John Bumstead

John Bumstead
Personal information
Full name	John Bumstead
Date of birth	27 November 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	Rotherhithe, London, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1991	Chelsea
1991–1993	Charlton Athletic
	Bromley
Total
	*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
Season	Club	Division	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		First Division	13	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	18	1
Chelsea total			338	38	21	3	34	1	16	2	409	44

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "John Bumstead". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
^ "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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[Hugman-1] "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.

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