Leighton James
Leighton James was born in Loughor, United Kingdom on February 16th, 1953 and is the Soccer Coach. At the age of 71, Leighton James biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Playing career
James started his career as a right winger with Burnley, making his league debut against Nottingham Forest in November 1970.
He gained his first international cap against Czechoslovakia in 1971. He played 54 times for Wales and scored ten goals.
In 1975, he signed for Derby County for a then club record fee of £310,000, and in 1977, he joined Queens Park Rangers in exchange for Don Masson. In October 1977, he made his QPR debut against the WBA and went on to play 28 league games, scoring 4 goals.
In 1978, he returned to play with Burnley but was relegated to the third division and moved to Swansea City, taking them from the third division to the first. Before 1986, he served with Sunderland, Bury, and Newport County, as both a youth team boss and occasional player. After being suspended as the youth team's boss, he retired from playing in 1989.
Managerial career
In October 1993, James became a coach at Bradford City before succeeding Gary Simpson as the manager of Gainsborough Trinity. He had been the boss of Morecambe but had been fired after just 5 months in office. He was appointed manager of Ilkeston Town's Southern League Premier Division side in October 1995. After winning his first three matches in charge, the team went 20 games without a victory, and James left the club in February 1996 to be replaced by Keith Alexander. James took over as the boss of Accrington Stanley from Tony Greenwood on September 29, 1997. He served five months at the Crown Ground before resigning in February 1998 due to other commitments.
James was also in charge of Llanelli, a team of Wales, who was relegated in 2002-03. With a final day victory at Chepstow Town in 2001–02, he guided Garden Village of the Welsh Football League to the Second Division championship title.
He currently works as a football analyst on BBC radio and television as well as a Real Radio show. Due to inflammatory remarks made in a regular newspaper column about Cardiff City, the BBC suspended James for a period of time.
James was appointed manager of Aberaman Athletic's Welsh Football League Division One team in December 2009.
In 2011, he was hired as Director of Football at Haverfordwest County, but he resigned after less than two months.