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{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}}
{{for|the British journalist|James Bone}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jimmy Bone
| fullname = James Bone<ref>{{Hugman|1849|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref>
| image = 
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=y|1949|9|22}}
| birth_place = [[Fallin, Stirling]], Scotland
| height = 
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1=| youthyears2 = 
| youthclubs1 = Fallin Boys Brigade | youthclubs2 =Airth Castle Rovers
| years1 = 1968–1972 | years2 = 1972–1973 | years3 = 1973–1974 | years4 = 1974–1975 | years5 = 1975–1978 | years6 = 1978–1982 | years7 = 1979 | years8 = 1980 | years9 = 1982–1983 | years10 = 1983–1985 | years11 =1985–1986
| clubs1 = [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]] | clubs2 = [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] | clubs3 = [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] | clubs4 = [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] | clubs5 = [[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]] | clubs6 = [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]] | clubs7 = → [[Toronto Blizzard (NASL)|Toronto Blizzard]] (loan) | clubs8 = → [[Toronto Blizzard (NASL)|Toronto Blizzard]] (loan) | clubs9 = [[Hong Kong Rangers]] | clubs10 = [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] | clubs11 =[[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]]
| caps1 = 107 | goals1 = 50 | caps2 = 39 | goals2 = 9 | caps3 = 31 | goals3 = 9 | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 1 | caps5 = 97 | goals5 = 41 | caps6 = 131 | goals6 = 27 | caps7 = 25 | goals7 = 3 | caps8 = 25 | goals8 = 4 | caps9 =  | goals9 =  | caps10 = 56 | goals10 = 11 | caps11 = 30 | goals11 = 2
| nationalyears1= 1972–1973
| nationalyears2= 1972
| nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national under-23 football team|Scotland under-23]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu23/player.php?playerid=182 |title=Jimmy Bone |work=fitbastats.com |access-date=8 September 2015}}</ref>
| nationalteam2 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals1= 1
| nationalgoals2= 1
| manageryears1 = 1985–1986 | manageryears2 = 1989–1991| manageryears3 = 1991–1992 | manageryears4 = 1992–1996 | manageryears5 = 1996–1997 | manageryears6 = 2001–2002 | manageryears7 =2007
| managerclubs1 = [[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]] | managerclubs2 = [[Airdrieonians F.C. (1878)|Airdrie]] | managerclubs3 = [[Power Dynamos FC|Power Dynamos]] | managerclubs4 = [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]] | managerclubs5 = [[East Fife F.C.|East Fife]] | managerclubs6 = [[Stenhousemuir F.C.|Stenhousemuir]] | managerclubs7 =[[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]] (caretaker)
}}
'''James Bone''' (born 22 September 1949) is a Scottish former professional [[association football|footballer]], who played as a striker. Following his playing retirement he moved into coaching and has managed a number of [[Scottish Football League|Scottish League]] clubs.

==Playing career==

===Early career===
Despite attending [[rugby union]]-playing Stirling High School,<ref name="Lamming">''Scottish Internationalists' Who's Who'', P25</ref> Bone developed a keen interest in football, through representative games with his local [[boys brigade]]. He began his professional career with [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]], whom he joined from junior side Airth Castle Rovers in 1968 and spent four seasons with the ''Jags''. During this time they suffered their first relegation from the [[Scottish Football League First Division|First Division]] since [[1900–01 Scottish Division One|season 1900-01]], finishing bottom of the table in [[1969–70 in Scottish football|1969–70]].<ref>Partick had previously twice failed to gain re-election to the First Division having finished bottom, in the late 1890s and early 1900s, however this marked the first time they had suffered automatic relegation.</ref> However, the next season Bone was an integral part of the side that won the [[Scottish Football League Second Division|Second Division]] title and instant promotion back to the top flight. He earned another, unexpected, medal in [[1971–72 in Scottish football|1971–72]] when Partick won the [[Scottish League Cup]] by beating the overwhelming favourites [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]].<ref name="Lamming"/> Celtic were the reigning League champions and had been [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] finalists only two years earlier but Bone's 37th-minute goal helped Partick to a 4–0 halftime lead, the ''Jags'' eventually winning 4–1.

===Move to England===
Bone moved [[England|south of the border]] in February 1972, joining [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] in a [[Pound sterling|£]]30,000 deal.<ref name="Lamming"/> Noted for his very fast runs down the wing, he helped Norwich secure the second division championship at the end of the [[1971–72 in English football|1971–72 season]] and scored the club's first ever goal in [[Football League First Division|Division One]] at the start of the following campaign. He joined [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] for £30,000 in March 1973.

===Return to Scotland===
Bone made further moves to [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] (£25,000) and [[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]] (£12,000) in 1974 and 1975 respectively.<ref name="Hogan">''Hearts in Art'', P26</ref> He stayed with the ''Red Lichties'' for three seasons but his consistent scoring was not enough to gain them promotion to the new Premier Division, following the league reconstruction of [[1975–76 in Scottish football|1975–76]].

In January 1978 Bone became one of [[Alex Ferguson]]'s last signings as [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]] manager, moving to the [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]] club for £25,000.<ref name="Lamming"/> He was appointed [[Captain (association football)|captain]] by Ferguson's successor,
Jim Clunie, and helped the side to victory in the [[Anglo-Scottish Cup]] and qualification for the [[UEFA Cup]] in the [[1979–80 in Scottish football|1979–80 season]]. He moved to [[Hong Kong Rangers FC|Hong Kong Rangers]] in 1981 and returned to Britain with [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] in August 1983.

Bone was one of several veterans in the Hearts team and as a result the side was caustically dubbed [[Dad's Army]].<ref name="Dads">Other veterans in the side were Sandy Jardine (aged 34), Alex MacDonald (35), Willie Johnston (36), Stewart Maclaren and Donald Park (both 30).</ref> However, the recently promoted side performed above expectations, finishing fifth in the League and qualifying for European competition. Bone scored several important goals, including the winner as Hearts defeated [[Edinburgh Derby|derby]] rivals [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]] at [[Tynecastle Stadium|Tynecastle]] for the first time in ten years.<ref name="Hogan"/> The following year he notched the side's 6,000th League goal.<ref name="Lamming"/> He left to take up the role of player-manager at [[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]] in February 1985.

== Managerial career ==
Bone stayed with Arbroath for almost two years before moving to another former club St Mirren, as [[Alex Smith (footballer born 1939)|Alex Smith]]'s assistant manager in December 1986. The side won the [[Scottish Cup]] for the first time in 28 years that season, while maintaining a safe position in the Premier Division. He left the Paisley side in April 1988 following a public dispute with striker [[Frank McGarvey]]. After a brief stint coaching with [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] he returned to management with First Division [[Airdrieonians F.C. (1878)|Airdrie]], where he won promotion to the Premier Division in 1991 before resigning. He then spent a year in charge of Zambian side [[Power Dynamos FC]], where he won the [[African Cup Winners' Cup]] in 1991,<ref name="interview">{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/hearts/interview-st-mirren-and-hearts-veteran-jimmy-bone-1-3127387|title=Interview: St Mirren and Hearts veteran Jimmy Bone|newspaper=[[The Scotsman]]|date=5 October 2013|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> before returning to St Mirren as manager. In four seasons he was unable to gain promotion with the ''Saints'' and eventually resigned in 1996. He spent one season as [[East Fife F.C.|East Fife]]'s manager before becoming assistant to [[Jocky Scott]] at [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]]. Dundee won the [[Scottish First Division|First Division]] under them in 1998.<ref name="press">{{Cite news
| title=Youth Coach Rae – Looks Back | url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-fife-edition/20200716/282522955772279
| work=The Courier & Advertiser | publisher=Press Reader | date=16 July 2020 | access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> They also secured their first [[Dundee derby]] win at [[Dens Park]] since 1989 in May 2000.<ref>{{Cite news
| title=Nevin backs Italian for job | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/740728.stm | publisher=[[BBC]] | date=9 May 2000 | access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> In 2000, he coached [[South African Premier Division]] side Wits University F.C. now called [[Bidvest Wits F.C.|Bidvest Wits]]. Bone was appointed [[Stenhousemuir F.C.|Stenhousemuir]]'s manager in 2001 but again his tenure lasted only one season.<ref name="Warriors">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/teams/s/stenhousemuir/156 ki9507.stm Warriors appoint Bone]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[BBC Sport]], 28 September 2001.</ref> He served as [[Alex Smith (footballer born 1939)|Alex Smith]]'s assistant at [[Ross County F.C.|Ross County]] between 2002 and 2004, before [[Dick Campbell (footballer, born 1953)|Dick Campbell]] made him his assistant at [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]] in 2005. When Campbell was sacked in March 2007, Bone assumed the role of caretaker manager for the last two months of the season.<ref name="Jags">
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/partick_thistle/6504067.stm Bone to stay in charge for season], [[BBC Sport]], 28 September 2001.</ref> He left Partick after their appointment of [[Ian McCall (footballer)|Ian McCall]] as manager on 25 May 2007. The following December he moved south of the border to assist fellow Scotsman [[Bobby Williamson]] at [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]] but left the position just two months later after a poor run of form.<ref>{{Cite news
| title= Day of Deva dialogue
| url= http://www.chestercityfc.net/article/1572414/Day-of-Deva-dialogue
| publisher= Chester City Official Website
| date= 13 February 2008
| access-date= 2008-02-13
| archive-date= 31 March 2022
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220331010142/http://www.chestercityfc.net/article/1572414/Day-of-Deva-dialogue
| url-status= dead
}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===International goals===
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1 || 18 October 1972 || [[Parken Stadium]], [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] || {{fb|DEN}} || 1–4 || Win || [[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1974 FIFA WC qual.]]
|-
| colspan="12"|<small>''Correct as of 7 October 2015''<ref>[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=2249 Football PLAYER: Jimmy Bone]</ref></small>	
|-
|}

==Honours==
=== Player ===
;Norwich City
*[[Football League Second Division]]: [[1971–72 Football League|1971–72]]<ref name="hof">{{cite web | url=https://www.arbroathfc.co.uk/jimmy-bone/ | title=Arbroath Hall of Fame Inductee 2019 – Jimmy Bone | publisher=Arbroath FC | access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref>

;Partick Thistle
*[[Scottish Football League Second Division|Scottish Second Division]]: [[1970–71 Scottish Football League|1970–71]]
*[[Scottish League Cup]]: [[1971–72 Scottish League Cup|1971–72]]<ref name="interview"/>

;St Mirren
*[[Anglo-Scottish Cup]]: [[1979–80 Anglo-Scottish Cup|1979–80]]<ref name="interview"/>

;Heart of Midlothian
* [[Tennents' Sixes]]: [[1985 Tennent's Sixes|1985]]<ref>{{ Cite news | url = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001713/19870117/012/0012 | title = Jimmy The Silver Saint | work = Paisley Daily Express | date = 17 January 1987 | access-date = 9 April 2023 | url-access=subscription | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] }}</ref>

=== Manager ===
;Airdrieonians
*[[Scottish First Division]] promotion: [[1990–91 Scottish First Division|1990–91]]<ref name="herald">{{cite web | url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12546313.return-of-a-saint-tried-in-the-furnace/ | title=Return of a Saint tried in the furnace | publisher=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|location=Glasgow | date=22 August 1992 | accessdate=20 March 2021}}</ref>

;Power Dynamos
*[[Zambia Super League|Zambia Premier League]]: 1991<ref name="herald"/>
*[[African Cup Winners' Cup]]: [[1991 African Cup Winners' Cup|1991]]<ref name="interview"/>

;St Mirren
*[[Scottish Cup]]: [[1986–87 Scottish Cup|1986–87]] (as assistant)<ref name="interview"/>

;Dundee
*[[Scottish First Division]]: [[1997–98 Scottish First Division|1997–98]] (as assistant)<ref name="press"/>

=== Individual ===
*St Mirren Goal of the Season: 1980–81<ref name="interview"/>
*[[Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame|Norwich City FC Hall of Fame]]: 2003 Inductee<ref name="interview"/>
*St Mirren FC Hall of Fame: 2017 Inductee<ref name="hof"/>
*Arbroath FC Hall of Fame: 2019 Inductee<ref name="hof"/>

==References==

===Notes===
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
*{{cite book | last = Lamming | first = Douglas | title = A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872–1986 | type = Hardback | publisher = Hutton Press | year = 1987 | isbn = 0-907033-47-4 | id = () }}
*{{cite book | last1 = Davage| first1 = Mark |last2= Eastwood|first2= John|last3= Platt|first3= Kevin | title = Canary Citizens | year = 2001 | publisher = Jarrold Publishing| isbn = 0-7117-2020-7}}
*{{cite book | last = Hogan | first = Andrew | title = Hearts in Art | type = Hardback | year = 1995 | publisher = Mainstream | isbn = 1-85158-736-5}}

==External links==
*{{soccerbase (manager)|id=1452|name=Jimmy Bone's incomplete}}
*[http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/jamesbone.html Scotland appearances] at londonhearts.com
*[http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/bonejimmy.html Hearts appearances] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031555/http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/bonejimmy.html |date=30 September 2007 }} at londonhearts.com
*[https://soundcloud.com/user-571797174/24-jimmy-bone Interview] at [[Supporters Direct]] Scotland's ''Behind the Goals'' podcast

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