Jamie Ewings (born 4 August 1984) is a Scottish former

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and goalkeeping coach.

Career

Born in

Bellshill Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, southeast of Glasgow city centre and west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell to the south, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton to the south ...

, Ewings began his career at

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

but left the club in 2005 without making a first-team appearance. From there he moved to

Albion Rovers Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of the Scotti ...

. In 2007, he left Albion Rovers for a scholarship in the US. In February 2008, Ewings signed for

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club

Drogheda United Drogheda United Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Dhroichead Átha Aontaithe) is a semi-professional Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division. They play their home matches ...

on a one-year contract. During his time at Drogheda he played as the club took on

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in the

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qualifiers, but his stay there ended in disappointment with the club experiencing financial problems. Ewings then returned to Scotland for a second spell at Albion Rovers. On 19 June 2010, he then moved to

Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Formed as Alloa in 1880, the football club shortly changed its name to Alloa Association, and then to Alloa Ath ...

. On 4 June 2011 Ewings signed for

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the ca ...

. In April 2012, he spent time on loan at

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club Arthurlie. Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Ewings signed a new one-year contract with Dumbarton. On 16 May 2014 Ewings committed himself to Dumbarton, signing a new one-year deal. Exactly a year later he signed on for another year at the Rock. He made his first appearance for the club in 14 months keeping a clean sheet a 0–0 draw with

Raith Rovers Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football Leag ...

in January 2016, and became the club's first choice goalkeeper for the remainder of the season. He signed a new one-year deal with the club in May 2016, taking him into his sixth season with the club He missed the first seven months of the 2016–17 season after picking up a serious back injury, and failed to make a competitive appearance for the club all season due to the form of Alan Martin. With Martin leaving that summer he was rewarded with a new deal in May 2017, taking into his 7th season with the Sons. In June 2017 it was announced that he would also become the club's new goalkeeping coach. After not featuring in a competitive game for 15 months, Ewings returned to action as a substitute for the injured Scott Gallacher in a

Scottish Challenge Cup The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup,Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of L ...

in October 2017. Ewings was released as a player in May 2018, but remained the club's goalkeeping coach. He was appointed joint caretaker manager along with

Ian Durrant Ian Durrant (born 29 October 1966) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player who is currently a first team coach at East Kilbride. During his playing career, Durrant played as a midfielder for Rangers for 13 years and was part ...

following

Stephen Aitken Stephen Aitken (born 25 September 1976 in Glasgow) is a Scottish football player and coach who was most recently manager of East Kilbride. Aitken played for Greenock Morton, Stranraer, Stenhousemuir and Junior side Arthurlie. He rejoined Str ...

's sacking in October 2018. After nine seasons with the club as a player and coach, Ewings left Dumbarton in October 2020.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ewings, Jamie 1984 births Living people Footballers from Bellshill Men's association football goalkeepers Scottish men's footballers Scottish expatriate men's footballers Scottish Football League players Motherwell F.C. players Albion Rovers F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Drogheda United F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Arthurlie F.C. players League of Ireland players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Professional Football League players Dumbarton F.C. non-playing staff