Jim Stewart (Scottish footballer) explained

Jim Stewart
Fullname:James Garvin Stewart
Birth Date:9 March 1954
Birth Place:Kilwinning, Scotland
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:1970–1971
Youthclubs1:Troon
Years1:1972–1977
Years2:1977–1980
Years3:1980–1984
Years4:1983
Years5:1984–1986
Years6:1986
Clubs1:Kilmarnock
Clubs2:Middlesbrough
Clubs3:Rangers
Clubs4:Dumbarton (loan)
Clubs5:St Mirren
Clubs6:Partick Thistle
Caps1:136
Goals1:0
Caps2:34
Goals2:0
Caps3:55
Goals3:0
Caps4:2
Goals4:0
Caps5:9
Goals5:0
Caps6:8
Goals6:0
Totalcaps:244
Totalgoals:0
Nationalyears1:1974–1978
Nationalteam1:Scottish League XI
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1977–1978
Nationalteam2:Scotland
Nationalcaps2:2
Nationalgoals2:0

James Garvin Stewart (born 9 March 1954) is a Scottish former football goalkeeper.

Football career

Playing

He began his career with local side Troon, and he went on to play for Kilmarnock, Middlesbrough, Rangers, St Mirren and Partick Thistle. Stewart earned 2 caps for Scotland and was included in the squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Coaching

He was later the goalkeeping coach at Kilmarnock and Heart of Midlothian, who he left to rejoin Rangers in August 2007.[1] He worked with the SFA as a youth goalkeeping coach before joined the Scotland national football team setup under Gordon Strachan in 2013, on a part-time basis.[2] Stewart left Rangers in March 2017, following the appointment of Pedro Caixinha as team manager.[3] He was then the goalkeeping coach at Nottingham Forest from May 2017 to January 2018.[4] [5]

Personal life

His son Colin also played as a goalkeeper for Kilmarnock, and daughter-in-law Julie Fleeting is the all-time leading scorer for the Scotland women's national football team.

Notes and References

  1. News: Stewart nets Gers coaching role. BBC . BBC Sport. 1 August 2007.
  2. Web site: Craig Gordon: Scotland goalkeeper cherishing the Euros for those who missed out . BBC Sport . Now days away from a first appearance at a major tournament, Gordon considers all of those who never made it, from former team-mates to his first coach at Tynecastle, Jim Stewart. "I actually feel sorry for him that he's going to miss out on this," he says of Scotland's goalkeeping coach of 16 years. "He had so long with Scotland. Stevie Woods has taken over now and he's a lucky charm, having managed to qualify for a finals so soon. Jim's been there and done it with the national team as player – I think it was the World Cup in '74 he went to – and then to be the goalkeeping coach and not make it – I do feel sorry for him." . 11 June 2021 . 11 June 2021.
  3. News: Jim Stewart . Rangers Football Club . Rangers.co.uk. 16 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Stewart joins coaching staff . Nottingham Forest FC . 27 May 2017 . 22 February 2018.
  5. News: Nottingham Forest goalkeeping coach Jim Stewart leaves as former Birmingham City keeper steps in . Matt . Davies . Nottingham Post . 30 January 2018 . 22 February 2018.