Kingsley James

Kingsley James
Personal information
Full name Kingsley Tyrone James
Date of birth (1992-02-17) 17 February 1992[1]
Place of birth Rotherham, England[2]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Macclesfield Town
Youth career
2002–2010 Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Sheffield United 0 (0)
2011–2013 Port Vale 11 (0)
2011 → Chasetown (loan) 5 (2)
2013 → Hereford United (loan) 21 (1)
2013–2014 Hereford United 23 (2)
2014–2015 Chester 40 (2)
2015–2016 FC Halifax Town 46 (7)
2016– Macclesfield Town 16 (4)
National team
2014– England C 4 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 November 2016 (UTC).


Kingsley Tyrone James (born 17 February 1992) is an English footballer who plays for National League side Macclesfield Town. He has represented England at semi-professional level.

A former Sheffield United youth team captain, he switched to Port Vale in summer 2011. He was loaned out to Chasetown in October 2011. He joined Hereford United on loan in January 2013. Port Vale were promoted out of League Two in 2012–13, and he left the "Valiants" to play for Hereford on a permanent basis. He switched to Chester in June 2014 and then FC Halifax Town in July 2015. He played for Halifax in their 2016 FA Trophy final victory over Grimsby Town, before he joined Macclesfield Town in July 2016.

Club career

Sheffield United

James began his career as a youth team player at Championship club Sheffield United, after joining at the age of ten he went on to captain the likes of Kyle Naughton and Kyle Walker in the youth team.[3] Kevin Blackwell handed him his first team début in the League Cup First Round 2–0 defeat by Hartlepool United at Victoria Park on 11 August 2010 – he was replaced by Jamie Ward on 66 minutes.[4] This would prove to be his only appearance for the club, and he and teammate Phil Roe followed former United manager Micky Adams to League Two side Port Vale in July 2011.[5] Adams pursued the youngster despite having refused to offer him a new contract as United manager.[6]

Port Vale

He missed the start of the 2011–12 season due to a knee injury.[7] He joined Chasetown of the Northern Premier League Premier Division on loan on 20 October.[8] He scored on his Chasetown début in the FA Trophy,[9] then followed this up with two goals on his league début at Marine.[10] He played a further five games without scoring, before returning to Vale Park in December. James made his Port Vale début on 7 January 2012, replacing Gareth Owen 63 minutes into a 3–0 defeat at Southend United.[11] He was given his first start against Shrewsbury Town at the New Meadow on 27 March, but the match was abandoned after 64 minutes due to a fire caused by the failure of the floodlights.[12] He agreed to sign a new one-year deal with the club in June 2012.[13]

He hoped to establish himself in the centre of midfield in the 2012–13 season following the departure of Anthony Griffith.[14] James filled in at centre-back for 45 minutes against Northampton Town at Sixfields on 27 October, after a catalogue of injuries and suspensions left only James and Joe Davis as the two players with any experience of the position.[15] He provided an assist for a Tom Pope goal in a 4–1 win over Wycombe Wanderers on 20 October, his second appearance of the season.[16] He won his first start for the club on 20 November, in a 4–0 win over Bristol Rovers.[17]

Hereford United

On 28 January 2013, he joined Martin Foyle's Hereford United on a one-month loan deal.[18] He made eight Conference National starts for the "Bulls", and his loan spell was extended until the end of the 2012–13 campaign.[19] He became a key member of the first team, and scored his first goal for the club on 1 April, in a 5–2 win over Tamworth at Edgar Street.[20] He played 21 games for Hereford, before returning to Vale in time to see the club promoted into League One. He was not offered a new contract at the end of the season and was released as a free agent.[21]

After leaving Port Vale, James began training with Hereford in July 2013,[22] and signed a one-year contract the following month.[23] He made 23 appearances in the 2013–14 campaign.

Chester

James signed a one-year contract with Steve Burr's Chester in June 2014.[24] He scored three goals in 46 appearances during the 2014–15 campaign, and elected to leave the club following a strong first half and finish to the season which attracted interest from clubs in the Football League.[25]

Halifax

James turned down a two-year contract from Chester to move to a club closer to his Barnsley home, and in July 2015 joined National League side FC Halifax Town.[26] Halifax were forced to pay Chester £8,000 compensation with a 20% sell-on clause following a tribunal.[27] He scored 11 goals in 57 appearances across the 2015–16 campaign as Halifax were relegated in 21st place, one point short of safety. He did though play at Wembley Stadium in the FA Trophy final, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute for Scott McManus as Halifax beat Grimsby Town 1–0.[28]

Macclesfield Town

James was sold to Macclesfield Town for an undisclosed fee in July 2016, and signed a one-year contract.[29]

International career

James scored on his debut for the England C team against Estonia under-23's on 18 November 2014.

Personal life

Although many of his friends and family were Rotherham United fans, James supported Manchester United as a boy.[30] He married Emily on 21 May 2016, the day before he played for Halifax in the 2016 FA Trophy Final.[31]

Statistics

As of 12 November 2016.
Season Club Division League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sheffield United2010–11[32]Championship0000100010
Chasetown (loan)2011–12Northern Premier5200002173
Port Vale2011–12[33]League Two5000000050
2012–13[34]League Two6010000070
Total 110100000120
Hereford United2012–13[34]Conference National21100—00211
2013–14[35]Conference National23200—00232
Total 442000000442
Chester2014–15[36]Conference Premier40240—2[lower-alpha 1]1[lower-alpha 1]463
FC Halifax Town2015–16[36]National League46731—8[lower-alpha 1]3[lower-alpha 1]5711
Macclesfield Town2016–17[36]National League16420—00184
Career Total 162181011012518523
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance/s and goal/s in the FA Trophy.

Honours

with Port Vale
with F.C. Halifax Town

References

  1. 1 2 "Name: Kingsley James". port-vale.co.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Port Vale: Youngster James keen to grab chance to impress after making Vale debut". The Sentinel. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Kingsley James ready for new challenge at Port Vale". BBC Sport. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Hartlepool 2–0 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Port Vale agree deals with Sheffield United duo". BBC Sport. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Port Vale: New boy James delighted to be back with the man who fired and hired him". The Sentinel. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "Port Vale: Youngsters hit for five in cup tie". The Sentinel. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "Port Vale extend loan of Notts County's Liam Chilvers". BBC Sport. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  9. ↑ Goddard, Dave (22 October 2011). "Perrow Hits Four As Scholars Progress". Chasetown FC. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  10. ↑ Goddard, Dave (29 October 2011). "James Inspires Comeback". Chasetown FC. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Southend 3 – 0 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  12. ↑ "Shrewsbury's League Two match with Port Vale has been abandoned because of a floodlight failure". BBC Sport. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  13. ↑ "Duo sign on the dotted line". port-vale.co.uk. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  14. ↑ "James celebrates new deal by vowing he'll be the new Griff". The Sentinel. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  15. ↑ "Northampton 2 – 0 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  16. ↑ "Match analysis: Port Vale 4, Wycombe 1". The Sentinel. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  17. ↑ "Tom Pope races to new club record against Bristol Rovers". The Sentinel. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  18. ↑ "Hereford United sign Kingsley James and Rodney MacDonald". BBC Sport. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  19. ↑ Johnson, Dave. "Midfielder's loan spell extended". port-vale.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  20. ↑ "Hereford 5 – 2 Tamworth". BBC Sport. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  21. ↑ "Four players released by Valiants". The Sentinel. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  22. ↑ "Kingsley James trains with Hereford United". Hereford Times. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  23. ↑ "Trialist trio sign for Bulls". Hereford United. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  24. ↑ "Chester FC complete signing of James". The Leader. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  25. ↑ Green, Jim. "Kingsley James confirms Chester FC exit". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  26. ↑ Green, Jim (11 July 2015). "FC Halifax Town announce signing of Kingsley James from Chester FC". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  27. ↑ Green, Jim (3 November 2015). "Chester FC: Kingsley James tribunal orders FC Halifax Town to pay £8,000". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  28. ↑ "Non-League Finals Day: Halifax Town and Morpeth Town cause double Wembley upset". BBC Sport. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  29. ↑ "Midfielder joins from Halifax". mtfc.co.uk. Macclesfield Town F.C. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  30. ↑ "Port Vale: Home boy James hoping to put wind up Millers". The Sentinel. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  31. ↑ "Kingsley James: FA Trophy win completes the perfect weekend". The FA. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Kingsley James in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Kingsley James in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  34. 1 2 "Games played by Kingsley James in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Kingsley James in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  36. 1 2 3 Kingsley James profile at Soccerway
  37. ↑ Sherwin, Phil; Johnson, Dave (2013), Port Vale This Side Up: 2012–2013 Promotion Celebration, BGL, ISBN 978-0-9926579-0-1
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