Martin Wyllie McIntosh (born 19 March 1971) is a Scottish football manager and former professional

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player. In a career that began in 1988, the defender made just under 500 appearances in the

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, the

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and the English Football League. most notably with lengthy spells at

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and

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. He also turned out professionally for St Mirren, Hibernian,

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and

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before finishing his career in Non-league football with

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and

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He later managed

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clubs Worksop Town,

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, Ilkeston Town,

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and Grantham Town.

Career

Playing career

McIntosh started his football career as a junior at

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in 1988 before joining St Mirren, where he made four appearances in three seasons. Spells with

, where he made 75 league and cup appearances, and

, for whom he started 114 games, followed before he moved to

in August 1997 for a transfer fee of £80,000. He made over 100 appearances for Stockport before a £250,000 transfer took him back to Scotland with

club Hibernian in February 2000. Injury and competition for places restricted his opportunities at Hibernian to 18 appearances and he joined

on a three-month loan in August 2001. He joined Rotherham on a permanent basis in November 2001 for a fee of £125,000. He made over 130 appearances in total in four years at Rotherham and was made club captain. After Rotherham were relegated at the end of the 2004–05 season, McIntosh was released by manager

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, who was trying to reduce the average age of the squad, and joined

on a two-year contract. A knee injury suffered in August 2005, which required surgery, ruled him out of four months of the 2005–06 season. He returned to the side in December 2005 and made a total of 26 appearances as Huddersfield reached the

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play-offs in May 2006. At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, McIntosh was loaned to

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side

for one month. A request by Grimsby to extend the loan was turned down and McIntosh returned to Huddersfield in September 2006. He fell out of favour with manager

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but returned to the side in March 2007 after Jackson was sacked. McIntosh was released by Huddersfield and joined

in June 2007. He made eleven appearances for Mansfield and was released in March 2008. He joined

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club

in May 2008. McIntosh signed for NPL Premier Division side

on a one-year contract in August 2009, but he retired as a player one month later and decided to go into coaching.

Managerial career

On 25 September 2009, Martin was named new first team coach at

, working for manager

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. He was appointed manager of

in October 2010. He temporarily came out of playing retirement in 2011 and played for Worksop to cover for injuries. McIntosh was sacked as Worksop manager in September 2011 following a run of one win from ten games and elimination from the FA Cup. On 4 February 2012, McIntosh was appointed manager of

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club

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. He left Buxton in February 2018. On 6 September 2018, McIntosh was appointed manager of Midland League Premier Division club Ilkeston Town. He left the club by mutual consent after three months in the job. Although Ilkeston were top of the league at the time of McIntosh's departure, the club had been knocked out of the

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by lower league opposition in the form of

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. In December 2018, McIntosh was appointed manager of

. He left the club in April the following year. In March 2020 he was appointed manager of Grantham Town. He left the club in December the same year.Martin McIntosh leaves Grantham Town following FA Trophy exit
Grantham Journal, 13 December 2020

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McIntosh, Martin 1971 births Living people Footballers from East Kilbride Scottish men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Clydebank F.C. (1965) players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Hibernian F.C. players Rotherham United F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Alfreton Town F.C. players Guiseley A.F.C. players Worksop Town F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Scotland men's B international footballers Scottish football managers Worksop Town F.C. managers Buxton F.C. managers Ilkeston Town F.C. managers Frickley Athletic F.C. managers Grantham Town F.C. managers