James Quinn (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Stephen Quinn | ||
| Date of birth | 15 December 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1½ in (1.87 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1993 | Birmingham City | 4 | (0) |
| 1993–1998 | Blackpool | 151 | (36) |
| 1994 | → (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1998–2002 | West Bromwich Albion | 114 | (9) |
| 2001–2002 | → Notts County (loan) | 6 | (3) |
| 2002 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2002–2005 | Willem II | 62 | (15) |
| 2005 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | Peterborough United | 24 | (7) |
| 2005 | → Bristol City (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Northampton Town | 18 | (1) |
| 2007 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 404 | (75) | |
| National team | |||
| 1996–2007 | Northern Ireland | 50 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013– | Central Jersey Spartans | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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James Stephen Quinn (born 15 December 1974) is a former professional footballer. A forward, his final club was Northampton Town. He played for numerous clubs in his career, and was also a Northern Ireland international. He is currently first-team coach at Tranmere Rovers.
After four league games with Birmingham City, Coventry-born Quinn was sold to Second Division Blackpool for £25,000. He scored a total of 47 goals and made 150 first-team starts over five years. Two of those goals were scored against Chelsea in the League Cup second round. On 12 August 1995, he opened the scoring in Blackpool's game at Bristol City after eleven seconds, equalling the club's fastest-ever goal by Bill Slater at Stoke City 46 years earlier.
These exploits led West Bromwich Albion to sign Quinn for £500,000. He made his Albion debut in a 1–1 home draw against Bury on 21 February 1998. He scored twice in a 2–1 win over Middlesbrough on 4 April 1998, his first goals for the club; however, he found goals hard to come by during his Baggies career, scoring just ten times in 123 appearances in all competitions.
During 2001–02, Quinn was loaned out to Notts County, but returned to the Hawthorns when a permanent deal could not be agreed. He was then loaned out again, to Bristol Rovers, where he scored once against Kidderminster Harriers. In the days following Albion's promotion to the Premier League in April 2002, Quinn found himself surplus to requirements and was released. A few days later he moved to Dutch side Willem II.
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