Jim Blyth
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| Jim Blyth | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Anton Blyth | |
| Date of birth | February 2, 1955 | |
| Place of birth | Perth, Scotland  |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1971-1972 1972-1982 1975 1982-1983 1983-198? |
Preston North End Coventry City Hereford United (loan) Birmingham City Nuneaton Borough |
1 (0) 151 (0) 7 (0) 14 (0) ? (?) |
| National team | ||
| 1978 | Scotland | 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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James Anton 'Jim' Blyth (born on 2 February 1955 in Perth, Scotland), is a former Scottish football goalkeeper.
Blyth played for Coventry City from 1972-1982, making 151 league appearances. He was the subject of a proposed £440,000 transfer to Manchester United in 1979 which failed to go through on medical grounds.[1] This move would have made him the world's most expensive goalkeeper.
He was also a player of Preston North End (1970-1972), Hereford United (1975, on loan), and Birmingham City, when he moved from Coventry City in 1982. He earned two caps for the Scotland national football team, and was Scotland's second-choice goalkeeper at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. During his spell at Birmingham he fractured his forearm in 3 places during a game against Sunderland, playing for a full 70 minutes injured. The Blues still went on to win the game 2-1.
Blyth was a coach under Gordon Strachan when he was the manager at Coventry City, but departed when Strachan and assistant Gary Pendrey were dismissed from their posts in 2001. During his time at Coventry he was responsible for the signing of 16 year-old Chris Kirkland, who went on to play first team football for the Sky Blues before smashing the British transfer fee for a goalkeeper (£6 million) when bought by Liverpool in August 2001.
Blyth is currently the goalkeeping coach at Celtic F.C., joining them in July 2005, appointed by Gordon Strachan. Whilst Blyth has been with 'the Bhoys', the club have won two SPL titles, the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup, and have qualified to the knockout stage of the Champions League 2006-07 season before losing 1-0 in extra time to eventual champions AC Milan.
He currently works with the Polish international keeper Artur Boruc who Celtic bought in October 2005 for approx £600,000. Press reports now value Boruc at £12,000,000.
[edit] References
- ^ Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who’s Who, 1872-1986 (Hardback), Hutton Press. (ISBN 0-907033-47-4).
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Blyth, James Anton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blyth, Jim |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Scottish footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2 February 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perth, Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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