James 'Jimmy' Collins is a former Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 professional footballer

Football (soccer)

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 who played for Lugar Boswell Thistle

Lugar Boswell Thistle F.C.

Lugar Boswell Thistle Football Club are a Scottish football club, based in the village of Lugar, near Cumnock, Ayrshire. Members of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they currently play in the Ayrshire District League...

, Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

, Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....

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Playing career

Collins began his career at non League

Non-league football

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 club Lugar Boswell Thistle before joining Tottenham Hotspur in June, 1956. The inside forward

Inside forward

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 featured in two first team matches in 1961 for the Lilywhites and made his senior debut against West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

 on 23 August 1961. In October, 1962, Collins signed for Brighton & Hove Albion and went on to feature in 201 matches and found the net 44 times between 1962–1966.

External links

• Jimmy Collins, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database