James Alfred McIntyre (31 October 1881 – 1954) was an English footballer who became manager at
Southampton
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,
Coventry City
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and
Fulham
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.
Playing career
McIntyre was born in
Wednesbury
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, Staffordshire. He was a journeyman player of some repute, playing as an inside-forward, and had spells with West Midlands teams
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,
Darlaston Town and
Wednesbury Old Athletic. In 1901, he joined
Walsall
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(his home-town club), before spending the 1902–03 season in the First Division at
Notts County
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. He then had a spell at
Reading
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before joining
Coventry City
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as a player in 1905, where he scored hat-tricks in his second and third games for the club.
After his playing days were over he worked at the
Humber
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car factory in
Coventry
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and spent one season refereeing in the Coventry & North Warwickshire League, also turning out for Dudley & Bournbrook, before returning to
Coventry City
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as an assistant trainer in 1907. Within one season he was promoted to chief trainer and his initial association with Coventry lasted seven years, during which time he produced a number of young players for their
Southern League team.
Management career
Southampton
His success at Coventry impressed the directors at
Southampton
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, where
George Swift had resigned and they secured his services in April 1912.
Engaged as trainer, under secretary
Ernest Arnfield
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Arnfield was born in Mellor, Derbyshire. He died in Southampton, a ...
who acted as "manager", McIntyre faced the difficult task of restoring the Saints to their former success in the
Southern League. Due to the lack of funds following Swift's spending spree in the previous season, McIntyre was only able to sign three new players; the only successful recruit was
Len Andrews
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, whose signing from
Reading
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was "''one of the best moves of McIntyre's managerial career''" as Andrews went on to become the "Saints" most consistent forward in the three seasons leading up to the
First World War
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, as well as being an expert penalty taker. Saints gradually began to improve their League position but with the outbreak of war in 1914 and the abandonment of League football in April 1915, all progress came to a halt.
McIntyre returned to Coventry for the duration of the war, working in a munitions factory. With the resumption of League football in 1919 he returned to
The Dell, this time as team manager and, with practically a new squad, he set about building a team for the future.
Saints were admitted into Division 3 of the Football League in 1920, and just missed out on promotion in their first season, but in
1922
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McIntyre successfully guided Southampton into Division Two. Saints finished equal on points with
Plymouth Argyle
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and took the title on goal average, helped in no small manner by 5–0 victories over
Southend United
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and
Newport County, a 6–0 defeat of
Charlton Athletic
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and an 8–0 hammering of
Northampton Town
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on 24 December 1921 (which is still Saints'
biggest win in the Football League). In each of these matches
Arthur Dominy
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Playing career
Southampton
He played his ...
scored twice, whilst
Bill Rawlings
William Ernest Rawlings (3 January 1896 – 25 September 1972) was an English footballer. A centre-forward, he scored more than 196 goals in 367 league games in a 15-year career.
He began his career with Southampton in 1918, who were elevated f ...
scored three against Charlton and put four past Northampton, on his way to becoming top scorer for the season, contributing 30 of the team's 68 league goals. Saints total of only 21 goals conceded in a 42 match season was a
Football League
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record which stood until 1979 and remains a record for Southampton. Goalkeeper
Tommy Allen did not concede a goal in any of the final seven games of the season (five wins and two draws) and by the time the defence was finally breached by
Leeds United
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on 28 August 1922 he had gone 845 minutes without conceding a goal.
In March 1922, just as Saints fans were confident of gaining promotion, McIntyre shocked them by announcing a four player transfer with
wingers Fred Foxall
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Playing career
Foxall was born in Stourbridge, and signed for Aston Villa in 1914, bu ...
and
Joe Barratt
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Playing career
Barratt was born in Bulkington, Warwickshire and played his early football with loc ...
moving to
Birmingham
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in exchange for
Jack Elkes
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Playing career
Elkes was born in Snedshill, Oakengates, Shropshi ...
(a
forward
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) and
George Getgood
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(a
half-back). The move was a success, however, as Southampton were able to claim the title by overtaking
Plymouth Argyle
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on the final day of
the season.
In
their first season in Division 2, Saints started badly, with two draws and four defeats in the first six games (failing to score in the first five games), but Saints rallied and finished mid-table in Division 2, with the unusual record of: Played 42, won 14, drew 14, lost 14, goals for 40, goals against 40, points 42. They also had a run in the
FA Cup
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, where they got through each of the first three rounds after replays (over First Division
Newcastle United
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,
Chelsea
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Giant Killers 1923
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), before going out to West Ham United
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after a second replay.
In the 1923–24 season, Saints were starting to find their feet in Division 2 and only missed out on promotion by three points, with Rawlings again top scorer with 19 league goals.
The following season was frustrating for the Saints who seemed to have lost the ability to score goals and, in December 1924 McIntyre suddenly resigned as manager and moved to Edinburgh
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to run an hotel. His departure took the directors by surprise – they announced that the board would take over the manager's job for the rest of the season, with help from secretary George Goss.
Coventry City
He soon returned to football, taking over as manager at his former club Coventry City in June 1928. His presence was quickly felt as the club ended the 1929–30 season in its best ever league position, finishing sixth in Third Division (South).
But after a long-running dispute with the board over the sale of several star players, McIntyre was sacked in February 1931.
Fulham
He was quickly snapped up by Fulham
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and he took them out of the Third Division (South) in 1932
Events January
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. From the outset, the Cottagers led the Third Division table and by April were worthy champions. It was a record-breaking season for Fulham and McIntyre became the first manager to win promotion from Division Three with two different clubs.
McIntyre acquired several players from his former club, Southampton
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, with Bill Fraser
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, Arthur Haddleton and Bert Jepson
Albert Edward Jepson (9 November 1902 – 18 December 1981) was an English footballer who played as an outside right for Southampton and Brighton & Hove Albion in the 1920s and 1930s.
Career
Huddersfield Town
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moving to Craven Cottage
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in June 1932, followed by Mike Keeping and Johnny Arnold
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in February 1933, for a combined fee of £5,000. McIntyre boasted that this was "the best deal I ever brought off".
The revival continued in 1932–33 when another spirited promotion attempt only failed in the closing weeks, with Fulham finishing in third position in Division 2. Fulham's high hopes for the 1933–34 season were never fulfilled; supporters blamed this on the shock transfer of top scorer Frank Newton to Reading
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in September and his replacement with the £2,500 signing of Arsenal
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's veteran striker Jack Lambert, who failed to make any impact. A run of bad results over the New Year led to McIntyre's surprise dismissal in February 1934.
After football
McIntyre never got another job in football. He returned to Southampton
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and worked for the Folland Aircraft
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Company and died, aged 72, in Surrey, England.
Honours
As manager
Southampton
*Football League Third Division South
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champions: 1921–22
Fulham
*Football League Third Division South
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champions: 1931–32
References
5. Hornby, Mark (2020). SUPREMOS: Jimmy McIntyre. Coventry City Football Club. https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2020/july/supremos-james-mcintyre/
External links
*
Feature on Fulham F.C. website
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1881 births
1959 deaths
People from Darlaston
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Darlaston Town F.C. players
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