Jimmy Thomson (10 April 1937 – 4 August 2012) was a Scottish
football
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player and
manager. He played for
St Mirren,
Dunfermline Athletic and
Raith Rovers, and then managed
Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League (SFL) is a defunct league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4&nbs ...
clubs
Berwick Rangers and
Raith Rovers. Thomson was one of four Raith managers in the space of fourteen months following
Jimmy Nicholl's move to
Millwall in 1996.
Nicholl rejects Raith's offer
''The Independent
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'', 15 April 1997. Thomson also served Raith's Fife rivals Dunfermline Athletic as caretaker manager in two different spells.[Jimmy Thomson (Caretaker Manager)](_blank)
''Pars Database''.
References
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Scottish men's footballers
Men's association football wing halves
Scottish Football League players
St Mirren F.C. players
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
Raith Rovers F.C. players
Scottish football managers
Berwick Rangers F.C. managers
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. managers
Raith Rovers F.C. managers
1937 births
2012 deaths
Scottish Football League managers
20th-century Scottish sportsmen