Jim Dempsey

{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}}

{{for|the Clyde, Falkirk and Dumbarton player|Jim Dempsey (footballer, born 1959)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jim Dempsey

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| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1946|11|05}}

| birth_place = Scotland

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| position = Centre Back

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Larkhall Thistle

| years1 = 1969–1971 | years2 = 1971–1975 | years3 = 1975–1976 | years4 = 1976–1981 | years5 = 1981 | years6 =1981–?

| clubs1 = Hamilton Academical | clubs2 = Raith Rovers | clubs3 = Stirling Albion | clubs4 = Hamilton Academical | clubs5 = Albion Rovers | clubs6 =Larkhall Thistle{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/albion/albion.html |title=ALBION ROVERS : 1946/47 – 2013/14 |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=3 August 2015}}

| caps1 = 26 | goals1 = 2 | caps2 = 93 | goals2 = 6 | caps3 = 30 | goals3 = 2 | caps4 = 112 | goals4 = 3 | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = ? | goals6 = ?

| manageryears1 = 1988–1989

| managerclubs1 = Hamilton Academical

| manageryears2 = 1992-?

| managerclubs2 = Fauldhouse United

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Jim Dempsey (born 5 November 1946[http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/opp/JimDempsey.htm Jim Dempsey Record vs Heart of Midlothian]) is a Scottish former football player and manager.

As a player Dempsey, who was known as a hard man,{{Cite web |url=http://www.raithroversfc.com/cgi-bin/latestnews.cgi?id=1198&page=248 |title=Former Players Pick a Winner |access-date=31 July 2009 |archive-date=18 September 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040918095934/http://www.raithroversfc.com/cgi-bin/latestnews.cgi?id=1198 |url-status=dead }} was most associated with Hamilton Academical, with whom he had two spells, and Raith Rovers, although he also turned out for Stirling Albion, Albion Rovers and Larkhall Thistle.

He had a sole season back as manager at Hamilton, following the departure of John Lambie to Partick Thistle, although the club finished far adrift at the foot of the Scottish Premier Division and he was dismissed. He was subsequently announced as manager of Fauldhouse United in 1992{{Cite web |url=http://wlhas.westlothian.gov.uk:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1224X1249409W.334&profile=main&uri=full=3100001~!51686~!361&ri=1&aspect=subtab14&menu=search&source=~!comres#focus |title=West Lothian Council Community Resources |access-date=31 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902133454/http://wlhas.westlothian.gov.uk:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1224X1249409W.334&profile=main&uri=full=3100001~!51686~!361&ri=1&aspect=subtab14&menu=search&source=~!comres#focus |archive-date=2 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002739/19920508/045/0045|title=

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