# Jim Shoulder
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{{short description|English footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jim Shoulder
| image =
| fullname = James Shoulder[{{Hugman|17942|Jimmy Shoulder|accessdate=26 November 2017}}]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|9|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Esh Winning](/source/Esh_Winning), England
| death_date =
| height =
| position = [Left-back](/source/Left-back)
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1964–1969
| clubs1 = [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland_A.F.C.)
| caps1 = 3
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1967
| clubs2 = [Vancouver Royals](/source/Vancouver_Royals)
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1969–1973
| clubs3 = [Scarborough](/source/Scarborough_F.C.)
| caps3 = 224
| goals3 = 15
| years4 = 1973–1975
| clubs4 = [Hartlepool United](/source/Hartlepool_United_F.C.)
| caps4 = 63
| goals4 = 3
| totalcaps = 295
| totalgoals = 19
| manageryears1 = 1976–1978
| managerclubs1 = [Australia](/source/Australia_men's_national_soccer_team)
| manageryears2 = 1985
| managerclubs2 = [Australia national under-20 football team](/source/Australia_national_under-20_football_team)
| manageryears3 = 1990–2001
| managerclubs3 = [Wales U21](/source/Wales_national_under-21_football_team)
| manageryears4 = 2004
| managerclubs4 = [Singapore Armed Forces FC](/source/Singapore_Armed_Forces_FC)
}}
'''James Shoulder''' (born 11 September 1946) is an [English](/source/English_people) former [football](/source/association_football) manager and player. Most notably, he was manager of the [Australian national team](/source/Australia_men's_national_soccer_team) from 1976 to 1978.
As a player, Shoulder spent time at [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland_A.F.C.),[{{cite web|url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Player.aspx?PlayerID=757|title=Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat|publisher=thestatcat.co.uk|access-date=18 August 2016}}] [Scarborough](/source/Scarborough_F.C.)[{{cite web|url=http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/north-east-football/2001/08/15/shouldering-the-coach-s-burden-easy-for-jimmy-79310-11239031/|title=Sunday Sun - North East news, sport and what's on|publisher=sundaysun.co.uk|access-date=18 August 2016}}] and [Hartlepool United](/source/Hartlepool_United_F.C.).[http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_person.asp?oid=709{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}] He combined his football career with higher education and graduated with a degree in Sociology from [Durham University](/source/Durham_University) in 1973.[{{cite web |title=St Cuthbert's Society : Famous Alumni |url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/st-cuthberts.society/alumni/famous/ |website=Durham University |access-date=9 May 2019}}]
Shoulder was manager of the [Australian national team](/source/Australia_men's_national_soccer_team) from 1976 to 1978, after succeeding [Brian Green](/source/Brian_Green_(footballer)), who had been charged and convicted of stealing two [LP record](/source/LP_record)s.[{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=2bUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QpIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3305,2608169|title=Australia's soccer coach put on bond|date=12 February 1976|work=The Age|access-date=22 March 2010}}] After failing to secure Australia's qualification to the [1978 FIFA World Cup](/source/1978_FIFA_World_Cup) in Argentina, Shoulder was sacked,[{{cite web|url=http://www.proclamations.com.au/proclamations-articles/1987/3/5/soccers-pommie-mafia-does-it-exist-or-is-it-just-fiction/|title=Proclamations | Proclamations|publisher=proclamations.com.au|access-date=18 August 2016}}] and replaced by [Rudi Gutendorf](/source/Rudi_Gutendorf). Later, Shoulder would head the [Australian Institute of Sport Football Program](/source/Australian_Institute_of_Sport_Football_Program),[{{cite web |url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Bookshelf/Reports/Australian_Soccer_Federation_Annual_Report_1982.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.ozfootball.net |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324214425/http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Bookshelf/Reports/Australian_Soccer_Federation_Annual_Report_1982.pdf |archive-date=24 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}] as well as coach the [Australia national under-20 football team](/source/Australia_national_under-20_football_team).[{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz-u20-intres.html|title=New Zealand - U-20 International Matches|website=[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF)|access-date=18 August 2016}}] Shoulder would also coach throughout Asia, and spent ten years as manager of the [Welsh under-21 team](/source/Wales_national_under-21_football_team).