Jim Moffat

{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}}

{{other people|Jim Moffat}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jim Moffat

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1960|1|27}}

| birth_place = Dunfermline, Scotland

| height =

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1977–1981 | years2 = 1981–1983 | years3 = 1983 | years4 = 1983–1989 | years5 = 1987 | years6 = 1988 | years7 = 1989 | years8 = 1989–1993 | years9 = 1993 | years10 = 1993–1994 | years11 = 1994–1995 | years12 = 1995–1996 | years13 = 1996–1998 | years14 =1998–2001

| clubs1 = Montrose | clubs2 = Hamilton Academical | clubs3 = Dunfermline Athletic | clubs4 = Forfar Athletic | clubs5 = → Montrose (loan) | clubs6 = → East Fife (loan) | clubs7 = Brechin City | clubs8 = East Fife | clubs9 = Montrose | clubs10 = Cowdenbeath | clubs11 = East Stirlingshire | clubs12 = Albion Rovers | clubs13 = Cowdenbeath | clubs14 = Forfar Athletic

| caps1 = 106 | goals1 = 0 | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 62 | goals4 = 0 | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0 | caps7 = 1 | goals7 = 0 | caps8 = 34 | goals8 = 0 | caps9 = 12 | goals9 = 0 | caps10 = 17 | goals10 = 0 | caps11 = 14 | goals11 = 0 | caps12 = 21 | goals12 = 0 | caps13 = 4 | goals13 = 0 | caps14 = 15 | goals14 = 0 | totalcaps = 302 | totalgoals = 0

| manageryears1 = 2002–2006 | manageryears2 = 2007–2008 | manageryears3 = 2009–2010

| managerclubs1 = East Fife | managerclubs2 = Forfar Athletic | managerclubs3 = Montrose (assistant)

}}

James Moffat (born 27 January 1960) is a Scottish former footballer, goalkeeper and manager, currently the East Fife Goalkeeper coach.

He played as a goalkeeper for several Scottish lower league clubs. After retiring from playing in 2001, Moffat was appointed as the assistant manager at Stirling Albion.

He then became the manager of East Fife in 2002. He achieved promotion from the Third Division in 2003, but the club were relegated in the following season. He was sacked in 2006 after a run of defeats.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/east_fife/4685112.stm East Fife dismiss manager Moffat], BBC Sport, 6 February 2006.

He was appointed manager of Forfar in March 2007, but was sacked in April 2008 with the side just one point above last place in the Third Division.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/forfar_athletic/7358815.stm|title=Forfar exit for manager Moffat |accessdate=April 21, 2008 | work=BBC News | date=2008-04-21}}

Jim Moffat was appointed as Steven Tweed's assistant joining the club in June 2009 from Tayport Juniors where he held a similar position. [http://www.montrosereview.co.uk/football/Montrose-playing-squad.5530275.jpg]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

On 3 June 2010, Montrose boss Steven Tweed decided to part company with his assistant, the former East Fife and Forfar manager Jim Moffat. The duo had teamed up at Links Park twelve months prior as Tweed looked to have an old head on board as he started his first full season as a player/manager.

[https://archive.today/20130202000153/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news.cfm?curpageid=944&newsid=3442]

In June 2024 he was hired as Goalkeeper Coach at Cowdenbeath then moved to East Fife on 24 October 2024 in a similar position where he once was a goalkeeper and manager of the club before.