Jim Briscoe

James Patrick Briscoe was a professional footballer, manager and one of the founding members of Stevenage F.C.

Biography

Born in Swinton, West Riding of Yorkshire, Briscoe came through the youth team at Sheffield Wednesday. A centre forward, he scored three goals in five league appearances during the 1946–47 season, but left to join non-League Gainsborough Trinity. He later moved to Kent, playing for Ramsgate and Margate, where he broke the goalscoring record for the Kent League.
In 1968 he became manager of the newly formed Stevenage Athletic and its successor club Stevenage Borough.