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Scottish footballer and manager For other people with the same name, see James Thomson.

Jimmy Thomson
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-04-10)10 April 1937
Date of death 4 August 2012(2012-08-04) (aged 75)
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
Valleyfield Colliery
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1961 St Mirren 42 (0)
1961–1971 Dunfermline Athletic 218 (4)
1971–1972 Raith Rovers 11 (0)
Total 271 (4)
Managerial career
1975 Dunfermline Athletic (caretaker)
1982 Dunfermline Athletic (caretaker)
1987–1988 Berwick Rangers
1996 Raith Rovers
1996–1997 Berwick Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jimmy Thomson (10 April 1937 – 4 August 2012) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for St Mirren, Dunfermline Athletic and Raith Rovers, and then managed Scottish Football League clubs Berwick Rangers and Raith Rovers. Thomson was one of four Raith managers in the space of fourteen months following Jimmy Nicholl's move to Millwall in 1996. Thomson also served Raith's Fife rivals Dunfermline Athletic as caretaker manager in two different spells.

References

  1. "Death of Dunfermline Stalwart | News | DAFC News | News | Dunfermline". Dafc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  2. ^ Jimmy Thomson at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  3. Nicholl rejects Raith's offer, The Independent, 15 April 1997.
  4. Jimmy Thomson (Caretaker Manager), Pars Database.
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
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Jimmy Thomson managerial positions
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. – managers
(c) = caretaker manager
Berwick Rangers F.C. – managers
Raith Rovers F.C. – managers
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