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Which team did the player Jimmy Quinn (footballer, born 1959) belong to from 1992 to 1997?
Jimmy Quinn ( footballer , born 1959 ) James Martin Quinn ( born 18 November 1959 in Belfast ) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer and is now working in management . He was capped 46 times for his country , and is one of Northern Irelands top goalscorers , having found the net 12 times at senior level . He also enjoyed a successful club career , scoring 210 goals in the Football League alone , and has enjoyed some success as a manager , including winning promotion to the Football League with Shrewsbury Town in 2004 and taking Reading to the brink of the Premier League in 1995 . Club career . Quinn had a club career spanning eighteen years for a number of lower division clubs , during which he was a prolific scorer at centre forward . The pinnacle of his league football career was winning the Second Division Golden Boot award for the 1993–94 season , having scored 40 goals for Reading , who were promoted as champions . Quinn was known for his towering aerial presence and a keen eye for goal . Quinn began in non-league football with Whitchurch Alport and joined Nantwich Town in the 1979 close season from where he moved on to Congleton Town . He stepped up to League football at Swindon Town , John Trollope signing him from non-league Oswestry Town for £10,000 in December 1981 , the first of three spells at Swindons County Ground . He had to wait three months for his debut , coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 draw with Walsall , on 9 March 1982 . He made his full debut at the end of the season , forming an attacking partnership with Paul Rideout , in a 3–2 win over Oxford United on 4 May . It did not help Swindon , who were relegated to the Fourth Division at the end of the season , for the first time in their history . It took Quinn another whole season before he became a first team regular . He bagged a brace in a 7–0 demolition of Kettering Town in the FA Cup , and was given his chance in the next league match , when he again scored twice against Mansfield Town . Another goal in his next game cemented his place in the starting line-up , and Quinn missed just four of the remaining matches of the season . He really shone in the FA Cup , scoring six goals in five games , including one in a 2–1 home defeat by Second Division Blackburn Rovers . His performance obviously impressed them – at the end of the season Rovers signed Quinn for £32,500 . After scoring 23 goals in 83 appearances for Rovers , Lou Macari persuaded Quinn to return to the County Ground in December 1986 , for a fee of £50,000 . He went straight into the starting line-up , and helped Swindon to a playoff place in the Third Division , with ten goals . Quinn missed the play-off final replay versus Gillingham through injury , but Swindon sealed promotion to the Second Division . The following season , Quinn was in fine form , scoring 31 goals in all competitions . When his contract expired in June 1988 , Macari did his best to persuade Quinn to stay , but his efforts proved fruitless . Quinn agreed terms with Leicester City , and a tribunal set the fee at £210,000 . Quinns stay at Leicester lasted less than nine months , and he scored a mere six goals from 31 appearances , most of which were as a substitute . In March 1989 , he moved to Bradford City for £210,000 , where he scored 14 goals in 35 games before moving again in December 1989 , this time to West Ham United , who had recently been relegated from the First Division . The fee was £320,000 , the highest sum paid for Quinn during his career . During his time at the club , Quinn scored eighteen league goals in forty-seven games , playing a part in their return to the First Division . It was here that Quinn earned his nickname of Jimmy the Tree , as he did not seem very mobile on the pitch although he did score a good return of goals helping West Ham return to the First Division in 1991 . However , Quinn did not play in the top flight , instead transferring to Bournemouth of the Third Division at the start of the 1991–92 season . Although he only spent a single season at the south coast club , he scored nineteen goals in forty-three games . He signed for Reading from Bournemouth in July 1992 . He went on to make 294 appearances for the Royals , scoring 94 goals in the process . Reading were promoted from the Second Division in the summer of 1994 with the help of 35 league goals from 34-year-old Quinn ( the top scorer in the entire Football League ) , and were comfortable in the First Division when manager Mark McGhee acrimoniously left Reading in the following December . In total , Quinn played 578 games in the Football League , scoring 210 goals . He also scored twenty-two goals in forty-six appearances in the FA Cup , and sixteen goals in thirty-five appearances in the League Cup . In a vote to compile Readings best-ever eleven , Quinn was voted the best striker with 35.4% of the vote . He scored five goals in his final ( 2003–04 ) league season playing for Shrewsbury , during which he turned 44 years of age . After his League career ended , Quinn turned out for a number of non-league clubs and his career went full circle when he returned to Nantwich Town , playing for the club beyond the age of 46 before finally hanging up his boots at the end of the 2005–06 season . International career . Quinn was a full international for Northern Ireland for 11 years , winning 46 caps and scoring 12 goals , making him one of the highest scorers in their history . His goals included a volley from outside the area against Northern Irelands neighbours Republic of Ireland , and the goal which helped Northern Ireland qualify for the 1986 World Cup ; his goal against Romania in a 1–0 was followed up by a 0–0 draw against England to secure qualification for a second successive World Cup Finals . He was Readings most capped player for several years , until Kevin Doyle beat his record of 17 international caps with the club . International goals . Scores and results list Northern Irelands goal tally first Management career . Quinn was appointed joint player-manager of Reading with Mick Gooding in December 1994 on the departure of Mark McGhee to Leicester City . Under their guidance , Reading finished second in Division One , but were denied automatic promotion to the Premier League as it was being reduced from 22 teams to 20 that season . Instead Reading were left to battle for Premier League football via the play-offs . Quinn scored the final goal in a 4–3 defeat to Bolton Wanderers , making Reading the only team to finish second in English footballs second tier and not get promoted . He left two years later after Reading endured two difficult seasons , during which they battled against relegation . He joined Peterborough United where he scored 25 league goals in his first season and was elected to the PFA Division Three team . The downside of the season was that the 38-year-old Quinns prolific goalscoring was not enough to achieve promotion for the Cambridgeshire club . In October 1998 , Quinn returned to Swindon as manager following the departure of Steve McMahon . Chairman Rikki Hunt declared that he wanted someone who would die for Swindon Town – he chose Quinn . Little did he know it was to be an impossible task . Quinn managed to keep Swindon in Division One in the 1998–99 season , but his first full season in charge proved to be a disaster – with the club in dire financial straits , they fell into administration , players were sold , and no money was available to replace them . Now 40 years old , Quinn was even forced to don the Swindon shirt again , taking the number 40 shirt ! Swindon Town were rock bottom from mid-November until the end of the season , breaking a club record of nineteen games without a win in the process . After relegation was confirmed , Quinn was removed after six of the seven new board members decided he should go – despite the impossible circumstances . Colin Todd was appointed as manager within days , fuelling speculation that the clubs new owners had done a deal before Quinn was ousted . Following his departure from Swindon , Quinn had brief spells as a player at Northwich Victoria and Hereford United of the Football Conference , Highworth Town of the Hellenic Football League , and Hayes of the Conference . In July 2001 , Quinn returned to Northwich , this time as manager , although he also appeared for the club 46 times , scoring eight times . Quinn moved to recently relegated Shrewsbury Town at the start of the 2003–04 season , and secured their immediate return to the Football League by winning the Conference playoff final . Despite being 44 , Quinn made 15 Conference appearances and scored four goals . Quinn resigned in October 2004 , with Shrewsbury finding life hard back in the Football League . He returned briefly to Peterborough as assistant manager , and then became manager of Norwegian Division Three club Egersunds in December 2005 . Despite a very successful spell , Quinn resigned after just five months , citing personal reasons . On 15 September 2006 Quinn was appointed manager of Conference National strugglers Cambridge United , signing a two-year contract , with his former Peterborough teammate Steve Castle as his assistant . United chairman Lee Power claimed that Quinn filled all our criteria for the job . After struggling with Cambridge United for much of the 2006–07 season , Quinn led them to 17th place , avoiding relegation to the Conference South on the final day of the season . After bringing in Alan Lewer as his new Assistant , he led the Us to an impressive start to the following season , which saw them top the division after an unbeaten start to the season . He also oversaw a Boxing Day victory over local rivals Histon . Mark Albrightons goal gave them a 1–0 victory at a packed Abbey Stadium , and revenge for the 5–0 thumping Histon gave the Us in the FA Trophy in December 2006 . Quinn led his Cambridge side to the play-offs in the 2007–08 season – beating Burton Albion 4–3 on aggregate in the semi-finals to set up a final against Exeter City at Wembley . In June 2008 , Quinn parted company with the club by mutual consent after lengthy talks with chairman Phillip Law . On 2 September 2008 , Quinn was named as the new Bournemouth manager , replacing Kevin Bond who was sacked the previous day . After 121 days on 31 December , Quinn was sacked after a run of poor results , including a 2–0 loss at home to fellow relegation battlers , Barnet . In March 2011 , Quinn was appointed manager of Nantwich Town in the Northern Premier League . He left by mutual consent on 15 March 2013 . Honours . - Player - Promotions - 1993–94 : Division Two Champion ( promotion to Division One ) – Reading - 1990–91 : Division Two runner up ( promotion to Division One ) – West Ham United - 1986–87 : Division Three Playoff Winner ( promotion to Division Two ) – Swindon Town - Awards - 1993–94 : Division Two Golden Boot Winner - Player manager - 1994–95 : Division One runner-up – Reading - Manager - Promotions ; - 2003–04 : Conference National Playoff Winner ( promotion to League Two ) – Shrewsbury Town External links . - Profile - Jimmy Quinn UpThePosh ! The Peterborough United Database - Jimmy Quinn The Wonderful World of West Ham United statistics