Jim Barron

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Jim Barron
Personal information
Full name	James Barron
Date of birth	19 October 1943 (1943-10-19) (age 65)
Place of birth	Tantobie, England
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Northampton Town (First-team coach)
Youth career
	Newcastle West End
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1961–1965 1965–1966 1966–1970 1970–1974 1974–1977 1977 1977–1981	Wolverhampton Wanderers Chelsea Oxford United Nottingham Forest Swindon Town Connecticut Bicentennials Peterborough United	008 (0) 001 (0) 152 (0) 155 (0) 079 (0) 010 (0) 021 (0)
Teams managed
1984 1988–1989 2001 2006–2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers (caretaker) Cheltenham Town Birmingham City (joint caretaker) Northampton Town (joint caretaker)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jim Barron (born 19 October 1943 in Tantobie, County Durham) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

[edit] Career

Barron began his playing career at Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1961. After time in the reserves, he made his league debut on 30 November 1963 in a goalless draw with Everton. He managed 7 starts in the 1963/64 season, deputising for Fred Davies, but apart from a solitary appearance the following season, these proved his only games for the club.

He moved to Chelsea in 1965 but found opportunities just as limited. It was only when he joined lower league Oxford United the following year that he gained regular football.

He went on to serve both Oxford and his subsequent club, Nottingham Forest, over 150 times each. He also had accomplished spells at Swindon Town, Connecticut Bicentennials and Peterborough United during a 20-year professional career.

Barron is currently a first-team coach at League One Northampton Town, and was appointed as joint caretaker manager on 20 December 2006, following the resignation of John Gorman^[1]. After the appointment of Stuart Gray as new manager in January 2007, Barron reverted to his role as a first team coach.

He had previously stepped into similar roles at both Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City, and had been permanent manager of Cheltenham Town in 1988/89.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jim Barron management career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk

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