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Revision as of 22:55, 20 January 2018
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Bett | ||
Date of birth | 25 November 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Gartcosh United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1978 | Airdrie | 8 | (0) |
1978 | Valur | 2 | (0) |
1978–1980 | Lokeren | 33 | (1) |
1980–1983 | Rangers | 104 | (21) |
1983–1985 | Lokeren | 64 | (7) |
1985–1994 | Aberdeen | 257 | (33) |
1994 | KR Reykjavík | 13 | (4) |
1994–1995 | Heart of Midlothian | 26 | (2) |
1995–1996 | Dundee United | 10 | (2) |
International career | |||
1980–1982 | Scotland U21[1] | 7 | (0) |
1982–1990 | Scotland | 26 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Bett (born 25 November 1959 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former internationalist professional association footballer. He played nine seasons with Aberdeen and shorter spells at other clubs in three counties. He played in central or left midfield.
Playing career
Bett was a Scottish Schoolboy internationalist,[2] who started his career with Gartcosh United and Airdrieonians before moving to Icelandic side Valur in 1978. A year later he joined K.S.C. Lokeren (282) in Belgium.
Rangers manager John Greig paid £150,000 to sign him for the Glasgow club in 1980. In three seasons at Ibrox he won a Scottish Cup winners medal (1980–81) and a League Cup winners medal (1981–82).[2] During this spell he also earned his first selection for the Scotland national side, making the first of 25 appearances in 1982. Bett left Rangers in 1983 for a second spell with Lokeren.
Bett returned to his native land joining Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen in 1985 for £300,000.[2] During his time with the Dons, he collected winners medals in the 1985–86 and 1989–90 seasons for both the League Cup and Scottish Cup, also playing in three other finals in the former competition (all ending in defeat to Rangers). He left Pittodrie in 1994, after making over 300 first-team appearances.
He next moved to KR Reykjavík. He won the Icelandic Cup with KR but left at the end of the 1994 Icelandic season.
Bett returned to Scotland again to join Hearts with whom he played the 1994–95 Scottish season. After a final season with Dundee United he retired.
Personal life
Bett met his Icelandic wife during his time playing for Valur and has maintained a close connection with Iceland since. His sons Baldur and Calum, also both professional footballers, were born there and have represented the country at Under-19 level.[3] Coincidentally, Bett's only goal for Scotland occurred in a 1–0 win over Iceland in Reykjavík in 1985.[3]
Accolades
In 2003, Bett was inducted into the Aberdeen FC Hall of Fame as one of the founding members.
Career statistics
International
Scotland national team[4] | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1982 | 2 | 0 |
1983 | 1 | 0 |
1984 | 6 | 0 |
1985 | 6 | 1 |
1986 | 2 | 0 |
1987 | 2 | 0 |
1988 | 1 | 0 |
1989 | 2 | 0 |
1990 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 26 | 1 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.[5]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 28 May 1985 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík | Iceland | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
- ^ "Jim Bett". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ a b c Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872–1986 (Hardback). Hutton Press. (ISBN 0-907033-47-4).
- ^ a b "News Archive". Bob Dunning 1970–71 Football review. 30 September 2005. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013.
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- ^ "Scottish Football Association". www.scottishfa.co.uk.
External links
- Jim Bett at Soccerbase
- Scotland appearances at londonhearts.com
- Profile and stats - Lokeren
- Profile at AFC Heritage Trust
- Use dmy dates from June 2013
- 1959 births
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Iceland
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur players
- Living people
- Rangers F.C. players
- Scotland international footballers
- Scottish expatriate footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish footballers
- Valur players
- Scottish expatriates in Iceland
- Sportspeople from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
- Scotland under-21 international footballers
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Association football midfielders