Jim Magilton

A creative midfield maestro, Jim Magilton's range of passing made him a popular member of the Fifty Caps Club...

Name: James Magilton
Born: 6 May 1969, Belfast
Height: 6.00 ft
Born: 14.02 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 52 Full Caps/5 Goals (1991-2002), 2 Under-23 Caps (1989-1990), 1 Under-21 Cap (1990), 3 Under-18 Caps, 1 Under-16 Cap, 5 Under-15 Caps/1 Goal; Football League Representative (1992).
Club Honours: (with Liverpool) FA Charity Shield Winner 1990 (shared, unused sub); (with Ipswich) Football League Division One Play-Off Winners 1999/00.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Distillery	84/5-85/6	-	Youth	0(1)/0	-	-	-
Liverpool	86/7-90/1	May-86	Youth	0(0)/0	-	-	-
Oxford Utd	90/1-93/4	Oct-90	£100,000	150(0)/34	8(0)/4	9(0)/1	6(0)/3
Southampton	93/4-97/8	Feb-94	£600,000	124(6)/13	12(0)/3	12(2)/2	-
Sheffield Wed.	97/8-98/9	Sep-97	£1,600,000	14(13)/1	1(0)/0	2(0)/0	-
Ipswich T.	98/9-05/6	Mar-99	£682,500	243(30)/16	7(2)/1	14(1)/1	17(1)/3
TOTALS		£2,982,500		531(50)/69	28(2)/8	37(3)/4	23(1)/6

Biography:
To follow.

Senior debut:

30-3-85 Irish League Newry 3 Distillery 1 (Smith) 

Distillery team: --- Allen McKnight; Robert Beggs, Paul Davidson; Neil Cummings, Marty Quinn, Ken Whiteside;Tony Ferris, Paul Williams, Francis Smith, Bertie McMinn,Buster Andrews. Sub: Jim Magilton for Ferris (70)

Coaching Career:

Jim Magilton was appointed as Ipswich Town manager for the 2006/07 season, though he remained registered as a player as emergency cover. Magilton was sacked as Ipswich manager on 22nd April 2009. He wasn't out of work long as on the 3rd June he was appointed as manager at QPR. In December he was suspended following an argument with a player and he left Loftus Road by "mutual consent" on 16th December. In July 2011 he joined Shamrock Rovers on a temporary deal as assistant-manager to Michael O'Neill. The pair competed for the Northern Ireland job, with O'Neill winning the appointment. Magilton then took the job of interim head-coach at Melbourne Victory from January to March 2012. In June 2013 he was appointed as the Irish FA's Elite Performance Director, with responsibilities including identifying players and coach development. He also took charge of the Northern Ireland Under-21 side, initially on a caretaker basis, but permanently from early in 2014 through to the end of 2016. In September 2014 he was appointed as assistant manager of the senior side on an interim basis following the departure of Billy McKinlay.

Magilton continued as the Irish FA's Elite Performance Director through to December 2020 when he left to become Sporting Director at Dundalk. In April 2021 he was appointed interim manager while the club sought a permanent appointment, but he left Oriel Park that November after a period of upheaval at the club. In June 2023 he was unveiled as Cliftonville's first full-time manager.

Jim's brother Michael was also a gifted footballer, and represented Northern Ireland at youth level having also come through the youth ranks at Distillery and spent time on the books at Norwich City.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details: 05-02-1991 Poland........ H W 3-1 FR. 1 Gl 27-03-1991 Yugoslavia.... A L 1-4 ECQ 01-05-1991 Faroe Islands. H D 1-1 ECQ 11-09-1991 Faroe Islands. A W 5-0 ECQ 16-10-1991 Austria....... H W 2-1 ECQ 13-11-1991 Denmark....... A L 1-2 ECQ 19-02-1992 Scotland...... A L 0-1 FR 28-04-1992 Lithuania..... H D 2-2 WCQ 02-06-1992 Germany....... A D 1-1 FR 09-09-1992 Albania....... H W 3-0 WCQ 1 Gl 18-11-1992 Denmark....... H L 0-1 WCQ 17-02-1993 Albania....... A W 2-1 WCQ 1 Gl 31-03-1993 Rep of Ireland A L 0-3 WCQ 25-05-1993 Lithuania..... A W 1-0 WCQ 02-06-1993 Latvia........ A W 2-1 WCQ 1 Gl 08-09-1993 Latvia........ H W 2-0 WCQ 13-10-1993 Denmark....... A L 0-1 WCQ 17-11-1993 Rep of Ireland H D 1-1 WCQ 23-03-1994 Romania....... H W 2-0 FR 20-04-1994 Liechtenstein. H W 4-1 ECQ 03-06-1994 Colombia...... N L 0-2 FR 11-06-1994 Mexico........ N L 0-3 FR 07-09-1994 Portugal...... H L 1-2 ECQ 12-10-1994 Austria....... A W 2-1 ECQ 16-11-1994 Rep of Ireland H L 0-4 ECQ 29-03-1995 Rep of Ireland A D 1-1 ECQ 22-05-1995 Canada........ A L 0-2 FR 25-05-1995 Chile......... N L 1-2 FR 07-06-1995 Latvia........ H L 1-2 ECQ 03-09-1995 Portugal...... A D 1-1 ECQ 27-03-1996 Norway........ H L 0-2 FR 29-05-1996 Germany....... H D 1-1 FR 31-08-1996 Ukraine....... H L 0-1 WCQ sub 05-10-1996 Armenia....... H D 1-1 WCQ sub 11-02-1997 Belgium....... H W 3-0 FR. 1 Gl 29-03-1997 Portugal...... H D 0-0 WCQ 20-08-1997 Germany....... H L 1-3 WCQ 11-10-1997 Portugal...... A L 0-1 WCQ 03-06-1998 Spain......... A L 1-4 FR 23-02-2000 Luxemburg..... A W 3-1 FR 16-08-2000 Yugoslavia.... H L 1-2 FR 02-09-2000 Malta......... H W 1-0 WCQ 07-10-2000 Denmark....... H D 1-1 WCQ 11-10-2000 Iceland....... A L 0-1 WCQ 28-02-2001 Norway........ H L 0-4 FR 24-03-2001 Czech Republic H L 0-1 WCQ 28-03-2001 Bulgaria...... A L 3-4 WCQ 01-09-2001 Denmark....... A D 1-1 WCQ 05-09-2001 Iceland....... H W 3-0 WCQ 06-10-2001 Malta......... A W 1-0 WCQ 13-02-2002 Poland........ N L 1-4 FR 27-03-2002 Liechtenstein. A D 0-0 FR Summary: 50(2)/5. Won 16, Drew 12, Lost 24. Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details: 11-04-1989 Rep of Ireland A L 0-3 FR 15-05-1990 Rep of Ireland H L 2-3 FR Summary: 2/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 2. Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details: 03-04-1990 Israel........ H W 2-1 FR Summary: 1/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 0.