Jim Leishman
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Jim Leishman MBE |
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| Provost of Fife | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office June 2012 – present |
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| Councillor, Fife Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office 3 May 2012 – present |
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| Constituency | Dunfermline Central | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15 November 1953 Lochgelly, Fife |
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| Nationality | Scottish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Scottish Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Profession | Football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Fife Council's Website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 November 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Lochgelly, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
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Current team
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Dunfermline Athletic (Director of Football) | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1977 | Dunfermline Athletic | 67 | (4) |
| 1977 | Cowdenbeath | 11 | (0) |
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| 1980–1981 | Kelty Hearts | ||
| 1982–1990 | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
| 1991 | Inverness Thistle | ||
| 1992–1993 | Montrose | ||
| 1993–1994 | Rosyth Recreation | ||
| 1995–1997 | Livingston | ||
| 2000–2003 | Livingston | ||
| 2005–2006 | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jim 'Leish' Leishman MBE, (born 15 November 1953 in Lochgelly, Fife) is a former professional footballer and is currently an honorary director of Scottish League One side Dunfermline Athletic. In 2012 he was elected to be a Scottish Labour Party councillor.
Leishman played for Dunfermline between 1970 and 1977 before being transferred to local rivals Cowdenbeath. When his playing career was cut short through injury he moved into coaching and then management with Kelty Hearts Junior Football Club, before becoming youth team coach and later reserve team coach at Dunfermline.
His most noticeable goal came in a 4-3 victory against Rangers. Jim still holds the record of being the last player to score a winning goal for the Pars at Ibrox. He likes to mention this fact as often as possible, much to the amusement of fans and friends.
Leishman was appointed manager of the Pars, aged just 28, in 1982. The club were bottom of the Second Division, the third tier of Scottish football. The Pars finished third in 1984–85, missing out on promotion on the final day of the season. Leishman and assistant manager Gregor Abel then forged a side that would win successive promotions to the Scottish Premier Division, winning the Second Division in 1985–86 and finishing second to Greenock Morton in the 1986–87 First Division.
After a hard-fought but ultimately unsuccessful campaign in the Premier Division in 1987/88, Leishman again led the club again to promotion from the First to Premier Division in the 1988/89 season. Throughout this time Leishman had helped rebuild the fanbase of the club. With publicity campaigns ranging from talks at local primary schools to national television appearances, Leishman arrested the downward spiral of the club since the early 1970s. The average gate of the club increased from approximately 1,500 in 1983/84 to 7,500 in season 1987/88.
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