James ("Jim") Leighton (born 24 July, 1958 in Johnstone) is a former football goalkeeper. Among the clubs he played for are Aberdeen (two spells), Manchester United and Hibernian. He joined Aberdeen from Dalry Thistle in 1978. He also won 91 international caps for Scotland, a number surpassed only by Kenny Dalglish. It was during his initial spell at Aberdeen where Leighton achieved his greatest success, under the management of Alex Ferguson in the early to mid 1980s. Wikipedia
Jim Leighton first worked as a clerk in a Renfrewshire employment office and joined Aberdeen in 1977. After a spell when he was loaned out to Deveronvale for development, he took over from the long serving Scottish international, Bobby Clark, in the Dons uglyfootballers.com/genpage.asp?DocumentID=133
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