Jim Branagan

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jim Branagan

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = James Patrick Stephen Branagan{{hugman|2107|accessdate=7 January 2018}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|7|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Urmston, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll |url-access=registration |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 |editor-first=Jack |editor-last=Rollin |publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London |year=1980 |isbn=0362020175 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll/page/66 66]}}

| position = Full back

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Oldham Athletic

| years1 = 1973–1977

| clubs1 = Oldham Athletic

| caps1 = 27

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1977

| clubs2 = Cape Town City

| caps2 = 9

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1977–1979

| clubs3 = Huddersfield Town

| caps3 = 38

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1979–1987

| clubs4 = Blackburn Rovers

| caps4 = 294

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 1987–1988

| clubs5 = Preston North End

| caps5 = 3

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1988–1989

| clubs6 = York City

| caps6 = 42

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1989–?

| clubs7 = Chorley

| caps7 =

| goals7 =

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Jim Branagan (born 3 July 1955) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a full back for Oldham Athletic, Huddersfield Town, Blackburn Rovers, Preston North End and York City, and also in South Africa for Cape Town City.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/jimbranagan.html |title=Jim Branagan |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |access-date=12 October 2009}}

Born in Urmston, Lancashire, Branagan began his professional career at Oldham Athletic, aged 18. He retired in 1989, later working at a Tesco store in Pendleton, Lancashire.{{Cite web |title=Former Rovers star is Tesco's store player |first=Simone |last=O'Kane |work=The Northern Echo |date=15 October 2012 |access-date=7 January 2019 |url= https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9985564.former-rovers-star-is-tescos-store-player/}}