James Quinn (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername = James Quinn


fullname = Stephen James Quinn
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|12|15
cityofbirth = Coventry
countryofbirth = England
height = 6 ft 1½ in (1.87 m)
nickname =
position = Striker (retired)
currentclub =
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1992–1993
1993–1998
1994
1998–2002
2001–2002
2002
2002–2005
2005
2005–2006
2005
2006–2007
2007
clubs = Birmingham City
Blackpool
→ Stockport County (loan)
West Bromwich Albion
→ Notts County (loan)
→ Bristol Rovers (loan)
Willem II
Sheffield Wednesday
Peterborough United
→ Bristol City (loan)
Northampton Town
→ Scunthorpe United (loan)
Career
caps(goals) = 004 0(0)
151 (36)
001 0(0)
114 0(9)
006 0(3)
006 0(1)
062 (15)
015 0(2)
024 0(7)
003 0(1)
018 0(1)
000 0(0)
404 (75)
nationalyears = 1996–2007
nationalteam = Northern Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 050 0(4)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =

James Quinn (born Stephen James Quinn on December 15 1974 in Coventry) is an English-born Northern Irish former professional footballer. A forward, his final club was Northampton Town. He played for numerous clubs in his career, and was also a Northern Ireland international.

After four league games with Birmingham City, Quinn was sold to Second Division Blackpool for £25,000. He scored a total of 47 goals and made 150 first-team starts over five years. Two of those goals were scored against Chelsea in the League Cup second round.

These exploits led West Bromwich Albion to sign Quinn for £500,000. He made his Albion debut in a 1-1 home draw against Bury on 21 February, 1998. He scored twice in a 2-1 win over Middlesbrough on 4 April, 1998, his first goals for the club; however, he found goals hard to come by during his "Baggies" career, scoring just ten times in 123 appearances in all competitions. During 2001-02, Quinn was loaned out to Notts County, but returned to the Hawthorns when a permanent deal could not be agreed. [cite news
date=2002-01-06
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/1745546.stm
title=Quinn returns to Hawthorns
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-05-23] He was then loaned out again, to Bristol Rovers. In the days following Albion's promotion to the Premiership in April 2002, Quinn found himself surplus to requirements and was released. [cite news
date=2002-04-24
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/1949255.stm
title=West Brom release Quinn
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-04-26] A few days later he moved to Dutch side Willem II. [cite news
date=2002-04-30
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/1959957.stm
title=Quinn goes Dutch
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-04-26]

Quinn was released by Willem II in January 2005. He had been unhappy with his life in the Netherlands, and set about finding a new club in England whilst training with the MK Dons. [cite news
date=2005-01-10
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/4160887.stm
title=Striker Quinn trains with MK Dons
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-05-23] He quickly became Paul Sturrock's first permanent signing for Sheffield Wednesday, joining on a short-term contract until the end of the season. [cite news
date=2005-01-14
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/4174741.stm
title=Wednesday swoop for striker Quinn
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-05-23] After scoring two goals in fifteen appearances during four months at Hillsborough, Quinn signed for Peterborough United in August 2005. [cite news
date=2005-08-05
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/4748363.stm
title=Peterborough sign striker Quinn
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-04-26] In October of the same year he went on a month's loan to Bristol City. [cite news
date=2005-10-21
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_city/4365566.stm
title=City sign Quinn on loan from Posh
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-04-26]

He signed for Northampton Town in August 2006. [cite news
date=2006-08-04
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/5203262.stm
title=Northampton tie up Quinn transfer
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-04-26] On December 21, 2006, a poor start to the season saw him placed on the transfer list alongside Andy Kirk and Scott McGleish. [cite news
date=2006-12-21
url=http://www.ntfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10425~945988,00.html
title=Cobblers reject six figure bid for Chambers
publisher=www.ntfc.co.uk
accessdate=2007-04-26] In March 2007 Quinn joined Scunthorpe United on loan for the remainder of the season. [cite news
date=2007-03-22
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/scunthorpe_utd/6479287.stm
title= Scunthorpe sign Cobblers striker
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-08-03] He was an unused substitute for "the Iron" on several occasions, but did not experience any first-team action.

Quinn retired from playing football on September 11 2007, due to his failure to break back into the Northern Ireland team. [cite news
date=2007-09-11
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/6988817.stm
title= N. Ireland striker Quinn retires
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-09-11] He collected over fifty caps for his country, and scored goals against Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta and Serbia & Montenegro.

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=6531|name=James Quinn
* [http://www.irishfa.com/squad-profiles/325/senior/james-quinn-forward/ Profile at the IrishFA.com]
* [http://www.uptheposh.com/people/164/ Profile] at [http://www.uptheposh.com/ UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database]
* [http://www.ntfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10425~8456,00.html Northampton Town F.C. player profile]

Persondata
NAME= Quinn, Stephen James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Quinn, James
SHORT DESCRIPTION=
DATE OF BIRTH= 1974-12-15
PLACE OF BIRTH= Coventry, England
DATE OF DEATH=
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