Signed from non-league Aldershot in July 1932, Jimmy Stevenson was a vital cog in County's most successful attack.

A classic 'schemer' the Scottish inside0-forward was the talented link with the half-backs, a wonderful passer of the ball and adept at close control.

When Stevenson left school he began work as an engineer, completing his apprenticeship after signing for Second Division Third Lanark.

By the age of 21 he had moved to the English Second Division with South Shields, where he made 54 League appearances and scored 24 goals.

In 1929 Stevenson was transferred to Bradford City who, like South Shields, were a Second Division club, but with much greater potential, averaging gates of 16,000 compared to South Shields 3,500.

However, the move was not a success and Stevenson moved to Southern League Aldershot before arriving at Edgeley Park.

He found himself in the company of other new faces, Percy Downes, Alf Lythgoe and Jabez Foulkes, and the virtually new forward line gelled almost immediately, although it was not until the arrival of Joe Hill in December 1933 that the unit was complete.

For one who would now be called a play-maker, Stevenson had an excellent goalscoring record, scoring 43 times in 110 League and Cup games.

And two of those goals came against Halifax Town when the Hatters created a new Football League record with an astonishing 13-0 victory over the Shaymen.

Unfortunately for both Stevenson and County, in 1935, serious ligament problems brought his playing career to a sudden end.

He had a brief spell managing Macclesfield Town before returning to County as reserve team trainer and remaining at Edgeley Park in various capacities for another 35 years.

In 1969 Jimmy, who lived with his wife Bec overlooking Edgeley Park on Moscow Road, was awarded a richly-deserved testimonial with another long-serving County stalwart, Billy Newton.

And, in 2002, at the Gala Dinner to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of our first victory at Edgeley Park - against Manchester United in the (old) Second Division - Jimmy Stevenson was amongst the first 20 very special people enrolled into the Stockport County Hall of Fame and, fittingly, his daughter Betty, travelled down from Scotland to collect the award on behalf of her Dad.

Their can be no greater tribute.

Jimmy Stevenson's full League career.