Stuart McCall

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Stuart McCall (born June 10th 1964 in Leeds) was a Scottish football player who played in central midfield. He is currently assistant manager at Sheffield United. His father was Andy McCall, also a footballer.

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[edit] Playing career

[edit] Bradford City

Stuart was a product of Bradford City's youth system and made his debut at Reading on 28 August 1982, when he deputised for that other great City legend Ces Podd. Stuart became an integral part of the team that swept to the Third Division Championship in 1984-85. Of course, that feat was overshadowed by the Bradford City Fire in 1985, in which Stuart's dad was badly injured. Stuart was outspoken about City’s failure to strengthen the side when promotion to the top flight beckoned in 1987-88. When promotion was missed by one point on the last day of the season, it was almost inevitable that the young duo of John Hendrie and Stuart would leave for greater things.

[edit] Everton

Stuart joined Everton in June 1988 for £850,000. He made a slow start to his Goodison Park career, but during the FA Cup final of 1989 he finally made his mark. Coming off the bench, he scored twice to take the final into extra time. Sadly his feat was eclipsed by another substitute - Liverpool's Ian Rush - who scored twice, securing victory for Liverpool.

[edit] Rangers

In 1991 Stuart joined Rangers for £1.2 million. While there he won everything the Scottish game had to offer.

[edit] Back to Bradford City

In the summer of 1998, he returned to Bradford and captained the side to promotion to the Premier League. The subsequent survival owed much to Stuart's guile and sheer work rate in the middle of the park.

Sadly, relegation followed in 2001 and at the end of the following season he was released by then manager Nicky Law. As a final hurrah, in April 2002 Stuart’s testimonial - against his other great love Rangers - attracted over 21,000 to Valley Parade.

[edit] Sheffield United

On 2nd July 2002 McCall joined Sheffield United where he played an integral part of their first-team side - despite his 39 years and also coached the reserves to the League title.

[edit] Summary

Team Nation Years Apps Goals
Bradford City England 1982-1988 238 [1] 37 [2]
Everton England 1988-1991 103 [3] 6 [4]
Rangers Scotland 1991-1998 ? ?
Bradford City England 1991-1998 ? ?
Sheffield United England 1991-1998 ? ?

[edit] Coaching Career

He retired from prefessional football in 2005 and became assistant manager at Sheffield United under Neil Warnock.

[edit] International Career

He was picked for England and Scotland U-21s on the same day in 1984 and, after much agonising, chose England. However, he remained on the substitutes bench. His heart eventually overcame his head, and he switched to Scotland and made his debut for them in March 1988 - ironically against England.

Perhaps the highlight of Stuart's career came when he represented Scotland in the Italia 90 World Cup, where he scored against Sweden. He also played in Euro 96 for Scotland, but missed out on World Cup 1998. He was capped a total of 40 times for Scotland, scoring one goal.

[edit] Honours


Scotland Scotland squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Scotland

1 Leighton | 2 McLeish | 3 Aitken | 4 Gough | 5 McStay | 6 Malpas | 7 Johnston | 8 Bett | 9 McCoist | 10 MacLeod | 11 Gillespie | 12 Goram | 13 Durie | 14 McInally | 15 Levein | 16 McCall | 17 McKimmie | 18 Collins | 19 McPherson | 20 McAllister | 21 Fleck | 22 Gunn | Coach: Roxburgh
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