Jim Barron

Jim Barron
Personal information

Full name	James Barron
Date of birth	19 October 1943 (1943-10-19) (age 68)
Place of birth	Tantobie, England
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Northampton Town (First-team coach)
Youth career
	Newcastle West End
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1961–1965	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8	(0)
1965–1966	Chelsea	1	(0)
1966–1970	Oxford United	152	(0)
1970–1974	Nottingham Forest	155	(0)
1974–1977	Swindon Town	79	(0)
1977	Connecticut Bicentennials	10	(0)
1977–1981	Peterborough United	21	(0)
Teams managed
1984	Wolverhampton Wanderers (caretaker)
1986	ÍA
1988–1989	Cheltenham Town
2001	Birmingham City (joint caretaker)
2006–2007	Northampton Town (joint caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Jim Barron (born 19 October 1943) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played over 400 games in the Football League for a number of clubs over a twenty year career.

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 twenty 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.

References

^ Northampton Town FC. "John Gorman resigns". http://www.ntfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10425~945493,00.html. Retrieved 2006-12-20.

External links

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. – managers

Worrall (1877–85)
Addenbrooke (1885–1922)
Jobey (1922–24)
Hoskins (1924–26)
Scotchbrook (1926–27)
Buckley (1927–44)
Vizard (1944–48)
Cullis (1948–64)
Beattie (1964–65)
Allen (1965–68)
McGarry (1968–76)
Chung (1976–78)
Barnwell (1978–82)
Greaves (1982)
Hawkins (1982–84)
Docherty (1984–85)
McGarry (1985)
Chapman (1985–86)
Turner (1986–94)
Taylor (1994–95)
McGhee (1995–98)
Lee (1998–2000)
Jones (2001–04)
Hoddle (2004–06)
McCarthy (2006–)

Cheltenham Town F.C. – managers

Brain (1945–48)
Dean (1948–50)
Summerbee (1950–52)
Raeside (1952–53)
Anderson (1953–58)
Lewin (1958–60)
Donnelly (1960–61)
Cavanagh (1961)
Anderson (1961–65)
Fletcher (1965–66)
Etheridge (1966–73)
Penman (1973–74)
Allen (1974–79)
Paine (1979)
Grundy (1979–82)
Wood (1982–83)
Murphy (1983–88)
Barron (1988–89)
Murphy (1990)
Lewis (1990)
Robertson (1991–92)
Parsons (1992–95)
Robinson (1995–97)
Cotterill (1997–2002)
Allner (2002–03)
Gould (2003)
Ward (2003–07)
Downing (2007–08)
Allen (2008–09)
Schofield (2009)
Yates (2009–)

Birmingham City F.C. – managers

Jones (1892–1908)
Watson (1908–10)
McRoberts (1910–15)
Richards (1915–23)
Beer (1923–27)
Harvey (1927–28)
Knighton (1928–33)
Liddell (1933–39)
Camkin (1939–44)
Goodier (1944–45)
Storer (1945–49)
Brocklebank (1949–54)
Turner (1954–58)
Turner and Beasley (1958)
Beasley (1958–60)
Merrick (1960–64)
Mallett (1964–65)
Cullis (1965–70)
Goodwin (1970–75)
Bell (1975–77)
Ramsey (1977–78)
Smith (1978–82)
Saunders (1982–86)
Bond (1986–87)
Pendrey (1987–89)
Mackay (1989–91)
Macari (1991)
Cooper (1991–93)
Fry (1993–96)
Francis (1996–2001)
Bruce (2001–07)
McLeish (2007–11)
Hughton (2011–)

Northampton Town F.C. – managers

Jones (1897–1907)
Chapman (1907–12)
Bull (1912–13)
Lessons (1913–19)
Hewison (1920–25)
Tresadern (1925–30)
English (1931–35)
Puddefoot (1935–37)
Cresswell (1937–39)
Smith (1939–49)
Dennison (1949–54)
Smith (1954–59)
Bowen (1959–67)
Marchi (1967–68)
Flowers (1968–69)
Bowen (1969–72)
Baxter (1972–73)
Dodgin (1973–76)
Crerand (1976–77)
Petts (1977–78)
Dodgin (1977)
Bowen (1978)
Keen (1978–79)
Walker (1979–80)
Dodgin (1980–82)
Walker (1982–84)
Barton (1984–85)
Carr (1985–90)
Foley (1990–92)
Chard (1992–93)
Barnwell (1993–94)
Atkins (1995–99)
Broadhurst (1999)
Wilson (1999–2001)
Broadhurst (2001–03)
Fenwick (2003)
Wilkinson (2003)
Hill (2003)
Calderwood (2003–06)
Gorman (2006)
Barron and Sampson (2006–07)
Gray (2007–09)
Sampson (2009–11)
Johnson (2011)
Lee (2011^c)
Flowers (2011^c)
Boothroyd (2011–)

Persondata
Name	Barron, Jim
Alternative names	Barron, James
Short description	Professional footballer
Date of birth	19 October 1943
Place of birth	Tantobie, England
Date of death
Place of death