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| Full name | James Edward McInally | ||
| Height | 1.72m (5ft 8in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfield (Retired) | ||
James Edward McInally (born February 19, 1964 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish footballer and is currently manager of East Stirlingshire.
Career
McInally had begun his career with Celtic in 1982 as a full back; while there he won youth caps and spent a period on loan with Dundee FC. 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. He is best remembered at Coventry for a spectacular headed own goal at Highbury.
At Tannadice, he quickly became an effective defensive midfielder and played an important part in 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 winners' 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 due to 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. In the 2005/2006 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 2006/2007 season, and that objective was met on April 14 when nearest challengers Stirling Albion fell out of mathematical contention.
He resigned on 11th February 2008 after a run of poor results allowed Morton to slip into 9th place in the first division.
On Thursday 13th March 2008, McInally was named the new manager of Scottish Third Division strugglers East Stirlingshire succeeding Gordon Wylde who resigned a month earlier. His task was simple, keep the Shire finishing bottom of the division for the 6th season running after the club's results went into freefall after such a promising start.
Honours
- 1964 births
- People from Glasgow
- Living people
- Scottish footballers
- Scotland international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1992 players
- Celtic F.C. players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- Dundee F.C. players
- Raith Rovers F.C. players
- Football League of Ireland players
- Football League of Ireland managers
- Sligo Rovers F.C. managers
- Scottish football managers
- Greenock Morton F.C. managers