James Alan Holton was a Scottish football player. He began his playing career with West Bromwich Albion in 1968, but left three years later without having played a first-team game. He spent a season at Shrewsbury Town before making the big move to Manchester United. He played in their Second Division championship winning side in 1975 but was sold to Sunderland a year later. In 1976, he played for the Miami Toros of the North American Soccer League (NASL).

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  • James Alan Holton was a Scottish football player. He began his playing career with West Bromwich Albion in 1968, but left three years later without having played a first-team game. He spent a season at Shrewsbury Town before making the big move to Manchester United. He played in their Second Division championship winning side in 1975 but was sold to Sunderland a year later. In 1976, he played for the Miami Toros of the North American Soccer League (NASL). He returned to the NASL with the Detroit Express in 1980. He finished his career with Coventry City, enjoying a four-year spell at the club before injury brought his career to an end at the age of 30. Played in all three initial group games for Scotland in the 1974 World Cup competition, in which the team did not lose, winning 2-0 against Zaire and drawing twice, including a memorable 0-0 draw with then world champions Brazil, yet still failing to progress to the second round due to goal difference. Scotland's third game resulted in a 1-1 draw with the then Yugoslavia. Holton stayed in Coventry after retiring from professional football, working as a pub landlord. He died in October, 1993, aged 42, after suffering a heart attack at the wheel of his car.
  • Jim Holton fue uno de los más grandes futbolistas escoceses. Comenzó su carrera como futbolista en 1968, con el club de futbol West Bromwich Albion Football Club, después, en 1972, decidió jugar en el club de futbol Manchester United Football Club. En el mundial Alemania 1974, Jim Holton hizo su primera participación en un mundial de futbol, desde ahí, se convirtió en un profesional del futbol. Falleció el 5 de octubre de 1993, a causa de un ataque al corazón.
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  • James Alan Holton was a Scottish football player. He began his playing career with West Bromwich Albion in 1968, but left three years later without having played a first-team game. He spent a season at Shrewsbury Town before making the big move to Manchester United. He played in their Second Division championship winning side in 1975 but was sold to Sunderland a year later. In 1976, he played for the Miami Toros of the North American Soccer League (NASL).
  • Jim Holton fue uno de los más grandes futbolistas escoceses. Comenzó su carrera como futbolista en 1968, con el club de futbol West Bromwich Albion Football Club, después, en 1972, decidió jugar en el club de futbol Manchester United Football Club. En el mundial Alemania 1974, Jim Holton hizo su primera participación en un mundial de futbol, desde ahí, se convirtió en un profesional del futbol. Falleció el 5 de octubre de 1993, a causa de un ataque al corazón.
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  • Jim Holton
  • Jim Holton
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