Born
Glasgow
Jim Mercer
Biography
Jim was signed in July 1998 after impressing for Queen’s Park against us the previous campaign. During the following three seasons he was a regular in the side and he featured in all but one of our league matches during the successful promotion campaign in 2001-02. The following year he found starts hard to come by, but he did feature in over 20 games and play his part as the team managed to keep their First Division status. He left at the end of that season and went on to join Albion Rovers where he spent three seasons before a…Read moreRead less
Jim was signed in July 1998 after impressing for Queen’s Park against us the previous campaign. During the following three seasons he was a regular in the side and he featured in all but one of our league matches during the successful promotion campaign in 2001-02. The following year he found starts hard to come by, but he did feature in over 20 games and play his part as the team managed to keep their First Division status. He left at the end of that season and went on to join Albion Rovers where he spent three seasons before a year at Stenhousemuir was followed by a brief spell at Montrose.
Statistics
- Apps
- 109 (25)
- Goals
- 17
- 16
- 1
- Goals/game
- 0.13
- Minutes
- 9625
- Seasons
- 4
Club spells
First Spell
Joined: 10 Jul 1998 · Left: 1 Jun 2002
Other clubs played for
Managers played under
| Manager | First appearance | Most recent appearance | Apps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Baikie | 1 Aug 1998 | 16 Sep 2000 | 71 (10) |
| Jake Ferrier | 23 Sep 2000 | 23 Sep 2000 | 1 |
| John Brownlie | 30 Sep 2000 | 20 Apr 2002 | 37 (15) |
Timeline
Signed
First competitive appearance
Arbroath 0–1 Clydebank· Scottish League Cup · Gayfield
It was a rare sunny summer, especially fo this year, Saturday which saw a poor crowd attend the Lichties first competitive match of the new season against newly promoted, to the First Division, Clydebank in the first round of the "No Name" League Cup. The…
First competitive goal
Forfar Athletic 1–3 Arbroath· Second Division · Station Park
100 competitive appearances
Stirling Albion 1–1 Arbroath· Second Division · Forthbank
Last goal
Arbroath 2–0 Berwick Rangers· Second Division · Gayfield
Last appearance
Airdrieonians (Old) 2–0 Arbroath· First Division · New Broomfield
Recorded contract end
Appearances (134)
| Date | Home | Score | Away | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2002 | Airdrie (Old) | 2–0 | Arbroath | First Division2001-02 | L |
| 26 Mar 2002 | Ayr Utd | 0–0 | Arbroath | First Division2001-02 | D |
| 23 Mar 2002 | Arbroath | 2–2 | Raith Rovers | First Division2001-02 | D |
| 2 Feb 2002 | St Mirren | 2–3 | Arbroath | First Division2001-02 | W |
| 22 Dec 2001 | Inverness CT | 3–2 | Arbroath | First Division2001-02 | L |
| 15 Dec 2001 | Ross County | 0–1 | Arbroath | First Division2001-02 | W |
| 8 Dec 2001 | Arbroath | 2–1 | Clyde | First Division2001-02 | W |
| 24 Nov 2001 | Arbroath | 0–2 | St Mirren | First Division2001-02 | L |
| 17 Nov 2001 | Arbroath | 1–1 | Raith Rovers | First Division2001-02 | D |
| 10 Nov 2001 | Ayr Utd | 0–1 | Arbroath | First Division2001-02 | W |
| 4 Oct 2001 | Arbroath | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Forfarshire Cup2001-02 | W |
| 29 Sep 2001 | St Mirren | 1–0 | Arbroath | First Division2001-02 | L |
| 22 Sep 2001 | Arbroath | 1–0 | Falkirk | First Division2001-02 | W |
| 18 Sep 2001 | Arbroath | 3–2 | Ayr Utd | First Division2001-02 | W |
| 15 Sep 2001 | Raith Rovers | 3–1 | Arbroath | First Division2001-02 | L |
| 11 Sep 2001 | East Fife | 1–0 | Arbroath | Scottish League Cup2001-02 | L |
| 8 Sep 2001 | Inverness CT | 5–1 | Arbroath | First Division2001-02 | L |
| 25 Aug 2001 | Arbroath | 1–3 | Partick Thistle | First Division2001-02 | L |
| 18 Aug 2001 | Clyde | 1–0 | Arbroath | First Division2001-02 | L |
| 11 Aug 2001 | Arbroath | 0–6 | Airdrie (Old) | First Division2001-02 | L |
| 4 Aug 2001 | Ross County | 0–2 | Arbroath | First Division2001-02 | W |
| 5 May 2001 | Clydebank | 3–1 | Arbroath | Second Division2000-01 | L |
| 28 Apr 2001 | Arbroath | 2–0 | Berwick Rangers | Second Division2000-01 | W |
| 24 Apr 2001 | Forfar | 1–1 | Arbroath | Second Division2000-01 | D |
| 21 Apr 2001 | Partick Thistle | 0–1 | Arbroath | Second Division2000-01 | W |
| 17 Apr 2001 | Berwick Rangers | 1–0 | Arbroath | Second Division2000-01 | L |
| 14 Apr 2001 | Queen of South | 1–0 | Arbroath | Second Division2000-01 | L |
| 7 Apr 2001 | Arbroath | 1–1 | Stirling | Second Division2000-01 | D |
| 31 Mar 2001 | Stenhousemuir | 0–1 | Arbroath | Second Division2000-01 | W |
| 25 Mar 2001 | Stranraer | 0–1 | Arbroath | Second Division2000-01 | W |
Goals scored (17)
| Date | Home | Score | Away | Competition | Result | Minute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr 2001 | Arbroath | 2–0 | Berwick Rangers | Second Division2000-01 | W | 84′ |
| 10 Mar 2001 | Arbroath | 2–1 | Stranraer | Second Division2000-01 | W | 3′ |
| 9 Dec 2000 | Montrose | 0–1 | Arbroath | Scottish Cup2000-01 | W | 61′ |
| 16 Sep 2000 | Arbroath | 3–0 | Stenhousemuir | Second Division2000-01 | W | 62′ |
| 12 Sep 2000 | Stranraer | 3–2 | Arbroath | Scottish Challenge Cup2000-01 | L | 45′ |
| 19 Aug 2000 | Arbroath | 1–0 | Clydebank | Second Division2000-01 | W | 4′ |
| 8 Aug 2000 | Arbroath | 2–0 | Brechin City | Scottish League Cup2000-01 | W | 75′ |
| 28 Mar 2000 | Arbroath | 2–0 | Alloa | Second Division1999-00 | W | 56′ |
| 11 Mar 2000 | Stirling | 1–1 | Arbroath | Second Division1999-00 | D | 5′ |
| 15 Jan 2000 | Fraserburgh | 1–3 | Arbroath | Scottish Cup1999-00 | W | 48′ |
| 4 Dec 1999 | Stranraer | 2–2 | Arbroath | Second Division1999-00 | D | 84′ |
| 30 Oct 1999 | Stirling | 3–4 | Arbroath | Second Division1999-00 | W | 86′ |
| 2 Oct 1999 | Hamilton Accies | 2–2 | Arbroath | Second Division1999-00 | D | 83′ |
| 25 Sep 1999 | Arbroath | 1–2 | Stranraer | Second Division1999-00 | L | 24′ |
| 10 Aug 1999 | Arbroath | 3–2 | East Fife | Scottish Challenge Cup1999-00 | W | 88′ |
| 22 Jul 1999 | Arbroath | 1–2 | Dundee | Forfarshire Cup1999-00 | L | 60′ |
| 26 Oct 1998 | Forfar | 1–3 | Arbroath | Second Division1998-99 | W | 87′ |