James A. Quayle was born in Charlton in 1890 and played left back with Fossdene Old Boys, Old Charlton and Woolwich Polytechnic.
He joined Woolwich Arsenal as an amateur player on 24 August 1907, and although he re-signed for another year on 2 June 1908, he then received an offer from Northfleet, and so moved onto there, playing for two seasons before turning professional and rejoining Woolwich Arsenal on 19 October 1910.
He made just one appearance for the club, as a deputy for Joe Shaw against The Wednesday on 12 November 1910. In the match, which Arsenal won 1-0 he was badly injured and had to leave the field of play. He did not play football again.
Also I have been unable to find any further record concerning his life after being forced out of the game.
Here is the list of all the players from this season that we have covered so far.
| Player | Position | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin Bateup | Goalkeeper | 30 | |
| George Burdett | Goalkeeper | 10 | |
| Leslie Adair Calder | Forward | 1 | |
| Frederick J Calvert | Forward | 1 | |
| John Chalmers | Centre forward | 31 | 16 |
| Alfred Common | Inside forward | 31 | 6 |
| Andrew Ducat | Wing half | 35 | 3 |
| John Flanagan | Inside forward | 10 | 1 |
| Archie Gray | Full back | 28 | |
| David Greenaway | Outside right | 22 | 2 |
| Frank Heppinstall | Outside left | 5 | |
| Gordon Rahere Hoare | Forward | 16 | 7 |
| Charles Henry Lewis | Forward | 36 | 2 |
| Harry Logan | Forward | 11 | |
| Duncan McDonald | Full back | 1 | |
| Roddy McEachrane | Half back | 32 | |
| Angus McKinnon | Left half | 10 | |
| David Neave | Outside left | 16 | 3 |
| John Charles Peart | Full back | 7 | |
| James Alfred Quayle | Full back | 1 | |
| Willis Rippon | Inside forward | 9 | 2 |
| Percy Sands | Centre half | 33 | |
| Joseph E Shaw | Full back | 37 | |
| Matthew Shortt | Inside forward | 4 | |
| Matthew Thomson | Half back | 17 | |
| Thomas Winship | Outside left | 6 |
Details of all the various series covered by The Arsenal History Society are given on the home page of the blog,
This article is part of the series “Henry Norris at the Arsenal”
Hello, I am the grand daughter of James Quayle — and his great grandson, Timothy Quayle Eng, will be at the Arsenal vs Sporting match on October 25! Please contact me if you would like more information on him.
Hi Sarah, are you able to provide a picture of James in Arsenal kit at all.
Hello! – James Alfred was my paternal grandfather. To the best of our knowledge we don’t have any pictures of his football days. Please feel free to contact myself at grylynx77@gmail.com if you would like further information on his days after football! Thanks!