Jimmy Love

Early life Love was born in Gushetfaulds Cottage in Glasgow in 1858. He set himself up as a street-cleaning contractor in Partick but got into financial difficulties and in October 1878, his two horses and his equipment, including a street-sweeping machine, were sold off at a public warrant sale. Shortly afterwards he was summoned to the Glasgow bankruptcy court but he failed to show up and the court postponed the case for a month.

On 21 November 1878, he again failed to appear and the local Sheriff issued a warrant for his arrest. It was never served as he had left Scotland and moved to Darwen.

Football Whilst working, Love initially played for Partick (not the same club as the modern Partick Thistle) and had already visited Lancashire with Partick in the 1878 New Year. In summer 1878 he joined Lancashire club Darwen, arriving before fellow Partick player Fergus Suter.

He scored twice against Eagley in the 1878–79 FA Cup second round and scored two more in the third round victory over Remnants at the Oval, and was in top form when Darwen faced Old Etonians in the famous 5–5 draw on 13 February 1879 where he scored twice a second half comeback from a 5–1 deficit. He was an integral part of the team that season, with the club playing a benefit match for Love and Suter in April 1879. Early the next season he played three times for Darwen, but after the defeat of Haslingden in the Lancashire Cup on 25 October, he disappeared from the team.