Ted McMinn

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Ted McMinn
Full name	Kevin Clifton McMinn
Date of birth	28 September 1962 (1962-09-28) (age 45)
Place of birth	Castle Douglas, Scotland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Winger
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1981–1982 1982–1984 1984–1987 1987–1988 1988–1993 1993–1994 1994–1996 1997 1997–1998	Glenafton Athletic Queen of the South Rangers Sevilla Derby County Birmingham City Burnley ECU Joondalup Slough Town	068 (5) 063 (4) 022 (0) 123 (9) 022 (0) 046 (3) 009 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Kevin Clifton "Ted" McMinn (born 28 September 1962) is a Scottish former association footballer who played as a winger. His nickname is The Tin Man.

1 Football career
2 Life after football
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Football career

Born in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, McMinn started his career at Scottish junior side Glenafton Athletic before joining Queen of the South in 1982. He remained with the Dumfries club until 1984 when Glasgow giants Rangers, managed by Jock Wallace, signed him for £100,000. He quickly became a fans favourite at Ibrox with his exceptional ability on the ball resembling that of previous Rangers wingers such as Willie Henderson, Willie Johnston and Davie Cooper. McMinn was also noted for his exceptional performances against Rangers' local rivals Celtic, starring in a number of Old Firm matches including the 1987 League Cup final win.

McMinn then had a spell at Spanish club Sevilla again signed by Jock Wallace. After this he emulated fellow ex Queen of the South player Hughie Gallacher by joining Derby County. This was in 1988 for £300,000 where he also became a fans favourite. He remained with Derby for five years before having brief spells with Birmingham City, Burnley, Slough Town and Australian club ECU Joondalup.

After his playing career, McMinn quickly went into coaching as assistant to Mark Wright at Southport, Oxford United and Chester City.

[edit] Life after football

In 2004 McMinn became the match summariser for BBC Radio Derby, working alongside Ross Fletcher.^[1] In his three years with the station he attended all Derby County's matches. He contracted a mystery infection in his right leg in 2006 which led to him having part of his leg amputated. As a tribute to McMinn, on 1 May 2006, former players of both Derby County and Rangers contested a match at Derby County's Pride Park Stadium in which a record 33,475 spectators attended.

He left Radio Derby after only the first game of the 2007–08 season, saying he felt "let down" and undervalued by the station following contract negotiations.^[2] It was announced in the Derby Evening Telegraph on 13 February 2007 that McMinn has started up a courier and taxi business.