Jim Dempsey (born 5 November 1946) is a Scottish former football player and manager. As a player Dempsey, who was known as a hard man, was most associated with

Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the 2020–21 Scottis ...

, with whom he had two spells, and

Raith Rovers Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football Leag ...

, although he also turned out for Stirling Albion,

Albion Rovers Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of the Scot ...

and

Larkhall Thistle Larkhall Thistle Football Club is a football club from Larkhall, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Formed in 1878, "the Jags" are Scotland's oldest continuous Junior football club and currently compete in the . The team plays in red and white st ...

. He had a sole season back as manager at Hamilton, following the departure of John Lambie to

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. The club have been mem ...

, although the club finished far adrift at the foot of the

Scottish Premier Division The Scottish Football League Premier Division was, from 1975 until 1998, the top division of the Scottish Football League and the entire Scottish football league system. It lay above the Scottish Football League First, Second and (from 1994 ...

and he was dismissed. He was subsequently announced as manager of

Fauldhouse United Fauldhouse United Football Club are a Scottish football club based at Park View in Fauldhouse, West Lothian. The club won the Scottish Junior Cup in 1946 and currently play in the East of Scotland Football League The East of Scotland Foo ...

in 1992 and later returned to the Accies as assistant boss under

Chris Hillcoat Chris Hillcoat (born 3 October 1969) is a Scottish football player and coach, who spent all of his senior playing career at Hamilton Academical. Towards the end of his playing career, Hillcoat became the player/manager A player-coach (also pl ...

in 2003.Jim joins Accies' fight
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1946 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Hamilton Academical F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Scottish football managers Albion Rovers F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. managers Larkhall Thistle F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League managers Men's association football central defenders Fauldhouse United F.C. non-playing staff {{Scotland-footy-defender-1940s-stub