Born in Holytown, Lanarkshire on 4th August 1900, James Scullion was a former Carluke Rovers, Bury, King's Park, Workington, Fulham (1-0), Lytham, Crewe Alexandra (73-41), Wigan Borough (27-11) and Stockport County (33-10), inside forward who made 60 Mossley appearances scoring 45 goals in two seasons with the club between 1932 and 1934.
Scullion then had spells with Stalybridge Celtic, Hurst, Buxton, Darwen, Bacup Borough and Droylsden before he returned to Mossley as team manager in August 1936.
He saw his Mossley charges endure a difficult season finishing in 17th place in the League and losing to Ashton National in the final of the Manchester FA Challenge Shield.
Jim Scullion died in 1981.
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