Scotland11 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
James Leighton is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Leighton started his career with Aberdeen, where he won seven domestic trophies and the 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup under the management of Alex Ferguson. Ferguson then signed Leighton for Manchester United in 1988, but dropped him after he conceded three goals in the 1990 FA Cup Final. Leighton then had spells with Arsenal, Reading, Dundee and Sheffield United, and rebuilt his career after joining Hibernian in 1993. He returned to Aberdeen in 1997, leading to a career total of over 600 appearances in the league alone. — Wikipedia
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In the line-ups
11 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1985–1998The archive holds 11 team sheets naming Jim Leighton in Scotland's starting line-up, from 1985-11-20 to 1998-06-23.
Honours
18 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours18 | ||||
| European Cup Winners' Cup | ×1 | 1982–83 | Aberdeen | |
| Scottish Cup | ×4 | 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86 | Aberdeen | |
| Aberdeenshire Cup | ×2 | 1980–81, 1982–83 | Aberdeen 'A' | |
| Scottish Premier Division | ×2 | 1983–84, 1984–85 | Aberdeen | |
| Bells Cup East | ×1 | 1977–78 | Deveronvale | |
| Drybrough Cup | ×1 | 1980–81 | Aberdeen | |
| European Super Cup | ×1 | 1983 | Aberdeen | |
| FA Charity Shield | ×1 | 1990 | Manchester United | |
| FA Cup | ×1 | 1989–90 | Manchester United | |
| Scottish Football League First Division (second tier) | ×1 | 1991–92 | Dundee | |
| Scottish League Cup | ×1 | 1985–86 | Aberdeen | |
| SFL Reserve Cup | ×1 | 1978–79 | Aberdeen 'A' | |
| The Rous Cup | ×1 | 1985 | Scotland | |
| Individual honours4 | ||||
| More honours · 4 | ||||
| Aberdeen FC Hall of Fame inductee | 2004 | |||
| Deveronvale FC Hall of Fame Inductee | 2019 | |||
| Scotland national football team roll of honour | 1989 | |||
| Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductee | 2008 | |||