Jim Barron

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Personal information
Jim Barron
Full name	James Barron
Date of birth	October 19, 1943
Place of birth	Tantobie, England
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Northampton Town (First-team coach)
Youth clubs
	Newcastle West End
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1961-1965 1965-1966 1966-1970 1970-1974 1974-1977 1977 1977-1981	Wolves Chelsea Oxford United Nottingham Forest Swindon Town Connecticut Bicentennials Peterborough United	008 (0) 001 (0) 152 (0) 155 (0) 079 (0) 0?? (??) 021 (0)
Teams managed
2001 2006-2007	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 October 19, 1943 in Tantobie, County Durham) is an English former footballer.

He played as a goalkeeper, turning out for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Chelsea, Oxford United, Nottingham Forest, Swindon Town, Connecticut Bicentennials and Peterborough United during a 20 year professional career.

He is a first-team coach at Northampton, and was appointed as joint caretaker manager on December 20, 2006, following the resignation of John Gorman^[1]. He had served a similar role in 2001, alongside Mick Mills at Birmingham City.

On January 2, 2007, Northampton announced that former Southampton boss Stuart Gray had been appointed as the new manager on a 2 and half year contract, caretaker managers Ian Sampson and Jim Barron will stay on as first team coaches.