{{Short description|Northern Irish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jim Feeney | image = | fullname = James McBurney Feeney | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|06|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland | death_date = March 1985 (age 63) | position = Defender | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9+1/2}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2006/11/jim-feeney.html |title=Jim Feeney |website=Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats (NIFG) |publisher=Jonny Dewart |access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1939–1941 | clubs1 = Crusaders | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1941–1946 | clubs2 = Linfield | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1946–1950 | clubs3 = Swansea Town | caps3 = 88 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1950–1956 | clubs4 = Ipswich Town | caps4 = 214 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1957–1959 | clubs5 = Toronto Ulster United FC | nationalyears1 = 1946–1949 | nationalteam1 = Ireland | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1958 | managerclubs1 = Toronto Ulster United FC | manageryears2 = 1964 | managerclubs2 = St. Andrews }} '''James McBurney Feeney''' (23 June 1921 – March 1985) was a Northern Irish professional footballer. During his career he made almost 100 appearances for Swansea City and over 200 appearances for Ipswich Town. Feeney's son and grandson, both named Warren, later represented Northern Ireland.<ref name=Pastplayers>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swanseacity.net/page/PastPlayers/0,,10354~1171079,00.html |title=Past players |publisher=Swansea City A.F.C. |accessdate=2010-03-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309084031/http://www.swanseacity.net/page/PastPlayers/0%2C%2C10354~1171079%2C00.html |archivedate=2010-03-09 }}</ref>
==Club career==
Born in Belfast, Feeney began his career as a junior with Crusaders. After they withdrew from football in 1941 due to the Second World War, he moved to Linfield with whom he played throughout the war as a winger before moving to full back.<ref name=NIFG>{{Cite web |url=https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2006/11/jim-feeney.html |title=Jim Feeney |publisher=Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats |accessdate=2010-03-09}}</ref> He helped the side win three wartime league championships and Irish Cup's before moving to Swansea Town in December 1946.<ref name=Pastplayers/> After several years at Vetch Field, Feeney was appointed team captain and led Swansea to the Division Three South title before moving to Ipswich Town in March 1950. He made over 200 appearances at Portman Road before retiring in April 1956.<ref name=NIFG/>
In 1957, he played abroad in Canada's National Soccer League with Toronto Ulster United FC.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=May 1, 1958|title=To Play Mexicans: Jimmy Feeney Coach Of NSL All-Star Team|pages=31|work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> The following season he served as a player-coach for Ulster United.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=April 25, 1958|title=Ulster Gathers Power For NL Soccer Drive, Signing Star Talent|pages=18|work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> He re-signed with Toronto for the 1959 NSL season.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=August 17, 1959|title=Hamilton City, Italians In Ontario Soccer Final|pages=22|work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref>
==International career==
Feeney represented Ireland twice in wartime internationals, later winning his first full cap on 27 November 1946 in a 0–0 draw with Scotland. His second and final cap came three years later in a 9–2 defeat to England during the 1950 British Home Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/England/MensSeniorTeam/Archive.aspx?x=251 |title=England 9-2 Ireland |publisher=The Football Association |accessdate=2010-03-09 |archive-date=24 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124223740/https://www.thefa.com/England/MensSeniorTeam/Archive.aspx?x=251 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Managerial career == Feeney was the player-coach for Toronto Ulster United in 1958 and briefly served as the club's general manager.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=August 12, 1958|title=Italia Needs Peak Power For Victory|pages=14|work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> He was also named the National Soccer League's All-Star head coach in 1958.<ref name=":0" /> In 1964, he was named the head coach for St. Andrews of the Ontario Soccer League.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=May 1, 1964|title=Soccer Coaching Post: Ex-Star in Erin, Feeney Is Signed By St. Andrew's|pages=39|work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> Following his time in Canada, Feeney returned to Northern Ireland, managing Ards' reserves.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2006/11/warren-feeney.html|title=Warren Feeney|publisher=Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats|accessdate=18 March 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.tmwmtt.com/sql/players/profile.phtml?first=Jim&last=Feeney Jim Feeney at Pride of Anglia]
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