Jim Platt

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Jim Platt

Personal information
Full name	James Archibald Platt
Date of birth	(1952-01-26) 26 January 1952
Place of birth	Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1983	Middlesbrough	481	(0)
1978–1979	→ Hartlepool United (loan)	13	(0)
1978–1979	→ Cardiff City (loan)	4	(0)
1983–1985	Ballymena United
1985–1987	Coleraine
International career
1976–1986	Northern Ireland	23	(0)
Managerial career
1984–1985	Ballymena United
1985–1991	Coleraine
1991–1992	Ballyclare
1992–1993	Assyriska
1995	Darlington (joint manager with David Hodgson)
1995–1996	Darlington
1997	Gateshead
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Archibald 'Jim' Platt (born 26 January 1952 in Ballymoney) is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Northern Ireland.

Playing career

During his career, Platt won 23 caps for Northern Ireland, an amount largely restricted due to the presence of Pat Jennings in the side. At club level, Platt played for the majority of his career at Middlesbrough, and also played for Hartlepool United, Cardiff City and Ballymena United. Platt was also in the Irish team that won the Home Championship the last time it was played.

Managerial and coaching career

As a manager, Platt's first job was to take charge of Ballymena United for a season from 1984–85, after which he had a longer spell at Coleraine, managing them for six years from 1985 to 1991. In 1991 he had another short spell, this time at Ballyclare, for just one season from 1991–92.

For the 1992–93 season, Platt was given the job of managing Swedish outfit Assyriska, in the Swedish First Division. He had a two-season spell managing Darlington one partly with David Hodgson then the other from 1995–96, before leaving full-time management to take a job with Gateshead.

Previously Middlesbrough’s Chief Coach at their Football Community Centre. He ran a private football school for local primary school around the Middlesbrough/Stockton Area.

In May 2009, Platt was appointed as Darlington's goalkeeping coach. However, three months later, Platt left the club following manager Colin Todd's sacking.

Honours

• Darlington
  • Division Three Play-off final runner-up: 1995–96

Avonmore Mooju Man of the year 2014

External links

• Platt.html Jim Platt at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at Northern Ireland's footballing greats
• Jim Platt Collection at the National Football Collection
• Jim Platt at Soccerbase
• Jim Platt management career statistics at Soccerbase