John McCartney (footballer born 1866)

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W. John McCartney (1866—January 18, 1933) was a Scottish footballer and football manager whose 45-year career lasted from 1884 to 1929.

A native of Glasgow, John McCartney began as a fullback with Cartwell at the age of 18, later playing for Glasgow Thistle. In 1887 he joined Rangers, staying for two years before joining Cowlairs.

In 1893 he joined Newton Heath, playing 19 league games and scoring once before joining Luton Town in 1894. He helped Luton gain election to the Football League and played in Luton's first-ever league match on September 4, 1897, a 1-1 draw away to Leicester Fosse. He played 27 times that season, leaving at the end of it to join Barnsley. He scored 3 times in 63 league games for Barnsley before retiring in April 1901 to become Barnsley's secretary-manager.

He left Barnsley in mid-1904 and returned to Scotland to manage St. Mirren. He guided St. Mirren to the final of the 1908 Scottish FA cup, losing 5-1 to Celtic. In 1910 he left to take over as manager of Heart of Midlothian, where he remained until May 1920 when he was appointed manager of Portsmouth.

He guided Portsmouth from Division Three South to the First Division, but resigned due to ill health in May 1927 before he could manage Pompey in the top flight.

In September 1927 he returned to management with Luton Town, but with his health declining further, he resigned in December 1929 and retired from football.

John McCartney died in Edinburgh at the age of 66.

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Barnsley F.C. – Managers

Fairclough (1898–1901) • McCartney (1901–04) • Fairclough (1904–12) • Hastie (1912–14) • Lewis (1914–19) • Sant (1919–26) • Commins (1926–28) • Fairclough (1928–30) • Fletcher (1930–37) • Seed (1937–53) • Ward (1953–60) • Steele (1960–71) • McSeveney (1971–72) • Steele (1972–73) • Iley (1973–78) • Clarke (1978–80) • Hunter (1980–84) • Collins (1984–85) • Clarke (1985–89) • Machin (1989–93) • Anderson (1993–94) • Wilson (1994–98) • Hendrie (1998–99) • Winstanley (1999) • Bassett (1999–2000) • Winstanley (2000–01) • Spackman (2001) • Hodges (2001) • Parkin (2001–02) • Hodges (2002–03) • Thordarson (2003–04) • Hart (2004–05) • Ritchie (2005–06) • Davey (2006–)
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St. Mirren F.C. – Managers

Humphries (1970–72) • Cunningham (1972–75) • Ferguson (1975–78) • Clunie (1978–81) • McFarlane (1981–83) • Miller (1983–86) • Smith (1986–88) • Fitzpatrick (1988–90) • Bone (1994–96) • Fitzpatrick (1996) • Munro (1996) • Fitzpatrick (1996–98) • Hendrie (1998–2002) • Coughlin (2002–03) • MacPherson (2003–)
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Heart of Midlothian F.C. – Managers

Fairley (1901–03) • Waugh (1903–08) • McGhee (1908–09) • McCartney (1910–19) • McCartney (1919–35) • Pratt (1935–37) • Moss (1937–40) • McLean (1941–51) • Walker (1951–66) • Harvey (1966–70) • Seith (1970–74) • Hagart (1974–77) • Ormond (1977–80) • Moncur (1980–81) • Ford (1981) • MacDonald (1982–90) • Jardine (1986–88) • Jordan (1990–93) • Clark (1993–94) • McLean (1994–95) • Jefferies (1995–2000) • Houston (2000) • Levein (2000–04) • Houston (2004) • Robertson (2004–05) • Burley (2005) • McGlynn (2005) • Rix (2005–06) • Ivanauskas (2006) • Malofeyev (2006) • Riabovas (2006) • Ivanauskas (2006–07) • Korobochka & Frail (2007–08) • Frail (2008) • Banks (2008–)
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Portsmouth F.C. – Managers

Brettell (1898–1901) • Blyth (1901–04) • Bonney (1904–08) • Brown (1911–20) • McCartney (1920–27) • Tinn (1927–47) • Jackson (1947–52) • Lever (1952–58) • Cox (1958–61) • G. Smith (1961–70) • Tindall (1970–73) • Mortimore (1973–74) • St. John (1974–77) • Dickinson (1977–79) • Burrows (1979–82) • Campbell (1982–84) • Ball (1984–89) • Gregory (1989–90) • Burrows (1990–91) • J. Smith (1991–95) • Fenwick (1995–98) • Waldonc (1998) • Ball (1998–99) • McNabc (1999–00) • Pulis (2000) • Claridge (2000–01) • Rix (2001–02) • Redknapp (2002–04) • Zajec (2004–05) • Perrin (2005) • Jordanc (2005) • Redknapp (2005–)

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Luton Town F.C. – Managers

Green (1901–28) • Thomson (1925) • McCartney (1927–29) • Kay (1929–31) • Wightman (1931–35) • Liddell (1936–38) • McBain (1938–39) • Martin (1939–47) • Duncan (1947–58) • Owen (1959–60) • Bartram (1960–62) • Harvey (1962–64) • Martin (1965–66) • Brown (1966–68) • Stock (1968–72) • Haslam (1972–78) • Pleat (1978–86) • Moore (1986–1987) • R. Harford (1987–1990) • Mancini (1990) • Ryan (1990–91) • Pleat (1991–95) • Westley (1995) • Lawrence (1995–2000) • Hill (2000) • Fuccillo (2000–01) • Kinnear (2001–03) • Newell (2003–07) • Stein (2007) • Blackwell (2007–08) • M. Harford (2008–Present)
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