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James Raven (29 March 1908 – 2 January 1965) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford, Bristol Rovers and Wrexham as a right half.[3]

James Raven

Personal information
Full name	James Raven[1]
Date of birth	29 March 1908
Place of birth	Nottingham, England
Date of death	2 January 1965(1965-01-02) (aged 56)[2]
Place of death	Nottingham, England[2]
Position(s)	Right half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931–	Notts County	0	(0)
0000–1934	Folkestone
1934–1936	Brentford	1	(0)
1936–1937	Bristol Rovers	7	(0)
1937–1939	Wrexham	55	(1)
	Nottingham Corinthians
	East End
	Nottingham Co-operative Dairy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

A right half, Raven began his career at Second Division club Notts County and later dropped into non-League football to join Southern League Eastern Division club Folkestone.[4] Raven returned to the Football League to join Second Division club Brentford in 1934.[4] He made one appearance for the club, in a 0–0 draw with Nottingham Forest on 28 February 1935.[5] Raven spent much of his time in the reserve team and won the 1934–35 London Challenge Cup with the team.[6] He later played in both the Third Division North and South for Wrexham and Bristol Rovers respectively, before his career was brought to a halt by the outbreak of the Second World War.[4]

Honours

Brentford Reserves

• London Challenge Cup: 1934–35[6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brentford	1934–35[5]	Second Division	1	0	0	0	―		1	0
Bristol Rovers	1936–37[2]	Third Division South	7	0	0	0	―		7	0
Wrexham	1937–38[7]	Third Division North	36	1	2	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	39	1
	1938–39[8]		19	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 2]	0	22	0
	Total		55	1	2	0	4	0	61	1
Career total			63	1	2	0	4	0	69	1

References

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