James McStay (1 April 1895 – 31 December 1973) was a Scottish football player and
manager
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. He spent most of his career at Celtic, and was a captain and manager for the club.
Willie Maley
William Patrick Maley (25 April 1868 – 2 April 1958) was an Irish-born Scottish international football player and manager. He was the first manager of Celtic Football Club, and one of the most successful managers in Scottish football histor ...
), he joined Celtic in 1920 and took over the club captaincy from his elder brother Willie McStay in 1929. The siblings played together 246 times for Celtic as well in as one
Scottish League XI
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match in 1926 and a Scottish Football Association summer tour of North America in 1927; however unlike Willie, Jimmy never gained a full international
cap
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. Taking all cups into account he played in exactly 500 matches for Celtic,ranking 14th on the club's all-time list and making the most appearances overall for the ''Hoops'' without being selected for his country ( Charlie Shaw holds the unwanted record in terms of Scottish Football League matches).
McStay managed Celtic between 9 February 1940 and 23 July 1945 but this coincided with the suspension of the League and
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Brideville and
Alloa Athletic
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prior to his appointment at Celtic, and afterwards took charge of
Hamilton Academical
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(where he had also finished his playing career, appearing for ''Accies'' in the
1935 Scottish Cup Final
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aged 40).
In addition to Willie and Jimmy, another McStay brother, Francis, was also a footballer, played for Motherwell in the 1910s. Their great-great-nephews
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and
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played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s (Paul also captaining Celtic and gaining 76 caps for Scotland).
Scottish League
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1930–31
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Glasgow Cup
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: 1927–28, 1930–31
Manager
Alloa Athletic
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Scottish Division Two
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Glasgow Cup
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Lanarkshire Cup
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List of winners
1879–80 - Stonelaw
1880–81 - Thistle
1881–82 - Hamilton Academical
1882–83 - West Benhar
1883 ...
: 1951–52
Managerial statistics
*Does not include wartime matches with Alloa; P20, W10, D2, L8, WP50%
*No competitive games played during his time at Celtic; wartime totals P220, W112, D38, L70, WP50.9%
*Does not include wartime matches with Hamilton; P11, W2, D2, L7, WP18.1%
*Wartime grand total: P251, W124, D42, L85, WP49.4%