James Joseph Nicholson (born 27 February 1943) is a Northern Irish former

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who played as a

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. He played most of his career at

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. They compete in , the third tier of English football league system, English football. Huddersfield Town we ...

and earned more than 40 caps for the Northern Ireland national team.

Club career

Nicholson began his career with

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, for whom he made 58 appearances, scoring five times, between 1960 and 1963, when he moved over the

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. He subsequently played for Bury,

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and

Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921, Stalybridge Celti ...

International career

Nicholson represented Northern Ireland at international level. He represented his country at each level earning three caps for the Schoolboys, as well as playing twice for Northern Ireland U23 and four caps for Northern Ireland B. He also appeared for Northern Ireland at full international level, appearing 41 times for

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, scoring 6 goals. Over an 11-year international career from 1960 to 1971 making him the most capped player internationally for Huddersfield Town.

Honours

Club

;Huddersfield Town *

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(1): 1969-70

References

External links

Jimmy Nicholson's Legends feature on thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk

1943 births Association footballers from Belfast Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Living people Northern Ireland men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders English Football League players Manchester United F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Bury F.C. players Mossley A.F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Northern Ireland men's under-23 international footballers Northern Ireland men's B international footballers Northern Ireland men's youth international footballers {{NorthernIreland-footy-bio-stub