Background
Dale was born in Motherwell, Scotland but started his football career south of the border with Sunderland in 1893.
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Jimmy Dale
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He failed to break into Sunderland"s first-team and moved on to Stoke of the Football League First Division in June 1894. At Stoke, he made four League appearances all of which came during the first month of the 1894-1895 season before moving to the south coast to join Southampton Street Mary"s of the Southern League in October 1895, following several players, including Jack Farrell, Willie Naughton and Samuel Meston, who had moved in the summer together with Stoke"s trainer, Bill Dawson. He made his debut for the "Saints" on 19 October 1895, taking the place of Ernie Taylor at right-half for the visit of Clapton to the Antelope Ground.
