Jim Dempsey

Jim Dempsey
Personal information
Full nameJames Dempsey
Place of birthScotland
Playing positionCentre Back
Youth career
to 1969Larkhall Thistle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1969–1971Hamilton Academical26(2)
1971–1975Raith Rovers93(6)
1975–1976Stirling Albion30(2)
1976–1981Hamilton Academical112(3)
1981Albion Rovers9(0)
1981–?Larkhall Thistle[1]?(?)
Teams managed
1988–1989Hamilton Academical
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Jim Dempsey is a Scottish former football player and manager.

As a player Dempsey, who was known as a hard man,[2] was most associated with Hamilton Academical, with whom he had two spells, and Raith Rovers, although he also turned out for Stirling Albion, Albion Rovers and Larkhall Thistle.

He had a sole season back as manager at Hamilton, following the departure of John Lambie to Partick Thistle, although the club finished far adrift at the foot of the Scottish Premier Division and he was dismissed. He was subsequently announced as manager of Fauldhouse United in 1992[3] and later returned to the Accies as assistant boss under Chris Hillcoat in 2003.[4]

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