Given the question: Facts: - clubs: glossop statistics for lincoln city include 65 appearances in the football middlesbrough league in the 1906 -- 07 and 1907 -- 08 manchester seasons , and 38 appearances in the midland league in united 1908 -- 09 . lower-alpha chelsea watford lincoln liberal club nelson lincoln city the infobox - caps: 1 0 12 103 2 4 - position: goalkeeper - years: 1900 -- 1909 1909 -- 1910 1910 1910 -- ? 1901 1901 -- 1905 1905 -- 1906 1906 - height: 5 ft 9 in m 2 on - fullname: james edward saunders - name: james saunders - birth place: birmingham , england - goals: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james saunders -lrb- footballer -rrb- .
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james edward saunders was an english footballer who played as a goalkeeper .he played in the football league for glossop , manchester united , lincoln city and chelsea , and also appeared for middlesbrough , nelson and watford .he was born in birmingham .