01/01/2000


Jim Holmes

Full Name: James B. Holmes
Age: 55 (08.02.1955)
Playing Positions: Left Back; Right Back, Right Midfield
Born: Hamilton, Scotland
Nationality: Scottish
International Honours: 3 Scotland semi-professional caps
Height: 5' 9"
Transfer Fee: Free - Partick Thistle
Date Signed: _._.1976
Date Left: _.04.1988
Transfer Out: £10,000 - Falkirk
Former Clubs: Muirkirk Juniors, Morton, Falkirk, Alloa Athletic, Arbroath
Non Playing Career: Arbroath (assistant manager)
Current Club/Employment: Unknown
Honours with Morton (player): 1st Division winner - 1977/78, 1983/84, 1986/87
Personal Honours: SPFA 1st Division Player of the Year - 1986/87
Miscellaneous: Holmes is third in the list of players with the most appearances for the club. He was the record holder until David Wylie and then Derek Collins surpassed him.

Jim has a chapter dedicated to him in Graeme Ross' Morton Greats.

He is the uncle of current Morton player Alex Walker.


Morton career - starts, sub appearances, goals:

1976/77:
Div 1: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 46,0,2
1977/78:
Div 1: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 45,1,0
1978/79:
Prem Div: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 45,0,0
1979/80:
Prem Div: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 43,0,2
1980/81:
Prem Div: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 42,0,0
1981/82:
Prem Div: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 42,0,0
1982/83:
Prem Div: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 43,0,0
1983/84:
Div 1: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 48,0,0
1984/85:
Prem Div: 36, 0, 1 Lge Cup: 1,0,0 Scot C: 2,0,0
1985/86:
Div 1: 35, 0, 1 Lge Cup: 2,0,0 Scot C: 1,0,0
1986/87:
Div 1: 41, 0, 3 Lge Cup: 1,0,0 Scot C: 2,0,0
1987/88:
Prem Div: 38, 0, 0 Lge Cup: 1,0,0 Scot C: 2,0,0

Totals:
League: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ?

Overall: 516 Starts, 1 Sub App, 9 Goals


Most of these stats are taken from Graeme Ross' chapter in Morton Greats. It does not include a break down of league, league cup and Scottish cup appearances but provides totals of all three.


Links

gmfc.net profile: n/a

soccerbase profile: n/a

Wikipedia profile: n/a

Neil Brown profile: http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/jimmyholmes1.htm

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