James Baillie (footballer)

{{Short description|English footballer (born 1996)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = James Baillie

| image =

| fullname = James Baillie{{cite news |title=The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015 |url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/documents/pages-from-fl-professional-retain-list-free-transfers-2014-15-2.pdf-...549-2491536.pdf |publisher=The Football League |page=46 |date=16 May 2015 |accessdate=1 December 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053003/http://www.football-league.co.uk/documents/pages-from-fl-professional-retain-list-free-transfers-2014-15-2.pdf-...549-2491536.pdf |url-status=dead }}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1996|3|27}}{{cite web |title=James Baillie |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/james-baillie-242592/|publisher=11v11 |accessdate=1 December 2015}}

| birth_place = Warrington, England

| height =

| currentclub = Ashton United

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| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2014

| youthclubs1 = Crewe Alexandra

| years1 = 2014–2016 | clubs1 = Crewe Alexandra | caps1 = 38 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2016 | clubs2 = → Nantwich Town (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 2016–2020 | clubs3 = Curzon Ashton | caps3 = 101 | goals3 = 5

| years4 = 2020–2022 | clubs4 = Warrington Town | caps4 = 59 | goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2022– | clubs5 = Ashton United | caps5 = 35 | goals5 = 4

| club-update = 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

Baillie began his career with Crewe Alexandra and signed a professional contract with the club in May 2014.{{cite web|title=Crewe Alexandra: James Baillie signs professional deal with the club|url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Crewe-Alexandra-James-Ballie-signs-professional/story-21127822-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523040905/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Crewe-Alexandra-James-Ballie-signs-professional/story-21127822-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 May 2014|website=Stoke Sentinel|accessdate=10 August 2014}} He made his Football League debut on 9 August 2014 in a 2–1 defeat away at Fleetwood Town.{{cite news|title=Fleetwood 2-1 Crewe|work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28646624|accessdate=10 August 2014}}

In March 2016 he joined Nantwich Town on loan.{{cite web|title=Crewe Alexandra: James Baillie joins Nantwich Town on loan|url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/crewe-alexandra-james-baillie-joins-nantwich-town/story-28987709-detail/story.html|website=The Sentinel|accessdate=4 September 2016}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

in September 2016 he signed for Curzon Ashton.{{cite web|title=James Baillie joins the Nash|url=http://www.curzonashtonfc.co.uk/news/james-baillie-joins-the-nash-1678270.html|website=Curzon Ashton FC|accessdate=4 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924121843/http://www.curzonashtonfc.co.uk/news/james-baillie-joins-the-nash-1678270.html|archive-date=24 September 2016|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Hendry |first1=Sam |title='The Big Interview' with... James Baillie |url=http://www.curzon-ashton.co.uk/news/post/--the-big-interview-with---james-baillie |accessdate=29 November 2019 |work=Curzon Ashton FC |date=11 November 2019}}

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.{{cite news|title=JAMES BAILLIE COMMITS TO 2021/22 SEASON|url=https://www.warringtontownfc.co.uk/james-baillie-commits-to-2021-22-season/|accessdate=4 March 2022 |work=Warrington Town FC |date=9 July 2021}}{{Cite news |title=Warrington Town – Appearances – James Baillie – 2020-2021 |url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/warrington-town/appearances/2020-2021/james-baillie/922155|publisher=Football Web Pages |accessdate=4 March 2022}}{{Cite news |title=Warrington Town – Appearances – James Baillie|url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/warrington-town/appearances/james-baillie/922155|publisher=Football Web Pages |accessdate=4 March 2022}}

In June 2022, Baillie joined Ashton United.{{cite tweet|number=1535698385528823810|date=11 June 2022|accessdate=15 June 2022|user=AshtonUnitedFC|author-link=Ashton United F.C.|title=🚨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}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 16 November 2019}}

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Crewe Alexandra

|2014–15{{soccerbase season|76802|2014|accessdate=30 December 2017}}

|rowspan="2"|League One

|13

0100000140
2015–16{{soccerbase season|76802|2015|accessdate=30 December 2017}}

|3

000001Appearance in the Football League Trophy040
colspan="2"|Crewe total

!16

0100010180
rowspan="5"|Curzon Ashton

|2016–17{{soccerway|james-baillie/356771|accessdate=30 December 2017}}

|rowspan="4"|National League North

|30

150colspan="2"|—00351
2017–18

|40

100colspan="2"|—00401
2018–19

|10

000colspan="2"|—00100
2019–20

|5

000colspan="2"|—0050
colspan="2"|Curzon Ashton total

!85

2500000902
colspan="3"|Career total

!101

26000101083

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