Jim Blyth ' Coventry City F.C. and Scotland ' Football Signed Cards Autograph £5.00

This is a Hand Signed White Card 3.5" x 2" by the former Coventry City and Scotland Goalkeeper.

James Anton 'Jim' Blyth (born 2 February 1955 in Perth, Scotland) is a former Scottish football goalkeeper, and current goalkeeping coach at Middlesbrough. Blyth played for Coventry City from 1972-1982, making 151 league appearances. His ability led to a proposed £440,000 transfer to Manchester United in 1979 which failed to go through when he failed a medical on a suspect back. This move would have made him the world's most expensive goalkeeper. He earned two caps for the Scotland national football team, and was Scotland's second-choice goalkeeper at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.The 1977-78 season saw Jim playing in Coventry's most exciting top flight team. A side containing Mick Ferguson, Ian Wallace, Terry Yorath, Graham Oakey, Bobby MacDonald and the wonderful Tommy Hutchison played a brand of attacking football that swept many teams aside, often by large margins of victory. One of the most memororable games of that year came at Christmas when Norwich City visited Highfield Road. The game reached its zenith in the final minutes when Blyth saved Jim Ryan's penalty kick to help the Sky Blues to a 5-4 victory He was also a player of Preston North End (1970-1972), Hereford United (1975, on loan), and Birmingham City, when he moved from Coventry City in 1982. During his spell at Birmingham he fractured his forearm in 3 places during a game against Sunderland, playing for a full 70 minutes injured. The Blues still went on to win the game 2-1. He finished his career with Conference side Nuneaton Borough in the 1985-86 season.