Scotland4 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
James Delaney was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right. He had a 24-year playing career interrupted by World War II, his longest spells at club level were spent with Celtic in Scotland and Manchester United in England. He was capped 15 times for the Scotland national team, scoring six goals. — Wikipedia
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In the line-ups
4 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1936–1946The archive holds 4 team sheets naming James Delaney in Scotland's starting line-up, from 1936-10-14 to 1946-05-15.
A different player of the same name scored for Scotland (3 goals, 1936–1946) — Delaney · Scotland
Honours
11 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours11 | ||||
| British Home Championship | ×2 | 1935–36, 1938–39 | Scotland | |
| Scottish Division One | ×2 | 1935–36, 1937–38 | Celtic | |
| Empire Exhibition Trophy | ×1 | 1938 | Celtic | |
| FA Cup | ×1 | 1947–48 | Manchester United | |
| Glasgow Cup | ×1 | 1938–39 | Celtic | |
| IFA Cup | ×1 | 1953–54 | Derry City | |
| North West Senior Cup | ×1 | 1953–54 | Derry City | |
| Scottish Cup | ×1 | 1936–37 | Celtic | |
| Scottish Division Two promotion | ×1 | 1951–52 | Falkirk | |
| Individual honours2 | ||||
| Player of the year · 1 | ||||
| Ulster Footballer of the Year | 1953–54 | |||
| More honours · 1 | ||||
| Scottish Football Hall of Fame | 2009 | |||