Career
He notably for Celtic, Barnsley and Grimsby Town. He also played for Motherwell, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Scarborough, Southport, Gainsborough Trinity, Boston United and Whitby Town. A schoolboy international, Dobbin started his career at Celtic.
Dobbin"s chances at Celtic were limited and he made only a handful of league appearances, with a similar return from a loan spell at Motherwell.
Dobbin spent two-and-a-half years at Belle Vue before moving to Barnsley in 1986. Spending five years at Oakwell, Dobbin featured in over 100 league matches for The Tykes, before beginning the first of two spells with Grimsby Town in 1991.
Dobbin"s £200,000 move saw him go on to make over 150 league appearances for Grimsby before his release at the end of the 1995-1996 season. From here, Dobbin spent a year with Rotherham United, appearing in around half of the club"s matches before re-joining Doncaster for the 1997-1998 season.
A regular during this season, Doncaster were struggling at the bottom and released Dobbin before the end of the season, allowing him to join Scarborough.
After just one match, Dobbin returned to Grimsby, featuring twice in the remainder of the season. He played another four matches at the start of the following season before being loaned to Southport for the latter part. In 1999-1900, Dobbin spent time with three part-time clubs, turning out for Gainsborough Trinity, Boston United and Whitby Town before retiring at the end of the season.
As of August 2001, Dobbin was working outside of football on a building site.
2013- present, Jim now works as a gas engineer for Npower he also covers Barnsley Football Club home games for Opta statistics Since his retirement he has played in three tournaments for Celtic once and twice for Barnsley.
Most recently, he helped to guide Barnsley to local victory in the Yorkshire masters and even struck home a thunderous rightfooted strike in the final against Sheffield Wednesday to force the game into penalties where he tucked his away past the despairing Kevin Pressman. Scotland Grimsby Town.
