Full name James Arthur Mann Name Jimmy Mann | Playing position Role Footballer Years Team Position Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1952-12-15)15 December 1952 | ||
James Arthur Mann (born 15 December 1952, Goole, Yorkshire) is a retired English footballer who made over 230 appearances in the Football League as a midfielder predominantly for Bristol City.
Career
Jimmy Mann began his career at Leeds United but failed to establish a regular place in the first team. He joined Bristol City in 1974 and gained renown as a skillful attacking midfielder who played a role in the Robins' promotion to the First Division under Alan Dicks in 1976. He remained at the club until the 1981-82 season, when he left the club as one of the "Ashton Gate Eight".
He is noted for scoring a spectacular long-range goal against Nottingham Forest during the Robins' stay in the First Division.
Brief spells at Barnsley, Scunthorpe United and Doncaster Rovers followed before moving into non-league football with Goole Town and Bentley Victoria.
After retiring from football Jimmy Mann returned to hometown Goole as a mobile security officer for Securicor, then as a Co-op milkman and from 1994 a marine operator at Goole Docks.