Jim Beglin

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Jim Beglin

Beglin in Loch Lomond, 2015
Personal information
Full name	James Martin Beglin
Date of birth	(1963-07-29) 29 July 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth	County Waterford, Ireland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
0000–1980	Waterford Bolton
	Waterford Bohs.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1983	Shamrock Rovers	58	(1)
1983–1989	Liverpool	98	(2)
1989–1991	Leeds United	19	(1)
1989–1990	→ Plymouth Argyle (loan)	5	(0)
1990–1991	→ Blackburn Rovers (loan)	6	(0)
Total		186	(4)
International career
1982	League of Ireland XI	?	(0)
1982–1983	Republic of Ireland U21	4	(0)
1990	Republic of Ireland B	1	(0)
1984–1986	Republic of Ireland	15	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Martin Beglin (born 29 July 1963) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a defender, and a current co-commentator for RTÉ, CBS Sports, TNT Sports, and Premier League Productions.

Playing career

Shamrock Rovers

Beglin played schoolboy football in his native city with Bolton and Waterford Bohs before joining Shamrock Rovers in 1980. He went on to spend three years at Milltown, making four appearances in Europe and scoring one goal.^[2]

In 1982 Beglin was part of the League of Ireland XI that toured New Zealand where they played the New Zealand men's national football team.

Liverpool

Beglin was the last signing made by

. Liverpool also lost the final.

Liverpool won the

.

Seven months after lifting the league and cup double, his leg was badly broken following a mistimed tackle from Everton's Gary Stevens in the League Cup fifth round game in January 1987. Former manager Bob Paisley said that it was one of the worst leg breaks he had ever seen, joking that he would break his own leg to prove a point to the FA. Furthermore, Liverpool defender Alan Hansen stated that the tackle was "a mile high and an hour late".^[4] Recovering from the break, Beglin sustained a knee cartilage injury playing for Liverpool's reserves in October 1988 which effectively finished his time at Anfield.

Leeds United

In June 1989, he joined

before a recurrence of his knee injury forced him into an early retirement in 1991, when still only 27.

International career

After caps with the Under-21 side, Beglin playing for the senior

.

Media career

Beglin is a co-commentator for

Honours

Liverpool

• Football League First Division: 1985–86
• 1985–86
• FA Charity Shield: 1986

Leeds United

• 1989–90

References

External links

• Official past players at Liverpoolfc.tv
• Player profile at LFChistory.net
• Biography at sporting–heroes.net^{[permanent dead link]}