Jimmy Bain

Club career

Early years and Manchester United A centre half, Bain's began his career with hometown junior club Rutherglen Glencairn. Bain failed to make an appearance for the first team during the 1922–23 and 1923–24 seasons and finally made his professional debut in a 4–2 win over Leyton Orient on 7 February 1925. It proved to be his only appearance of the 1924–25 season, Bain managed just two appearances during the 1925–26 First Division season and did not appear for the first team at all during 1926–27. After a six-month spell, Bain returned to the Football League as a £250 signing for Third Division South club Brentford in November 1928. In 2013, Bain placed fifth in a Football League 125th Anniversary poll of Brentford's best ever captains. After Curtis' departure in 1949, Bain served as assistant to Jackie Gibbons (1949–1952), Tommy Lawton (1953) and Bill Dodgin, Sr. (1953–1956). Bain retired from football at the end of the 1955–56 season and received a Football League Long Service Medal for the contribution he made at Griffin Park. Bain was posthumously inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in May 2015. Third Division South 26 0

26 0 1929–30 Third Division South 41 2 1 0 42 2 1930–31 Third Division South 42 0 5 0 47 0 1931–32 Third Division South 37 0 3 0 40 0 1932–33 Third Division South 37 0 1 0 38 0 1933–34 Second Division 8 0 0 0 8 0

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Honours

Brentford Football League Third Division South: 1932–33

Individual

Brentford Hall of Fame