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{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}}
{{for|the Canadian ice hockey player|Jim McInally (ice hockey)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name          = Jim McInally
| fullname      = James Edward McInally<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|12604|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>
| height        = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/138 138] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/138}}</ref>
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1964|2|19|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/>
| birth_place   = [[Glasgow]],<ref name=Hugman/> Scotland
| currentclub   = 
| position      = [[Full back (association football)|Left-back]], [[Midfielder]] 
| years1        = 1983–1984 
| years2        = 1984 
| years3        = 1984–1986 
| years4        = 1986 
| years5        = 1986–1995 
| years6        = 1995–1996 
| years7        = 1996–1997 
| years8        = 1997–1999 
| years9        = 1999
| clubs1        = [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
| clubs2        = → [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]] (loan)
| clubs3        = [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]
| clubs4        = [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
| clubs5        = [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]
| clubs6        = [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]]
| clubs7        = [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]
| clubs8        = [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]]
| clubs9        = [[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]
| caps1  = 1   | goals1  = 0 
| caps2  = 11  | goals2  = 2 
| caps3  = 36  | goals3  = 0 
| caps4  = 5   | goals4  = 0 
| caps5  = 284 | goals5  = 12
| caps6  = 29  | goals6  = 0 
| caps7  = 16  | goals7  = 1 
| caps8  = 48  | goals8  = 1 
| caps9  = 13  | goals9  = 0 
| totalcaps = 443
| totalgoals= 16
| nationalyears1 = 1987–1993
| nationalteam1  = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| nationalcaps1  = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 0 
| nationalyears2 = 1990
| nationalteam2  = [[Scottish League XI]]
| nationalcaps2  = 1 
| nationalgoals2 = 0 
| manageryears1  = 1999
| manageryears2  = 2004–2008
| manageryears3  = 2008–2011
| manageryears4  = 2011–2022
| managerclubs1  = [[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]
| managerclubs2  = [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Greenock Morton]]
| managerclubs3  = [[East Stirlingshire F.C.|East Stirlingshire]]
| managerclubs4  = [[Peterhead F.C.|Peterhead]]
| medaltemplates           =
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{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Under-19 Championship|UEFA European U-18 Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1982 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1982 Finland]]|[[1982 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads#Scotland|Team Competition]]}}
}}
'''James Edward McInally''' (born 19 February 1964) is a Scottish [[association football|football]] manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of [[Scottish League Two]] club [[Peterhead F.C.|Peterhead]]. He played for [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] for 10 seasons in which he won the [[1993–94 Scottish Cup]] and played in the [[1987 UEFA Cup Final]]. At United he was also a three time Scottish Cup runner-up.

McInally also played for [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] (1985 Player of the Year), [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]], [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]], [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]] and [[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]. He gained 10 full caps with the [[Scotland national football team]] for whom he played at the [[UEFA Euro 1992]] finals in Sweden.

His management career began with a player-manager role at [[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]. After his playing retirement he took charge of [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Greenock Morton]], [[East Stirlingshire F.C.|East Stirlingshire]] and was then manager of [[Peterhead F.C.|Peterhead]] for 11 years.

==Playing career==
===Celtic and loan to Dundee===
McInally began senior his career at left back with [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], the team he supported as a boy. He won Scotland youth caps and then debuted under [[Billy McNeil]] on 28 August 1982 in a 7-1 league cup victory at [[Dunfermline Athletic]].<ref name=scot>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/dundee-united/interview-jim-mcinally-on-peterhead-and-childminding-1-3961066|title="Interview: Jim McInally on Peterhead and childminding" The Scotsman 28 November 2015}}</ref> However McNeil left in June 1983 and was replaced by [[Davie Hay]] who had no plans for McInally at Celtic. In January 1984 McInally was loaned to [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]]<ref name=dundeetrans>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/dundee-fc/1984/6/|title=Dundee FC - Transfers 1983/1984|website=worldfootball.net|date=31 July 2022 }}</ref> where he scored twice in his 11 league games.<ref name=scot/> McInally left after only one appearance for Celtic in each of the league and the Scottish Cup to add to his debut in the league cup against Dunfermline.<ref name=celticwik>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2747|title=Celtic Player Jim McInally Details|website=www.fitbastats.com}}</ref>

===Nottingham Forest===

He was flown down by [[Brian Clough]] to watch [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] against [[Manchester United]] for the final league game of the 1983/84 season (Forest won 2--0). He was a guest of Forest at the game with two other players they were signing, [[Johnny Metgod]] and [[Gary Megson]].<ref name=scot/> McInally's Forest debut was in and end of season tour in Australia.<ref name=cityground>{{Cite web|url=http://thecityground.com/player.php?player_name=Jim+McInally|title=The City Ground|website=thecityground.com}}</ref> While living in Nottingham's Balmoral Hotel he spent Christmas as a guest at the Clough household.<ref name=scot/> McInally was player of the year at the end of his first Forest season. Despite this success he stayed at Forest for only 18 months. In the summer of 1985 [[Stuart Pearce]] was signed by Clough. Pearce was the makeweight in a £300,000 deal bringing Coventry centre-back [[Ian Butterworth]] to Forest. So unsure was Pearce of his footballing future that after the transfer he advertised his services as an electrician in Forest's match-day programme. However Pearce immediately established himself at left back making 30 league appearances before the end of the season. McInally played beside Pearce in some games that season before leaving after his last game on 26 December 1985. McInally's last game was a 1–0 win away at [[Birmingham City]].<ref name=cityground/>

===Coventry City===
McInally moved in the opposite direction to Pearce joining [[David Bowman (footballer born 1964)|Dave Bowman]] at [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] for £112,000.<ref name=cityground/> He played five first team games there before he and Bowman double transferred to Scotland at the end of the season.

===Dundee United===
McInally and Bowman joined [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] in the summer of 1986 in a £140,000 joint transfer. At [[Tannadice Park|Tannadice]] McInally quickly became an effective defensive midfielder and played an important part in Dundee United's run to the [[UEFA Cup 1986-87|UEFA Cup Final]] in his first season. McInally scored the opener in the home leg of the third round tie against [[Hajduk Split]]. United beat [[F.C. Barcelona]] home and away and then eliminated [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] in the semi-final. They lost 2–1 on aggregate in the final to [[IFK Goteborg]].

Bowman and McInally played in three losing Dundee United Scottish final teams. These were in 1987 to St Mirren, 1988 to Celtic and the 1991 final to Motherwell in which Bowman scored. They collected a winners medal from the [[1994 Scottish Cup Final]] win against Rangers.

===Raith Rovers===

In 1995, following United's relegation to the [[Scottish Football League First Division]], McInally remained in the Premier Division by joining newly promoted [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]] as player/coach.

In early 1996, McInally was due to join [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] in a swap deal for [[Peter Hetherston]], and was paraded at a [[Pittodrie Stadium|Pittodrie]] news conference.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/angry-king-hits-out-at-referees-1316777.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/angry-king-hits-out-at-referees-1316777.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Angry King hits out at referees|date=1 February 1996|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=14 September 2012}}</ref> Hetherston however failed a medical and the move collapsed.

===Dundee United (second spell)===

A few weeks into the following season, McInally moved back to [[Tannadice]] and made sixteen appearances.

===Dundee===
He then moved back to Dundee as a player-coach at [[Dens Park]].

===Scotland===

McInally's first full cap was on 1 April 1987 losing 4–1 in a European Championship qualifier away to Belgium. He was selected for the Scotland squad for the [[UEFA Euro 1992]] finals in Sweden. In Sweden he played in Scotland's third and final game as a 65th-minute substitute for Ally McCoist. The Scots won that game 3–0 against the [[CIS national football team|CIS]]. McInally had played in two of the qualifiers both of which were 1–1 draws against Bulgaria. His 10th and final cap was the 5–0 defeat away to Portugal on 28 April 1993 that all but extinguished Scottish hopes of qualifying for the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name=sfa>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=291|title=Jim McInally &#124; Scotland &#124; Scottish FA|website=www.scottishfa.co.uk}}</ref>

==Management career==

===Sligo Rovers===

McInally joined [[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]] as manager at the start of the 1999–00 season but early results did not go his way and he left the club for personal reasons. He returned to Scotland and joined the coaching staff of Celtic, working with the club's youth teams.

===Greenock Morton===

McInally moved back into management as he was appointed manager of [[Scottish Football League Second Division|Scottish Second Division]] side [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Greenock Morton]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/morton/3944357.stm|title=McInally named as Morton manager|publisher=BBC Sport|date=22 October 2004|access-date=4 September 2008}}</ref> In the [[2005–06 in Scottish football|2005–06 season]], he led Morton to 2nd place in the Division after which they were subsequently denied promotion by losing to [[Peterhead F.C.|Peterhead]] in the play-offs. McInally stated his intention to win the Second Division in the [[2006–07 in Scottish football|2006–07 season]], with that objective met in mid April when nearest challengers [[Stirling Albion F.C.|Stirling Albion]] fell out of mathematical contention. He won the August 2006 Second Division Manager of the Month award, along the way. He resigned in February 2008 after a run of poor results allowed Morton to slip into ninth place in the [[Scottish Football League First Division|First Division]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/morton/7240444.stm|title=McInally resigns as Morton boss|date=12 February 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2 September 2008}}</ref>

===East Stirlingshire===

On 13 March 2008, McInally was named the new manager of [[Scottish Football League Third Division|Third Division]] strugglers [[East Stirlingshire F.C.|East Stirlingshire]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/east_stirlingshire/7293738.stm|title=McInally takes over at Firs Park|date=13 March 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2 September 2008}}</ref> succeeding [[Gordon Wylde]] who resigned a month earlier. McInally was named November 2008 Manager of the Month for the Third Division by the [[Scottish Football League]]. He then won the same award in February and September 2009, but resigned in May 2011 after the club finished second bottom of the [[2010–11 Scottish Third Division]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13417427.stm|title=Head coach Jim McInally resigns from East Stirlingshire|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=16 May 2011|access-date=7 October 2011}}</ref>

===Peterhead===

McInally was appointed manager of [[Peterhead F.C.|Peterhead]] in October 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15212685.stm|title=Jim McInally becomes Peterhead manager|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=7 October 2011|access-date=7 October 2011}}</ref> He led the Blue Toon to its first trophy as a football league club by winning the [[Scottish League Two]] title in season [[2013–14 in Scottish football|2013–14]]. The club were relegated back to the fourth tier via the play-offs in season [[2016–17 in Scottish football|2016–17]]. McInally offered to resign after Peterhead failed to win promotion in [[2017–18 in Scottish football|2017–18]], but the board of directors asked him to stay on.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/sport/football/scottish-football/peterheads-mcinally-staying-on-in-job-he-loves-for-next-season/ |first=Callum |last=Law |title=EXCLUSIVE: Peterhead's McInally staying on in job he loves for next season |work=Evening Express |date=18 May 2018 |access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref> He then won the [[Scottish League Two]] title the next season, securing it on the last day.

He resigned on 14 November 2022 after 11 years in the job, with Peterhead sitting bottom of the 2022–23 Scottish League One table.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63626341 |title=Jim McInally: Scotland's longest-serving manager resigns after Peterhead's poor run |website=BBC Sport |date=14 November 2022 |accessdate=14 November 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
McInally is the uncle of [[Falkirk L.F.C.|Falkirk]] player [[Anna Murray (footballer)|Anna Murray]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anna Murray|url=https://www.arbroathfc.co.uk/anna-murray/ |website=arbroathfc.co.uk|date=21 November 2019 }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International appearances===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=7|[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]<ref>{{SFA Profile|id=291}}</ref>
|1987||2||0
|-
|1988||1||0
|-
|1989||colspan=2|—
|-
|1990||1||0
|-
|1991||1||0
|-
|1992||3||0
|-
|1993||2||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total!!10!!0
|}

===Managerial record===
{{updated|match played 12 November 2022}}<ref>{{soccerbase|id=1920|name=Jim McInally}}</ref><ref>{{soccerbase|id=2124|name=Jim McInally}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=centre|[[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]
|align=centre|1 July 1999
|align=centre|16 November 1999
{{WDL|13|3|2|8}}
|-
|align=centre|[[Greenock Morton F.C.|Greenock Morton]]
|align=centre|21 October 2004
|align=centre|19 February 2008
{{WDL|155|80|31|44}}
|-
|align=centre|[[East Stirlingshire F.C.|East Stirlingshire]]
|align=centre|13 March 2008
|align=centre|16 May 2011
{{WDL|141|58|21|62}}
|-
|align=centre|[[Peterhead F.C.|Peterhead]]
|align=centre|7 October 2011
|align=centre|14 November 2022
{{WDL|463|197|90|176}}
|-
!colspan=3|Total
{{WDLtot|772|338|144|290}}
|}

==Honours and awards==
===Player===
;Nottingham Forest
* Player of the Year 1984–85

;Dundee United
* [[1987 UEFA Cup Final]]ist
* [[1993–94 Scottish Cup]] winner
* Hall of Fame 2015 inductee

===Manager===
;Greenock Morton
*[[Scottish Second Division]]: [[2006–07 in Scottish football|2006–07]]

;Peterhead
*[[Scottish League Two]] (2): [[2013–14 in Scottish football|2013–14]], [[2018–19 in Scottish football|2018–19]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{SFA profile}}
* {{NeilBrownPlayers|player/jimmcinally}}
* [https://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2747 FitbaStats - Celtic]

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