Jim McInally

Football manager infobox
playername = Jim McInally
fullname = James Edward McInally
height = height|ft=5|in=8
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|2|19|df=y
cityofbirth = Glasgow
countryofbirth = Scotland
currentclub = East Stirlingshire (Manager)
position = Midfielder
years = 1983–1984
1984
1984–1986
1986
1986–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1999
2000
clubs = Celtic
→ Dundee (loan)
Nottm Forest
Coventry
Dundee United
Raith
Dundee United
Dundee
East Fife
Career
caps(goals) = 001 0(0)
011 0(2)
036 0(0)
005 0(0)
284 (12)
029 0(0)
016 0(1)
048 0(1)
002 0(0)
432 (16)
nationalyears = 1987–1993
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 010 0(0)
manageryears = 1999
2004-2008
2008-
managerclubs = Sligo Rovers
Morton
East Stirlingshire

James (Jim) Edward McInally (born February 19, 1964 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish footballer and is currently manager of East Stirlingshire.

Career

McInally began his career with Celtic in 1982 as a full back; while there he won youth caps and spent a period on loan with Dundee. Jim was transferred to Nottingham Forest in 1984 and joined Coventry City for £80,000 18 months later. McInally joined Dundee United from Coventry in the summer of 1986 in a joint transfer with Dave Bowman after just five games for the "Sky Blues".

At Tannadice, he quickly became an effective defensive midfielder and played an important part in Dundee United's run to the UEFA Cup Final in his first season. This brought him international recognition and he won the first of ten Scotland caps the next year. An outstanding and consistent performer over the following seven seasons, in 1994, in his fourth final with the club, he won a Scottish Cup winner's medal, playing as a left wing-back, a position in which he often appeared later in his career.

In 1995 he joined Raith Rovers, where he was player/coach, but he returned to Tannadice the following year as one of manager Tommy McLean's first signings. In June 1997, he moved 'across the road', becoming player-coach with Dundee.

McInally joined Sligo Rovers as manager at the start of the 1999-2000 season but early results didn't go his way and he left the club for personal reasons. He returned to Scotland and joined the coaching staff of Celtic his former club, working with the club's youth teams. McInally moved back into management as he was appointed manager of Scottish Second Division side Greenock Morton [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/morton/3944357.stm|title=McInally named as Morton manager|publisher=BBC Sport|date=2004-10-22|accessdate=2008-09-04] . In the 2005-06 season, he led Morton to 2nd place in the Division after which they were subsequently denied promotion by losing to Peterhead in the play-offs. McInally stated his intention to win the Second Division in the 2006-07 season, with that objective met in mid April when nearest challengers Stirling Albion fell out of mathematical contention. He resigned in February 2008 after a run of poor results allowed Morton to slip into ninth place in the First Division. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/morton/7240444.stm|title=McInally resigns as Morton boss|date=2008-02-12|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-09-02]

On Thursday 13 March 2008, McInally was named the new manager of Scottish Third Division strugglers East Stirlingshire, [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/east_stirlingshire/7293738.stm|title=McInally takes over at Firs Park|date=2008-03-13|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-09-02] succeeding Gordon Wylde who resigned a month earlier.

References

Honours

Dundee United

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Dundee

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Morton (as manager)

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External links

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* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/jimmcinally.htm Independent profile]