James Garvin Stewart (born 9 March 1954) is a Scottish former football goalkeeper.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Garvin Stewart[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1954-03-09) 9 March 1954 (age 68) | ||
Place of birth | Kilwinning, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1970–1971 | Troon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1977 | Kilmarnock | 136 | (0) |
1977–1980 | Middlesbrough | 34 | (0) |
1980–1984 | Rangers | 55 | (0) |
1983 | → Dumbarton (loan) | 2 | (0) |
1984–1986 | St Mirren | 9 | (0) |
1986 | Partick Thistle | 8 | (0) |
Total | 244 | (0) | |
National team | |||
1974–1978 | Scottish League XI | 3 | (0) |
1977–1978 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He began his career with local side Troon, and he went on to play for Kilmarnock, Middlesbrough, Rangers, St Mirren and Partick Thistle. Stewart earned 2 caps for Scotland and was included in the squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
He was later the goalkeeping coach at Kilmarnock and Heart of Midlothian, who he left to rejoin Rangers in August 2007.[2] He worked with the SFA as a youth goalkeeping coach before joined the Scotland national football team setup under Gordon Strachan in 2013, on a part-time basis.[3] Stewart left Rangers in March 2017, following the appointment of Pedro Caixinha as team manager.[4] He was then the goalkeeping coach at Nottingham Forest from May 2017 to January 2018.[5][6]
His son Colin also played as a goalkeeper for Kilmarnock, and daughter-in-law Julie Fleeting is the all-time leading scorer for the Scotland women's national football team.[citation needed]
Now days away from a first appearance at a major tournament, Gordon considers all of those who never made it, from former team-mates to his first coach at Tynecastle, Jim Stewart. "I actually feel sorry for him that he's going to miss out on this," he says of Scotland's goalkeeping coach of 16 years. "He had so long with Scotland. Stevie Woods has taken over now and he's a lucky charm, having managed to qualify for a finals so soon. Jim's been there and done it with the national team as player – I think it was the World Cup in '74 he went to – and then to be the goalkeeping coach and not make it – I do feel sorry for him."
Scotland squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup | ||
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