Jimmy Meadows

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Jimmy Meadows is a former England international and has also been caretaker manager of a number of football clubs, notably Blackpool. His longest appointment was a two-and-a-half year spell at Stockport County in the late 1960s and he returned there for a season in 1974. In between he had a bizarre 81-day spell in charge of Bolton Wanderers in 1971 as team manager to Nat Lofthouse's general manager. This spell saw the club virtually condemned to their first-ever period in the Third Division.

Jimmy Meadows played for Manchester City in their 1955 FA Cup Final defeat to Newcastle United. He was injured in the 17th minute in an attempted tackle down by his own corner flag. As substitutions weren't invented in the English game in 1965/66, Manchester City had to play the rest of the game with ten players resulting in Newcastle United winning three goals to one. He was also an England International, frequently going on tour with the National Team.

Preceded by Jimmy McIlroy

Bolton Wanderers manager 1971-1971

Succeeded by Nat Lofthouse