Jerry Mackie
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Mackie | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1894 | ||
| Place of birth | Motherwell, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 5 January 1959 (aged 65) | ||
| Place of death | Bognor Regis, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Inside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bo'ness | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Motherwell | |||
| Blantyre Celtic | |||
| 1920–1928 | Portsmouth | 247 | (78) |
| 1928–1931 | Southampton | 81 | (24) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
James "Jerry" Mackie (1 January 1894 – 5 January 1959) was a Scottish footballer who played at inside forward for south coast rivals, Portsmouth and then Southampton in the 1920s and 1930s.
Mackie was born in Motherwell and, after playing in Scotland with Motherwell F.C. and junior club Blantyre Celtic, moved to the south coast of England to join Portsmouth in May 1920.
Portsmouth became one of the founder members of the Football League Third Division for the 1920–21 season and Mackie was one of new manager, John McCartney's first signings. McCartney had boldly predicted that promotion to the Second Division would be secured in three years. Mackie soon became a regular in Portsmouth's team, taking over the inside-right position from Frank Stringfellow.
In the 1922–23 season, Mackie was a virtual ever-present missing only three games and his ten league goals made him Portsmouth's top-scorer for the season, as the club finished seventh in the table. For the next season, Mackie was part of a settled forward line containing Willie Haines up front with Mackie and Angus Meikle on the right and David Watson and William Beedie on the left. Portsmouth finished the season as champions of the Football League Third Division South with a four-point advantage over Plymouth Argyle.
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