John Bumstead

English footballer

John Bumstead
Personal information
Full name John Bumstead[1]
Date of birth (1958-11-27) 27 November 1958 (age 65)[1]
Place of birth Rotherhithe,[1] London, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Youth career
Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1991 Chelsea 339 (38)
1991–1993 Charlton Athletic 56 (3)
Bromley
Total 395 (41)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Bumstead (born 27 November 1958) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Chelsea, where he spent most of his career, and Charlton Athletic.[3]

Club career

Bumstead started his career in the Chelsea youth set-up, and was well established in the first team by the time they won the Second Division in 1983–84, and with it promotion to the First Division. He helped them win the Full Members Cup in 1985–86, when they also finished sixth in the league. He remained with the club after their relegation in 1987–88 and collected a Second Division medal the following season as they regained their First Division status at the first attempt.

He remained with Chelsea for another two seasons, making a total of 409 appearances and scoring 44 goals, before being transferred to Charlton Athletic, where he spent two seasons before retiring from professional football in his 35th year.

Playing statistics

Season Club Division League FA Cup League Cup Members Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1978–79 Chelsea First Division 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1979–80 Second Division 28 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 3
1980–81 41 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 44 1
1981–82 21 4 6 1 2 1 0 0 29 6
1982–83 36 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 42 5
1983–84 31 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 35 7
1984–85 First Division 25 3 1 0 6 1 0 0 32 4
1985–86 32 1 1 0 5 0 4 1 42 2
1986–87 29 8 3 1 3 0 1 0 36 9
1987–88 17 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 24 1
1988–89 Second Division 29 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 2
1989–90 First Division 28 2 3 0 1 0 6 1 38 3
1990–91 13 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 18 1
Chelsea total 338 38 21 3 34 1 16 2 409 44

References

  1. ^ a b c d "John Bumstead". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ "John Bumstead". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 11 October 2009.

External links

  • John Bumstead at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database


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