Malcolm Musgrove

Malcolm Musgrove

Personal information
Full name	Malcolm Musgrove
Position(s)	Left wing

Malcolm Musgrove (8 July 1933 − 14 September 2007) was an English professional football player and manager.

Malcolm Musgrove played for his local side Lynemouth Colliery before being called up for national service, which he served in the Royal Air Force. He played for a Forces team and also for Scottish junior side Sunnybank while in the RAF and joined West Ham United in December 1953.

At West Ham he soon established himself as a left-winger, making his league debut in 1954 against Brentford. He went on to make 301 league and cup appearances for the Hammers before joining Leyton Orient as player-coach in December 1962. He became chairman of the PFA in 1962 and remained in post until his retirement as a player in 1966.

He left Orient in November 1968 to coach Aston Villa, from where he moved to Leicester City as assistant manager under former West Ham teammate Frank O'Farrell. When O'Farrell moved to Manchester United in 1971, Musgrove followed, again taking an assistant manager's position. O'Farrell left United in December 1972 and Musgrove left the following month, taking the manager's job at Torquay United, a post O'Farrell had held himself 5 years earlier.

He had little success at Torquay, with a highest league finish of 9th place in 1975-76 in his time at Plainmoor. He left Torquay in November 1976, to be replaced by O'Farrell, and the following year coached NASL side Connecticut Bicentennials. In 1978 he coached another NASL side, Chicago Sting and on his return to England was coach at Charlton Athletic.

He coached Exeter City between 1981 and 1984 and was later physiotherapist at Plymouth Argyle.

He moved to Gay Meadow and joined up with John Bond and Fred Davies at Shrewsbury Town in the early 90s and became part of the management team that won the Football League Division Three in 1994.

Musgrove died on 14 September 2007, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.