Jim Jefferies (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | James Jefferies | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Musselburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Edinburgh City (sporting director) | ||
| 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 | 71 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1983 | Hawick Royal Albert | ||
| 1983–1988 | Gala Fairydean | ||
| 1988–1990 | Berwick Rangers | ||
| 1990–1995 | Falkirk | ||
| 1995–2000 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| 2000–2001 | Bradford City | ||
| 2002–2010 | Kilmarnock | ||
| 2010–2011 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| 2012–2014 | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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James "Jim" Jefferies (born 22 November 1950 in Musselburgh) is a Scottish football manager and former player. Jefferies played for Heart of Midlothian for almost his whole playing career and enjoyed a successful first managerial spell with the club, winning the 1998 Scottish Cup. Jefferies has also managed Gala Fairydean, Berwick Rangers, Falkirk, Bradford City, Kilmarnock and Dunfermline Athletic.
Jefferies made more than 300 competitive appearances for Heart of Midlothian. The main highlight of his playing career was playing in the 1976 Scottish Cup Final, which Hearts lost 3–1 to Rangers. He also played in the famous 0-7 New Year Edinburgh Derby defeat against Hibernian. Jefferies eventually left Hearts in 1981, and spent the last two seasons of his career with Berwick Rangers.
Jefferies left Berwick in 1983 to become a manager at East of Scotland Football League club Gala Fairydean.
Jefferies returned to the Wee Gers to begin his senior managerial career in September 1988. 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.
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. Falkirk also won the Scottish Challenge Cup in 1993.
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