James Gallacher (born 29 March 1951) is a Scottish former

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. Gallacher played for

Arbroath Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the Subdivisions of Scotland, council area of Angus, Scotland, Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast, some east-northeast of ...

and

Clydebank Clydebank () is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Milton beyond) to the w ...

in the

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. He made over 600 league appearances for the ''Bankies'' in a career that spanned four decades (late 1960s to early 1990s) and was fondly known as 'The Gal' by the club's supporters. He followed his playing career at New

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by coaching the club's goalkeepers until 1997. Then followed a spell from 2001 until 2008 coaching with the

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Women's National team. That ended and until 2016 Jim was goalkeeper coach at

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; , or ; or , meaning 'fort of the Britons (historical), Britons') is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven, Dunbartonshire, River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. ...

His son,

Paul Gallacher Paul James Gallacher (born 16 August 1979) is a Scottish former professional footballer who currently is the goalkeeping coach for Heart of Midlothian. Gallacher made eight appearances for the Scotland national team between 2002 and 2004. He ...

, also became a professional football goalkeeper, playing for

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and

, while his nephew Tony Gallacher was previously on the books of

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* 1951 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Clydebank Scottish men's footballers Arbroath F.C. players Clydebank F.C. (1965) players Scottish Football League players Scottish football coaches Dumbarton F.C. non-playing staff Clydebank F.C. (1965) non-playing staff {{Scotland-footy-goalkeeper-stub

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