 1993–94 season, making just one Football League Trophy appearance.[6] Carstairs departed the club during the season, having made 48 appearances and scored two goals during his time at Edgeley Park.[6]
Enfield
[edit]After his departure from Stockport County, Carstairs returned to North London to drop into non-League football and sign for Isthmian League Premier Division club Enfield in 1994.[4] He had four successful years with the club, winning the division title in his first season and finishing runner-up in 1995–96 and 1996–97.[8] He departed the club at the end of the 1997–98 season.[3]
St Albans City
[edit]Carstairs had a short spell at Isthmian League Premier Division club St Albans City towards the end of the 1998–99 season and made 11 appearances.[9]
Personal life
[edit]As of 1998, Carstairs was working as a sports development officer.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford (loan) | 1990–91[10] | Third Division | 8 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Stockport County | 1991–92[6] | Third Division | 20 | 0 | — | — | 4[a] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 1992–93[6] | Second Division | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5[a] | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| 1993–94[6] | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 48 | 2 | ||
| St Albans City | 1998–99[11] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 8 | 0 | — | — | 3[b] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 70 | 2 | ||
Honours
[edit]Enfield
- Isthmian League Premier Division: 1994–95[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Jim Carstairs". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 35. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ a b c d e f g Tavener, David. "In conversation with Jimmy Carstairs". St Albans City F.C. History & Archives. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Jimmy Carstairs". The Highbury Inn. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ a b Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 44–45. ISBN 9781906796723.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Watts, Ian. "Jim Carstairs County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ Stockport County F.C. at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Enfield F.C. at the Football Club History Database
- ^ "Jimmy Carstairs". St Albans City F.C. Statistics. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 477.
- ^ "Season 1998–99 appearances". St Albans City F.C. Statistics. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
External links
[edit]- Jim Carstairs at Soccerbase
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Fife
- Scottish men's footballers
- Brentford F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Cambridge United F.C. players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Stockport County F.C. players
- Enfield F.C. players
- St Albans City F.C. players
- Isthmian League players
- Sportspeople from St Andrews