Peter McWilliam

Peter McWilliam

Peter McWilliam (b. 21 September 1878, Inverness, Scotland - d. 1 October 1951, Redcar, England) was a Scottish footballer who played at left-half for Inverness Thistle, Newcastle United and Scotland. He went on to manage both Tottenham Hotspur and Middlesbrough.

Career as Footballer

Peter McWilliam started his playing career at Inverness Thistle and remained with them for two years [cite news|url=http://invernessthistle.co.uk/petermcwilliam.htm|title=Peter McWilliam on ITFC site|] before starting a very successful period at Newcastle United between 1902 to 1911. He played 241 games, scoring 12 goals from the left half position. He won honours with Newcastle being part of the 1904 - 05, 1905 - 06 and 1908 - 09 Football League Championship sides and was an FA Cup Finalist in 1905, 1906 and 1908. In 1910 he won an FA Cup winner's medal. He was also capped 8 times by the Scotland. The football world knew him as "Peter the Great"Fact|date=June 2007, he was hugely popular with the Geordie fans.Fact|date=June 2007. His playing career came to an end following an injury sustained in an international match against Wales in March 1911.

Career as Manager

He managed both Tottenham Hotspur during two spells between which he was manager at Middlesbrough. [cite news|url=http://www.mfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ManagersHistoryDetail/0,,1~353221,00.html|title=Peter McWilliam on MFC site|] In his first spell at Tottenham which started in December 1912 he managed the team during one of its most successful periods. This included the Second Division Title in 1920 and following promotion winning the FA Cup in 1921 and runners up in the First Division in 1922. In 1927 he left Spurs to manage Middlesbrough having been enticed by an offer of a £1500 salary per annum. [cite news|url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/managers/peter_mcwilliam.html|title=Peter McWilliam on THFC site|]

Although he enjoyed some success at the club over five seasons he never gained the full popularity of the fans. He returned to London briefly as a chief scout for Arsenal before once again managing Tottenham in 1938, during which time he promoted many younger players to the first team from the ‘nursery side’ at Northfleet, including Bill Nicholson. The intervention of the war effectively brought his managerial career to an end and he retired in 1942. [cite news|url=http://www.topspurs.com/pmcwilliam-1.htm|title=Peter McWilliam on TopSpurs site|]

Resources

*Joannou, Paul. "A Complete Who's Who of Newcastle United".
*Joannou, P., Canning, T., Canning, P. "Haway The Lads, The Illustrated Story of Newcastle United".

External links

* [http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/player_details.cfm?playerid=113420&CFID=1249615&CFTOKEN=46182517 International stats at Scottish FA website]

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