Jim Whitley is pictured during Manchester City's 2-1 defeat
 against Ipswich Town.
 
    
        
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            | Man. City: | 
              1994-1995 | 
                Played | 
              0 | 
                Scored | 
              0 | 
              goals | 
              (Premiership) | 
        
        
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              1995-1996 | 
                Played | 
              0 | 
                Scored | 
              0 | 
              goals | 
              (Premiership) | 
        
        
            |    | 
              1996-1997 | 
                Played | 
              0 | 
                Scored | 
              0 | 
              goals | 
              (Division 1) | 
        
        
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              1997-1998 | 
                Played | 
              19 | 
                Scored | 
              0 | 
              goals | 
              (Division 1) | 
        
        
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              1998-1999 | 
                Played | 
              18 | 
                Scored | 
              0 | 
              goals | 
              (Division 2) | 
        
        
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              1999-2000 | 
                Played | 
              1 | 
                Scored | 
              0 | 
              goals | 
              (Division 1) | 
        
        
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            | Blackpool: | 
              1999-2000 | 
                Played | 
              8 | 
                Scored | 
              0 | 
              goals | 
              (Division 2) | 
              (on | 
              loan) | 
        
        
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            | Man. City: | 
              2000-2001 | 
                Played | 
              0 | 
                Scored | 
              0 | 
              goals | 
              (Premiership) | 
        
        
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            | Norwich: | 
              2000-2001 | 
                Played | 
              8 | 
                Scored | 
              1 | 
              goal | 
              (Division 1) | 
              (on | 
              loan) | 
        
        
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            | Swindon: | 
              2000-2001 | 
                Played | 
              2 | 
                Scored | 
              0 | 
              goals | 
              (Division 2) | 
              (on | 
              loan) | 
        
        
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            | Northampton: | 
              2000-2001 | 
                Played | 
              13 | 
                Scored | 
              0 | 
              goals | 
              (Division 2) | 
              (on | 
              loan) | 
        
        
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            | Man. City: | 
              2001-2002 | 
                Played | 
              0 | 
                Scored | 
              0 | 
              goals | 
              (Division 1) | 
        
        
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             Free transfer to Wrexham on 11/10/2001 
            for whom he played 140 games 2001-2006. 
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After retiring as a  professional footballer Jim Whitley began performing as a singer and 
dancer in stage shows, appearing in productions called Christmas Crooners and The Rat Pack's Back,
 taking the roles of Nat King Cole and Sammy Davis, Jr. in the respective shows.
Whitley also paints portraits and in 2005 a number of his paintings were exhibited
 during an art show held at Maine Road.