Jim Stewart (Scottish footballer)

James Garvin Stewart (born 9 March 1954) is a Scottish former football goalkeeper.

Jim Stewart
Personal information
Full name James Garvin Stewart[1]
Date of birth (1954-03-09) 9 March 1954
Place of birth Kilwinning, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1970–1971 Troon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1977 Kilmarnock 136 (0)
1977–1980 Middlesbrough 34 (0)
1980–1984 Rangers 55 (0)
1983 → Dumbarton (loan) 2 (0)
1984–1986 St Mirren 9 (0)
1986 Partick Thistle 8 (0)
Total 244 (0)
National team
1974–1978 Scottish League XI 3 (0)
1977–1978 Scotland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Playing

He began his career with local side Troon, and he went on to play for Kilmarnock, Middlesbrough, Rangers, St Mirren and Partick Thistle. Stewart earned 2 caps for Scotland and was included in the squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Coaching

He was later the goalkeeping coach at Kilmarnock and Heart of Midlothian, who he left to rejoin Rangers in August 2007.[2] He worked with the SFA as a youth goalkeeping coach before joined the Scotland national football team setup under Gordon Strachan in 2013, on a part-time basis. Stewart left Rangers in March 2017, following the appointment of Pedro Caixinha as team manager.[3] He was then the goalkeeping coach at Nottingham Forest from May 2017 to January 2018.[4][5]

Personal life

His son Colin also played as a goalkeeper for Kilmarnock, and daughter-in-law Julie Fleeting is the all-time leading scorer for the Scotland women's national football team.

References
  1. "Jim Stewart". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. "Stewart nets Gers coaching role". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 August 2007.
  3. "Jim Stewart". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 16 March 2017.
  4. "Stewart joins coaching staff". Nottingham Forest FC. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. Davies, Matt (30 January 2018). "Nottingham Forest goalkeeping coach Jim Stewart leaves as former Birmingham City keeper steps in". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 22 February 2018.


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