James Shoulder (born 11 September 1946) is an

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former

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manager and player. Most notably, he was manager of the Australian national team from 1976 to 1978. As a player, Shoulder spent time at

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and

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. He combined his football career with higher education and graduated with a degree in Sociology from

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in 1973. He was manager of the Australian national team from 1976 to 1978, after succeeding Brian Green, who had been charged and convicted of stealing two

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s. After failing to secure Australia's qualification to the

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in Argentina, Shoulder was sacked, and replaced by Rudi Gutendorf. Later, Shoulder would head the

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, as well as coach the Australia national under-20 football team. Shoulder would also coach throughout Asia, and spent ten years as manager of the Welsh under-21 team. He was the director of football academy Shinzhon Town in

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, coach of academy

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, the head coach

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(

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) and worked with the academy at

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