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Stuart McCall

Stuart McCall

Born: 1964-06-10 • Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Andrew Stuart Murray McCall (born 10 June 1964) is a professional football coach and former player. McCall played in a total of 763 league games and in 40 full international matches for Scotland during his playing career.

McCall started his career with Bradford City, where he made his first-team 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 the Bradford City stadium fire when 56 people died and in which 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 five 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.

Born and raised in England, McCall qualified to play for Scotland through his Scottish father. He won 40 international caps and scored one goal in the 1990 FIFA 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 playing 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 as their manager. He spent two and a half seasons in charge of Bradford City, leaving in February 2010. Just before the end of 2010, he was appointed Motherwell manager. He stayed at Fir Park for four years, helping the club finish second in the league twice. After a poor start to the 2014–15 season, he resigned in November 2014. McCall was appointed manager of Rangers in March 2015, but left the club at the end of a short-term contract.

McCall returned to Bradford City for a second spell as manager in June 2016. The team reached the play-off final in his first season, but this was lost and he was sacked in February 2018. After a short spell with Scunthorpe United, McCall was appointed Bradford manager for a third time in February 2020.

Filmography
Walter: A Life in Football poster
Walter: A Life in Football
2021 • Self
Warnock poster
Warnock
2005 • Himself
Dynamite - The Ian Durrant Story poster
Dynamite - The Ian Durrant Story
2002 • Self
Classic Rangers Matches poster
Classic Rangers Matches
2002 • Self
Blue Steel: The Hard Men of Ibrox poster
Blue Steel: The Hard Men of Ibrox
2001
Ian Ferguson: The Last True Blue poster
Ian Ferguson: The Last True Blue
2001 • Self
Glasgow Rangers: Greatest Rangers poster
Glasgow Rangers: Greatest Rangers
2000 • Self
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Rangers Gold 2: The Entertainers
1999
Rangers FC: Rangers Gold poster
Rangers FC: Rangers Gold
1999
Rangers FC: Battle of Britain - Rule Britannia poster
Rangers FC: Battle of Britain - Rule Britannia
1999
Andy Goram: The Goalie poster
Andy Goram: The Goalie
1999 • Self (archive footage)
Rangers FC: True Blues poster
Rangers FC: True Blues
1998 • Self
Glasgow Rangers: Moments to Remember poster
Glasgow Rangers: Moments to Remember
1998
Rangers Fc: Seasons to Be Cheerful poster
Rangers Fc: Seasons to Be Cheerful
1997 • Self
Waiting for Gascoigne: The Story of a Legend poster
Waiting for Gascoigne: The Story of a Legend
1996
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The Real McCoist
1995
Rangers Fc: Six in A Row- The Bluebells Are Blue poster
Rangers Fc: Six in A Row- The Bluebells Are Blue
1994