James Carabine (23 November 1911 – 2 December 1987) was a Scottish

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, who played as a

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Career

In the club game, Carabine was most closely associated with Third Lanark, serving as a player from 1931 to November 1946 and then taking over as manager, until May 1950. As a player, he won the

1934–35 Scottish Division Two The 1934–35 Scottish Second Division was won by Third Lanark who, along with second placed Arbroath, were promoted to the First Division. Edinburgh City finished bottom. Table References External links Scottish Football Archive {{DEFAUL ...

title a year after suffering relegation from the top tier, then featured on the losing side in the

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.Rangers Retain Scottish Cup
The Glasgow Herald, 20 April 1936 In the three major competitions he made 262 appearances and scored 19 goals for the club. As an international, Carabine represented

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in three official matches, appearing against

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(21 May 1938),

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(8 October 1938) and

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(15 April 1939). He also featured in two unofficial games against Eastern United States and the American Soccer League (in which he scored a hat-trick) in a 1939 tour, and ten wartime internationals (all but one against England, his last being an 8–0 defeat on 16 October 1943).Irish XI v Scottish XI, 28 April 1940
11v11.com On resigning from his role as manager of Third Lanark in 1950, Carabine noted 'I've had enough'. In the months following his resignation he began writing sports columns for the

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.Supporters' Club Social, ''Montrose, Arbroath and Brechin Review; and Forfar and Kincardineshire Advertiser'', 1 December 1950

References

1911 births 1987 deaths People from Blantyre, South Lanarkshire Scottish men's footballers Scottish football managers Scotland men's international footballers Scotland men's wartime international footballers Third Lanark A.C. managers Third Lanark A.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Men's association football fullbacks Footballers from South Lanarkshire Scottish Football League managers Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish sportswriters {{Scotland-footy-defender-1910s-stub

Career

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