[1] In 1882 Beresford signed for his home town club Staveley.
He then moved North and joined an Accrington Football Club called Church F.C.
James Beresford made his League debut on 15 September 1888, as a winger, at Leamington Road, then home of Blackburn Rovers, against Accrington.
As a winger he played in a midfield that achieved big (three-League-goals-or-more) wins on three separate occasions.
[2] This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward, is a stub.