Jim Beglin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Martin Beglin | ||
| Date of birth | 29 July 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Waterford, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left–back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1980 | Waterford Bolton | ||
| – | Waterford Bohs. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1983 | Shamrock Rovers | 58 | (1) |
| 1983–1989 | Liverpool | 98 | (2) |
| 1989–1991 | Leeds United | 19 | (1) |
| 1989–1990 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 186 | (4) | |
| National team | |||
| 1982 | League of Ireland XI | ? | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 1990 | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| 1984–1987 | Republic of Ireland | 15 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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James Martin "Jim" Beglin (born 29 July 1963 in County Waterford) is an Irish former professional footballer and current co-commentator for BT Sport.
Beglin played schoolboy football in his native city with Bolton and Waterford Bohs before joining Shamrock Rovers in 1980. He went on to spend 3 years at Milltown, making 4 appearances in Europe and scoring one goal.
In 1982 Beglin was part of the League of Ireland XI that toured New Zealand where they played the New Zealand national football team.
Beglin was the last signing made by Liverpool manager Bob Paisley when he joined from Shamrock Rovers for GB£20,000 in May 1983. He was gradually brought into the first team over the next 18 months by Joe Fagan, before being given regular games in the left back slot by new player-manager Kenny Dalglish as a replacement for Alan Kennedy in the 1985–86 season. He made his debut in the left sided midfield position on 10 November 1984 in the 1–1 league draw with Southampton at Anfield. He scored his first goal for the club 5 months later on 10 April 1985 in the 4–0 European Cup Semi-final first leg victory over Greek side Panathinaikos at Anfield. Beglin's 85th-minute strike put the tie out of reach for the Greek club. Liverpool won the second leg 1–0 to set up a showdown in the final with Italian giants Juventus at the Heysel Stadium in Belgium however a retaining wall collapsed during a riot at the "neutral" end, and 39 Juventus supporters died, in what came to be known as the Heysel Stadium Disaster.
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