Ian McCall

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Ian McCall
Personal information
Full name	Ian Holland McCall
Date of birth	September 30, 1964 (1964-09-30) (age 43)
Place of birth	Scotland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Midfielder (Retired)
Club information
Current club	Partick Thistle (Manager)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1983–1986 1986–1987 1987–1989 1989–1990 1990–1991 1991–1992 1992–1994 1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998	Queen's Park Dunfermline Rangers Bradford City Dunfermline Dundee Falkirk Hamilton Academical Happy Valley Partick Thistle Clydebank Career	066 0(9) 047 0(8) 021 0(2) 012 0(1) 038 0(5) 027 0(9) 075 0(9) 006 0(1) 007 0(0) 021 0(1) 320 (45)
Teams managed
1996–2000 2000 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005–2007 2007–	Clydebank Morton Airdrie Falkirk Dundee United Queen of the South Partick Thistle
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ian Holland McCall (born September 30, 1964 in Dumfries, Scotland) is a former Scottish footballer and currently the manager of First Division side Partick Thistle.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial career 3 Managerial stats 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

Ian McCall, in his boyhood was a regular on the Palmerston terraces watching Queen of the South. His hopes of playing for his home town club were dashed, though, by then chairman Willie Harkness. "I played a trial game for the club, and thought I did reasonably well," McCall recalls. "Drew Busby was the manager, but I was told by Willie Harkness I might not make the grade. Instead I went to Queen's Park, and then three years after that was sold to Rangers for £250,000.[1]

McCall began his career as a midfielder for Queen's Park in 1983, then was with Dunfermline Athletic from 1986 to 1987, and Rangers from 1987 to 1990. He was then transferred to Bradford City for £200,000 before rejoining Dunfermline. His playing career also included spells with Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Happy Valley (in Hong Kong) and Partick Thistle. His final club as a player was Clydebank, where he became player-manager during the 1997-98 season.

[edit] Managerial career

McCall's early management career saw him achieve success in extremely adverse circumstances. His spell at Clydebank took place against the backdrop of an abortive scheme to relocate the club to Dublin. A brief spell at Morton, under controversial chairman Hugh Scott, was followed by a move to Airdrieonians. Promotion to the SPL almost followed despite the financial problems that led to the club's extinction in 2002, making McCall the last manager in the club's history. Another successful spell, at Falkirk, led to McCall twice being offered the manager's job at Dundee United, which he finally accepted in January 2003. McCall's first top flight managerial opportunity had initial success, guiding the Tayside Club to a top-6 finish, but the following season he had less success and was sacked in March 2005. In November 2005, Ian McCall returned to management with his home town club Queen of the South.

After a less than auspicious start to his reign as Queen of the South manager, where McCall inherited Iain Scott's relegation-threatened side, the Palmerston outfit enjoyed somewhat of a resurgence in the early months of 2006, finally securing eight position in the league and thus avoiding having to play-off to maintain first division status. Unfortunately 2006/07, proved to be another season of under-achievement, and despite narrowly avoiding relegation, Ian McCall and Queen of the South parted company because he felt that he could not take the team any further forward. He saw more potential in Glasgow side Partick Thistle, becoming their manager in May 2007.[2] His departure from Queen of the South was in bitter circumstances, after he was blamed by some of Queens' fans for the club being fined £20,000 by the SFA. This fine was owing to the club fielding an ineligible player Jamie Adams in a Scottish Cup-tie early in 2007.

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Morton		2000	2000	17	5	3	9	29.41
Airdrie		2001	2002	65	23	25	17	35.38
Falkirk		2002	2003	30	18	9	3	60.00
Dundee United		2003	2005	92	28	24	40	30.43
Queen of the South		2005	2007	62	18	19	25	29.00

[edit] External links

• Ian McCall management career stats at Soccerbase
• Independent profile

Preceded by ?	Clydebank FC manager 1996-2000	Succeeded by Stevie Morrison
Preceded by Don Mackay	Airdrieonians FC manager 2001-2002	Succeeded by Final Manager

v • d • e Partick Thistle F.C. – current squad GK Hinchcliffe • GK Samushonga • GK Tuffey • DF Archibald • DF Kinniburgh • DF Little • DF Maxwell • DF Paton • DF J. Robertson • DF M. Robertson • DF Twaddle • DF Storey • MF Ardalany • MF Chaplain • MF Donnelly • MF Harkins • MF McStay • MF McKeown • MF McKinlay • MF Rowson • FW Buchanan • FW Eaglesham • FW Roberts • Manager: McCall

v • d • e Greenock Morton F.C. – Managers Morell (1904–08) • Cochrane (1908–27) • Torrance (1927–31) • Cochrane (1931–34) • Wright (1934–38) • Davies (1938–55) • McKenzie (1955–57) • McIntosh (1957–60) • Stewart (1960–72) • Smith (1972) • Stewart (1972–74) • Sorenson (1974–75) • Gilroy (1975–76) • Rooney (1976–83) • Miller (1983) • T. McLean (1983–84) • W. McLean (1984–85) • McGraw (1985–97) • Stark (1997–00) • McCall (2000) • Evans (2000–01) • Maxwell (2001) • Cormack (2001–02) • McPherson (2002) • McCormack (2002–04) • McInally (2004–08) • Irons (2008–-) •

v • d • e Falkirk F.C. – Managers Craig (1935–50) • Duffy (1988–89) • Lamont (1989–90) • Jefferies (1990–95) • Lambie (1995–96) • Collins (1996) • Bannon (1996) • Totten (1996–2002) • McCall (2002–03) • Coyle & Hughes (2003) • Hughes (2003–)

v • d • e Dundee United F.C. – Managers Reilly (1909–15) • Dainty (1915–17) • Reilly (1917–22) • O'Rourke (1922–23) • Brownlie (1923–31) • Reid (1931–34) • Brownlie (1934–36) • Greig (1936–38) • Brownlie/Irving (1938–39) • McKay (1939) • Allan (1939–40) • Cram (1941–44) • Littlejohn (1944) • McGillivray (1944–45) • MacFadyen (1945–54) • R Smith (1954–57) • Gallacher (1957) • Gray (1957–58) • A McCall (1958–59) • Kerr (1959–71) • J McLean (1971–93) • Golac (1993–95) • Kirkwood (1995–96) • T McLean (1996–98) • Sturrock (1998–2000) • A Smith (2000–02) • Hegarty (2002–03) • I McCall (2003–05) • Chisholm (2005–06) • Brewster (2006) • Levein (2006–)

v • d • e Queen of the South F.C. – Managers Directors (1919–21) • Dodds (1922–23) • Directors (1924–27) • Wright (1928–31) • Directors (1932–1934) • McLachlan (1935–37) • Ferguson (1937–38) • McKinnell, Sr. (1938–46) • McKinnell, Jr. (1946–61) • Farm (1961–64) • Directors (1964–65) • Shearer (1965–66) • Husband (1967–68) • Directors (1968–70) • Davis (1970–71) • Easton (1971–73) • McLean (1973–75) • Jackson (1975–78) • Hunter (1978–79) • Little (1979–80) • Herd (1980–81) • Hood (1981–82) • Busby (1982–84) • Clark (1984–86) • Jackson (1986–87) • Wilson (1987–89) • McLaren (1989–90) • McGarvey (1990–91) • MacLeod (1991–92) • Frye (1992–93) • McLaren (1993–96) • Alexander (1996–99) • Rowe & Eadie (1999–00) • Connolly (2000–04) • Scott (2004–05) • McCall (2005–07) • Chisholm (2007–-) •

v • d • e Partick Thistle F.C. – Managers Easton (1903–29) • Turner (1929–47) • Meiklejohn (1947–59) • Thornton (1959–69) • Symon (1969–70) • McParland (1970–74) • Auld (1974–80) • Cormack (1980–83) • Rooney (1983–86) • Auld (1986) • Johnstone (1986–87) • Lamont (1987–88) • Lambie (1988–89) • Clark (1989–90) • Lambie (1990–95) • MacLeod (1995–97) • McVeigh (1997–98) • Bryce (1998–99) • Lambie (1999–03) • Collins (2003) • Britton & Whyte (2003–05) • Campbell (2005–07) • Bone (2007) • McCall (2007–-) •