James Wootton (footballer)

[1] The club was readmitted into the Football League for the 1919–20 season, replacing Leeds City.[1] Wootton made 19 Second Division appearances in the season and was a member of the side that shared the North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup in 1920.[1] He played 25 league and cup games in the 1920–21 season, and scored goals against Hull City and Clapton Orient.[1] He lost his first-team place at The Old Recreation Ground in March 1921 and joined Nuneaton Town of the Birmingham League in the summer where "the position of outside-left... [had] given the Nuneaton Town officials considerable anxiety".He played 14 times in the Third Division North for the "Admirals" during the remainder of the 1921–22 season, before moving back into non-League with Hereford United.
James Wootton (animator)WalsallSt AsaphPort ValeNuneaton TownNelsonHereford UnitedRugby TownOakengates TownfootballerFootball LeagueFirst World War1919–20Leeds CitySecond Division1920–21Hull CityClapton OrientThe Old Recreation GroundBirmingham LeagueThird Division North1921–22non-League