Jim Barron (footballer, born 1943)

This article is about the English footballer. For the American basketball coach, see Jim Baron.

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

Jim Barron

Personal information
Full name	James Barron[1]
Date of birth	(1943-10-19) 19 October 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth	Tantobie, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
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)
Managerial career
1984	Wolverhampton Wanderers (caretaker)
1986	ÍA
1988–1989	Cheltenham Town
2001	Birmingham City (joint caretaker)
2006–2007	Northampton Town (joint caretaker)
2023–2024	Bath City (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Tantobie,^[1] Barron played for Newcastle West End, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Chelsea, Oxford United, Nottingham Forest, Swindon Town, the Connecticut Bicentennials, and Peterborough United.^[2][3]

Coaching career

Barron was Caretaker Manager at both Wolverhampton Wanderers (May 1984) and Birmingham City (October to December 2001) and permanent manager of Cheltenham Town in 1988–89.

He was first team coach at League One Northampton Town from 2002 to 2011. He was additionally appointed joint caretaker manager at Northampton on 20 December 2006, following the resignation of John Gorman.^[4] After the appointment of Stuart Gray as manager in January 2007, Barron reverted to his role as a first team coach. Barron was a scout for Everton from 2009 to 2020, a role which he left during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

In July 2023, Barron was appointed the assistant manager of Bath City.^[6][7][8]