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James Martin "Jimmy" Gilligan (born 24 January 1964) is an English former professional footballer of Irish ancestry. He is currently First Team Coach at Nottingham Forest. His son Ryan Gilligan is also a professional footballer. ==Playing career== Born in Hammersmith, Gilligan started his career as an apprentice at Watford, turning professional in August 1981. He helped Watford defeat Manchester United to win the FA Youth Cup in 1982 whilst also earned representative honours, appearing for the England Youth team. In October 1982 he joined Lincoln City on loan for one month, making three substitute appearances. Returning to Watford, he began making intermittent appearances for the first team, the undoubted highlight being scoring Watford's first goal in Europe in their very first game against Kaiserslautern in the 1983–1984 UEFA Cup; he would later score in the quarter final defeat to Sparta Prague. However, he never established a regular starting role in his four seasons as a professional. Having come to Grimsby Town's attention when scoring against them in an FA Cup Fourth Round tie in January 1985, Gilligan moved to Grimsby in the summer of 1985 for a fee of £100,000. However, his season at Blundell Park was disappointing: he managed just six goals in the season at the club, including two in a League Cup match against York City.〔("Great expectations" ) Codalmighty.com Retrieved on 11 April 2008〕 Grimsby cut their losses in the summer of 1986 by allowing him to move on to Swindon Town for a fee of £30,000. Once again, he struggled to make an impression and in January 1987 joined Newport County on loan before moving to Lincoln City in March 1987. Gilligan failed to fire for the Red Imps, scoring a solitary goal as Lincoln slipped to relegation from the Football League. A fee of £17,500 saw him join Cardiff City where he enjoyed the most productive spell of his career. He scored on his debut in a 1–1 draw with Leyton Orient and went on to finish as the club's top scorer in his first year. Virtually ever present during his two years at the club he scored vital goals in several competitions including the second goal during a 2–0 Welsh Cup final victory over Wrexham and a hat-trick against Derry City in the European Cup Winners Cup. After two defeats in the opening two games of the 1989–90 season, Cardiff's manager Frank Burrows accepted an offer to become assistant manager to John Gregory at Portsmouth. The pair soon tabled an offer of £215,000 for Gilligan which the Cardiff board readily accepted. After a year on the South Coast, Gilligan returned to South Wales to play for Swansea City before injury finished his league career.〔("Past players" ) Swansea City FC Official Web Site retrieved on 11 April 2008〕 In March 1993, he resumed playing in the non-league with Boreham Wood before moving on to Stamco. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jimmy Gilligan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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