- Jim Blyth
Football player infobox
playername= Jim Blyth
fullname = James Anton Blyth
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1955|2|2
cityofbirth = Perth
countryofbirth =Scotland flagicon|Scotland
height = Height|ft=6|in=1
currentclub = Retired
position =Goalkeeper
years = 1971-1972
1972-1982
1975
1982-1983
1983-198?
clubs =Preston North End
Coventry CityHereford United (loan)Birmingham City Nuneaton Borough
caps(goals) = 001 (0)
151 (0)
007 (0)
014 (0)
0? (?)
nationalyears = 1978
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) =02 (0)James Anton 'Jim' Blyth (born
2 February ,1955 inPerth, Scotland ) is a former Scottish football goalkeeper.Blyth played for Coventry City from 1972-1982, making 151 league appearances. He was the subject of a proposed £440,000 transfer to Manchester United in 1979 which failed to go through on medical grounds.cite book | last = Lamming | first = Douglas | title = A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who’s Who, 1872-1986 | format = Hardback | publisher = Hutton Press | year = 1987 | id = (ISBN 0-907033-47-4) ] This move would have made him the world's most expensive goalkeeper.
He was also a player of
Preston North End (1970-1972), Hereford United (1975, on loan), and Birmingham City, when he moved from Coventry City in 1982. He earned two caps for theScotland national football team , and was Scotland's second-choice goalkeeper at the1978 FIFA World Cup . During his spell at Birmingham he fractured his forearm in 3 places during a game against Sunderland, playing for a full 70 minutes injured. The Blues still went on to win the game 2-1.Blyth was a coach under
Gordon Strachan when he was the manager at Coventry City, but departed when Strachan and assistant Gary Pendrey were dismissed from their posts in 2001. During his time at Coventry he was responsible for the signing of 16 year-old Chris Kirkland, who went on to play first team football for the Sky Blues before smashing the British transfer fee for a goalkeeper (£6 million) when bought by Liverpool in August 2001.Blyth is currently the goalkeeping coach at
Celtic F.C. , joining them in July 2005, appointed by Gordon Strachan. Whilst Blyth has been with 'the Bhoys', the club have won two SPL titles, the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup, and have qualified to the knockout stage of the Champions League 2006-07 season before losing 1-0 in extra time to eventual champions AC Milan.He currently works with the Polish international keeper Artur Boruc who Celtic bought in October 2005 for approx £600,000. Press reports now value Boruc at £12,000,000.
References
External links
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=194 Career record at Coventry City]
Persondata
NAME = Blyth, James Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Blyth, Jim
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Scottish footballer
DATE OF BIRTH =2 February 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH =Perth, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =
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