Down The Divisions Podcast Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) Hi everyone, We just wanted to alert you to our podcast and the fact we have former Albion Rovers, Dumbarton and Annan manager Jim Chapman, who is currently assistant coach of the University of Kentucky's women's team, on the show. It's out now and its synopsis is below. We're on all podcast players including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Acast, Google Podcasts and Pocket Casts. Just search Down The Divisions. Thanks for all your support. 022 Jim Chapman: winning at Ibrox & meeting his hero, losing a captain, the legless guy who helped him deal with injury ending his playing days, buying back his Albion Rovers shirt on ebay & missing Twirls in Kentucky WE’RE going trans-Atlantic on Down The Divisions. For the past two years Jim Chapman has been assistant coach for the University of Kentucky’s women’s team. But before that he had a long and distinguished career in Scotland’s lower leagues. After turning out for Albion Rovers and Dumbarton his playing career was cut short by a cruciate injury at the age of 25. But seeing a patient with no legs fall out of the hospital bed next to him helped put things in perspective – and ensured nothing was going to take away his love for the game. Since then he’s thrown himself into coaching and coach education. After turning Kilmarnock Ladies into an all conquering side he lifted Albion Rovers then led Dumbarton to a title before navigating the club through the tragic death of their captain. We'll hear how he met the hero he pretended to be in the playground after guiding Annan to their biggest ever win – and Rangers’ biggest ever loss. Jim also tells us about the day he bought back his Albion Rovers championship winning shirt after someone spotted it on ebay. Plus Jim talks about how he's missing Twirls in Kentucky - and how he's reinvented himself as a coach since leaving Clyde. All that and more on Episode 22 of Down The Divisions. Edited September 17, 2020 by Down The Divisions Podcast 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teekasule Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 really enjoyed that cheers. listened to Jamie McKenzie and Chris Mackie ones also. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the snudge Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Just gave this a listen too. Jim was good at the Sons and as much as people scoffed at his 5 year plan, we did get to the Championship in the 5 years. Hope he's doing well in the states. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_rover Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Just gave this a listen too. Jim was good at the Sons and as much as people scoffed at his 5 year plan, we did get to the Championship in the 5 years. Hope he's doing well in the states.This will be the same 5 year plan patter he had at Albion Rovwrs and Annan, we also got promoted after 5 years (he was sacked after 2) and there was Jim in the paper claiming partial credit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Vic Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Jim divided opinion amongst Rovers fans but away from the spin I really liked him - a much better footballer than he cared to admit and scored that iconic goal that will last generations. He took over at Rovers at a really turbulent time and made slow progress under a very limited budget. I would like to think in hindsight he would see Rovers fans as quite tolerant compared to Dumbarton and Clyde fans who are way more demanding. His move to Clyde had disaster written all over it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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