Jim Clunie

Jim Clunie

Personal information
Full name	James Clunie
Date of birth	(1933-09-04)4 September 1933
Place of birth	Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Date of death	12 May 2003(2003-05-12) (aged 69)
Position(s)	Centre-half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1953	Raith Rovers	9	(0)
1953–1960	Aberdeen	104	(9)
1960–1965	St Mirren	165	(12)
1965	Bury	10	(0)
1965–1966	St Mirren	14	(1)
1966–1967	Forfar Athletic	1	(0)
Total		303	(22)
International career
1964	Scottish League XI	1	(0)
Managerial career
1978–1981	St Mirren
1981–1985	Kilmarnock
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jim Clunie (4 September 1933 — 12 May 2003) was a Scottish association football player and manager. Clunie played for Aberdeen in the 1954 Scottish Cup Final, which they lost 2–1 to Celtic at Hampden Park.

He played for Aberdeen in the 1955 Scottish League Cup Final, defeating St Mirren 2-1 at Hampden Park.

Clunie also played for Aberdeen in the 1959 Scottish Cup Final, which they lost 3–1 to St Mirren in front of a crowd of 108,000 at Hampden Park. A year later he transferred to St Mirren, for whom he played in the 1962 Scottish Cup Final.

Clunie was the first player to be substituted in a Scottish match, when he was replaced by Archie Gemmell after 23 minutes of the Scottish Cup tie against Clyde on the 13th of August, 1966.

In 1976, Clunie was a coach at Southampton when the club won the FA Cup by beating Manchester United 1-0 in the 1976 FA Cup Final.

Clunie went on to manage St Mirren from 1978 to 1981, replacing Alex Ferguson. He took St Mirren into Europe for the first time ever after they finished third in the league in 1981. Clunie also managed Kilmarnock from 1981 to 1985.

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