James Shoulder (born 11 September 1946) is an

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former

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manager and player. Most notably, he was manager of the Australian national team from 1976 to 1978. As a player, Shoulder spent time at

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and

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. He combined his football career with higher education and graduated with a degree in Sociology from

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in 1973. He was manager of the Australian national team from 1976 to 1978, after succeeding Brian Green, who had been charged and convicted of stealing two

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s. After failing to secure Australia's qualification to the

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in Argentina, Shoulder was sacked, and replaced by

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. Later, Shoulder would head the

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, as well as coach the

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. Shoulder would also coach throughout Asia, and spent ten years as manager of the Welsh under-21 team. He was the director of football academy Shinzhon Town in

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, coach of academy

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, the head coach

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(

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) and worked with the academy at

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20100203035336/http://www.pakhtakor.uz/en/news/article/jimmy-shoulder-best-academy-which-as-much-as-possible-uses-reserves-and-brings-up-stars-from-local/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Shoulder, Jim 1946 births Living people People from Esh Winning Footballers from County Durham English men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks English Football League players Sunderland A.F.C. players Vancouver Royals players Scarborough F.C. players United Soccer Association players Hartlepool United F.C. players English football managers Australian Institute of Sport coaches Australia men's national soccer team managers Sheffield Wednesday F.C. non-playing staff Singapore Premier League managers Warriors FC managers Alumni of St Cuthbert's Society, Durham English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada