James Nicholl

For other people with the same name, see James Nicol (disambiguation).

James Nicholl

Personal information
Date of birth	12 January 1887
Place of birth	Port Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	21 December 1948(1948-12-21) (aged 61)
Place of death	Carluke, Scotland
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Morningside Rangers
1907–1908	Wishaw Thistle
1908–1910	Airdrieonians	40	(12)
1910–1914	Middlesbrough	52	(13)
1914–1917	Liverpool	52	(12)
1915	→ Wishaw Thistle (loan)
1917	Hamilton Academical	9	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Nicholl (12 January 1887 – 21 December 1948) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an outside left.

After breaking into top-level football with Airdrieonians, in 1910 he moved to England with Middlesbrough where he made 56 appearances, scoring 13 goals, before joining Liverpool in January 1914. He played at Anfield for eighteen months, and featured in the 1914 FA Cup Final (having scored both his team's goals to win the semi-final), but his career in England was ended by the outbreak of World War I – he had a short spell back in Scotland with Hamilton Academical.