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'''Jim Jefferies''' (born 22 November 1950 in [[Musselburgh]]) is a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[association football|football]] former player and [[head coach|manager]]. Jefferies played for [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] for almost his whole playing career and enjoyed a successful managerial spell with the club, winning the [[Scottish Cup 1997-98|1998 Scottish Cup]]. Jefferies has also managed [[Gala Fairydean F.C.|Gala Fairydean]], [[Berwick Rangers F.C.|Berwick Rangers]], [[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]], [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] and [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]].
'''Jim Jefferies''' (born 22 November 1950 in [[Musselburgh]]) is a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[association football|football]] former player and [[head coach|manager]]. Jefferies played for [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] for almost his whole playing career and enjoyed a successful managerial spell with the club, winning the [[Scottish Cup 1997-98|1998 Scottish Cup]]. Jefferies has also managed [[Gala Fairydean F.C.|Gala Fairydean]], [[Berwick Rangers F.C.|Berwick Rangers]], [[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]], [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] and [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]].

Revision as of 19:05, 29 January 2010

For the Australian comedian, see Jim Jeffries (comedian).
Jim Jefferies
Personal information
Full name James Jefferies
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1965–1967 Gorgie Hearts
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1981 Heart of Midlothian 227 (5)
1967–1968 → Haddington Athletic (loan)
1968–1969 → Gala Fairydean (loan)
1981–1983 Berwick Rangers 60 (0)
Managerial career
1983–1988 Gala Fairydean
1988–1990 Berwick Rangers
1990–1995 Falkirk
1995–2000 Heart of Midlothian
2000–2001 Bradford City
2002–2010 Kilmarnock
2010- Heart of Midlothian
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jim Jefferies (born 22 November 1950 in Musselburgh) is a Scottish football former player and manager. Jefferies played for Heart of Midlothian for almost his whole playing career and enjoyed a successful managerial spell with the club, winning the 1998 Scottish Cup. Jefferies has also managed Gala Fairydean, Berwick Rangers, Falkirk, Bradford City and Kilmarnock.

Playing career

Jefferies played for Heart of Midlothian for almost his whole playing career, making over 300 competitive appearances for the club.[1] The main highlight of his playing career was playing in the 1976 Scottish Cup Final, which Hearts lost 3–1 to Rangers.[2] Jefferies eventually left Hearts in 1981, and spent the last two seasons of his career with Berwick Rangers.[2]

Managerial career

Jefferies left Berwick in 1983 to become a manager at East of Scotland Football League club Gala Fairydean, but returned to the club to begin his senior managerial career in September 1988.[2] Despite a great deal of financial turmoil during that time, he turned the struggling team around to the extent that they set a club record of 21 games unbeaten in the league during season 1988–89.[2] In the 1990 close season Jefferies took over at Falkirk, guiding them to the Scottish First Division title (and promotion to the Scottish Premier Division) in 1991 and 1994.[2] Falkirk also won the Scottish Challenge Cup in 1993.[2]

In August 1995, Jefferies returned to Hearts. He was manager of the Hearts team that won the Scottish Cup in 1998, his greatest success in the game to date. [2]

Jefferies moved south of the border on 20 November 2000 to replace Chris Hutchings as manager of then Premier League side Bradford City.[3] He was given the task of selling players by chairman Geoffrey Richmond and was unable to prevent them from going down.[4] He resigned in December 2001 after a poor start to the season left them with no hope of a promotion challenge.[2]

On 28 February 2002, he returned to management back in his native Scotland with Kilmarnock.[5] He kept Kilmarnock in a respectable position despite the necessity of drastically reducing the club's wage bill, reaching the 2007 Scottish League Cup Final.[2] Following Alex McLeish's departure from Rangers at the end of the 2005–06 season, Jefferies was the longest-serving manager in the Scottish Premier League.[6] He left Kilmarnock by "mutual consent" on 11 January 2010.[7]

Hearts fans are now hoping he will return to the Gorgie side after Csaba Laszlo was earlier sacked.

Honours

Player

Heart of Midlothian

Managerial

Falkirk
Heart of Midlothian
Kilmarnock

References

  1. ^ Jim Jefferies, London Hearts Supporters' Club.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i A turbulent end to otherwise tranquil and successful eight years for Jim Jefferies, The Scotsman, 12 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Jefferies is new Bradford manager" BBC Sport website (20 November 2000)
  4. ^ "Bradford ready to off-load stars" BBC Sport website (8 January 2001)
  5. ^ "Jefferies made new Killie boss" BBC Sport website (28 February 2002)
  6. ^ Jefferies muss gehen
  7. ^ "Killie part with boss Jefferies". BBC Sport. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
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