Stuart McCall

Andrew Stuart Murray McCall (born 10 June 1964), usually known as Stuart McCall, is a former footballer who played in central midfield. He played a total of 763 league games during his career, the 13th highest of all British footballers.

Stuart McCall

McCall as Sheffield United coach at Anfield in February 2007
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Stuart Murray McCall
Date of birth	(1964-06-10) 10 June 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Leeds, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Motherwell
Youth career
	Pudsey Juniors
	Holbeck
	Farsley Celtic
1980–1982	Bradford City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1988	Bradford City	238	(37)
1988–1991	Everton	103	(6)
1991–1998	Rangers	194	(14)
1998–2002	Bradford City	157	(8)
2002–2004	Sheffield United	71	(2)
Total		763	(67)
National team
1988–1990	Scotland U21	2	(0)
1990–1998	Scotland	40	(1)
Teams managed
2000	Bradford City (caretaker)
2007–2010	Bradford City
2010–2014	Motherwell
2015	Rangers (interim)
2016–2018	Bradford City
2018–2019	Scunthorpe United
2020	Bradford City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

McCall started his professional career with Bradford City, where he made his senior debut in 1982. He played six seasons at Valley Parade, during which time he won the Division Three championship, a title which was overshadowed by a fire at Bradford's stadium when 56 people died and his father Andy was injured. After missing out on promotion in 1987–88, McCall moved to Everton, for whom he scored twice but finished on the losing side in the 1989 FA Cup Final. In 1991, he moved to Rangers, with whom he spent seven seasons and won six league titles, three Scottish Cups and two Scottish League Cups. McCall returned to Bradford City as captain to take them into the top division of English football for the first time in 77 years. After four seasons he moved to Sheffield United, where he retired as a player in 2005.

Despite being born in Leeds, England, McCall qualified to play for Scotland through his Scottish father. He won 40 caps for his country and scored one goal in the 1990 World Cup in Italy. He also played in two European Championships but his international career ended after he was left out of the 1998 World Cup squad.

McCall was part of the coaching staff during his second spell at Bradford City, briefly serving as caretaker-player manager in 2000. He continued his coaching at Sheffield United and was assistant manager to Neil Warnock until May 2007, when he returned to Bradford City for a third time, this time as manager. He spent two-and-a-half seasons in charge of Bradford City, leaving in February 2010. Just before the end of the year, he took over as Motherwell manager.

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League			Cup[note 1]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bradford City	1982–83	Third Division	28	4	2	0	—		30	4
	1983–84		46	5	4	0	—		50	5
	1984–85		46	8	7	1	—		53	9
	1985–86		38	4	4	2	—		42	6
	1986–87		36	7	4	1	—		40	8
	1987–88		44	9	9	2	—		53	11
	Total		238	37	30	6	—		268	43
Everton	1988–89	First Division	33	0	9	4	—		42	4
	1989–90		37	3	11	0	—		48	3
	1990–91		33	3	9	0	—		42	3
	Total		103	6	29	4	—		132	10
Rangers	1991–92	Scottish Premier Division	36	1	7	0	2	2	45	3
	1992–93		36	5	9	1	9	0	54	6
	1993–94		34	3	8	0	2	0	44	3
	1994–95		30	2	4	1	2	0	36	3
	1995–96		21	3	5	1	7	0	33	4
	1996–97		7	0	2	0	4	0	13	0
	1997–98		30	0	8	0	2	0	40	0
	Total		194	14	43	3	28	2	265	19
Bradford City	1998–99	First Division	43	3	5	0	—		48	3
	1999–2000	Premier League	34	1	4	0	—		38	1
	2000–01		37	1	2	0	4	0	43	1
	2001–02	First Division	43	3	3	1	—		46	4
	Total		157	8	14	1	4	0	175	9
Sheffield United	2002–03	First Division	34	0	11	0	—		45	0
	2003–04		37	2	5	0	—		42	2
	2004–05	Championship	0	0	2	0	—		2	0
	Total		71	2	18	0	—		89	2
Career total			763	67	134	14	32	2	929	83

1. Includes FA Cup, League Cup, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.

International appearances

National team	Season	Apps	Goals
Scotland[1]	1990	9	1
	1991	5	0
	1992	8	0
	1993	2	0
	1994	6	0
	1995	1	0
	1996	8	0
	1997	—
	1998	1	0
	Total	40	1

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.^[1]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 June 1990	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy	Sweden	1–0	2–1	1990 World Cup

Manager

As of match played 12 December 2020

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Bradford City (caretaker)	6 November 2000	20 November 2000	2	0	0	2	000.0	[2][3]
Bradford City	1 June 2007	8 February 2010	133	46	35	52	034.6	[4][3]
Motherwell	30 December 2010	2 November 2014	174	74	32	68	042.5	[3]
Rangers	12 March 2015	14 June 2015	17	7	6	4	041.2	[3]
Bradford City	20 June 2016	5 February 2018	96	44	24	28	045.8	[3][5]
Scunthorpe United	27 August 2018	24 March 2019	39	12	8	19	030.8	[3]
Bradford City	4 February 2020	13 December 2020	29	7	7	15	024.1
Total			490	190	112	188	038.8

Honours

As a player

Bradford City

• Football League Third Division: 1984–85^[source?]
• Football League First Division promotion: 1998–99^[source?]

Everton

• FA Cup: Runner-up 1988–89

Rangers^[6][7]

• Scottish Premier Division (5): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96^[a]
  • Runner-up 1997–98
• Scottish Cup: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96
  • Runner-up 1993–94, 1997–98
• Scottish League Cup: 1992–93, 1993–94^[b]

1. Played insufficient matches in 1996–97 due to injury
2. Did not play in 1996–97 due to injury

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year:
  • Second Division: 1987,^[8] 1988^[8]
  • Third Division: 1985^[source?]

As a manager

Individual

• Manager of the Month: July/August 2011,^[9] October 2011,^[10] March 2013^[11]
• SPL Manager of the Season: 2012–13^[source?]
• League Two Manager of the Month: January 2019^[12]

References

1. Stuart McCall at scottishfa.co.uk
2. "Bradford sack Hutchings". BBC Sport. 6 November 2000. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
3. "Managers: Stuart McCall". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
4. "McCall named new Bradford manager". BBC Sport. 22 May 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
5. "Stuart McCall: Bradford City sack manager after six straight defeats". BBC Sport. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
6. "Hall of Fame: Stuart McCall". Rangers F.C. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
7. "Rangers player Stuart McCall". FitbaStats. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
8. Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. p. 116. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
9. "Motherwell's Stuart McCall named manager of the month". BBC Sport. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
10. "Motherwell's Stuart McCall wins October award". BBC Sport. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
11. "McCall is March's Manager of the Month". Motherwell F.C. 14 April 2013. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
12. "Former Bantams chief Stuart McCall wins League One manager of the month". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 8 February 2019.