Jamie Bates (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Alan Bates | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Orient | |||
| Crystal Palace | |||
| 1985–1986 | Brentford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1999 | Brentford | 419 | (18) |
| 1987 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Wycombe Wanderers | 80 | (4) |
| Total | 500 | (22) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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James Alan "Jamie" Bates (born 24 February 1968) is an English former professional footballer central defender who made over 520 appearances for Brentford. In a Football League 125th anniversary poll, Bates was named as the Brentford supporters' third all-time favourite player. He also played league football for Wycombe Wanderers.
After spells as a schoolboy with Southampton, Orient and Crystal Palace, Bates joined Division Three side Brentford as a trainee in 1985. After later signing non-contract terms, he made his senior debut in October 1986. Owing to the fitness and form of Keith Millen and Terry Evans, Bates was unable to play his preferred centre back position, instead playing for long periods at full back. Brentford became a threat in Division Three in the late 1980s and early 1990s and Bates was part of the team which reached the FA Cup quarter-finals in the 1988–89 season (Bates appeared as late substitute for Andy Feeley as the Bees were beaten 4–0 by Liverpool at Anfield) and went out in the 1991 playoff semi-finals to Tranmere Rovers. Bates made 42 league appearances in a triumphant 1991–92 season for the Griffin Park side, winning the first silverware of his career in the form of the Division Three championship. Injury to Terry Evans saw Bates finally take over one of the centre back positions in the newly renamed Division One during the 1992–93 season, though the campaign ended in disappointment with relegation straight back to Division Two. Under new manager David Webb, Bates was paired at centre back with Shane Westley during the 1993–94 season and took over the captaincy from Billy Manuel.
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