Lawrie McMenemy
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lawrence McMenemy | ||
Date of birth | 26 July 1936 | ||
Place of birth | Gateshead, England | ||
Youth career | |||
Newcastle United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959–1961 | Gateshead | ||
Managerial career | |||
1964–1967 | Bishop Auckland | ||
1968–1971 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
1971–1973 | Grimsby Town | ||
1973–1985 | Southampton | ||
1985–1987 | Sunderland | ||
1990–1993 | England U21 | ||
1998–1999 | Northern Ireland | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Lawrence McMenemy
Playing career
McMenemy was born in Gateshead. After serving in the Coldstream Guards[1] he began his footballing career with Newcastle United although he never appeared in their first team. He moved to Gateshead in the late 1950s, joining the club after they had left the Football League.[3] An injury ended his career in 1961, but he moved into coaching instead, spending three years in that role at Gateshead.
Managerial career
Bishop Auckland
In 1964, McMenemy was appointed manager of non-league
Sheffield Wednesday and Doncaster Rovers
McMenemy then moved to Sheffield Wednesday where he spent two years as a coach before he got his big break as manager of Doncaster Rovers where he remained until May 1971, winning the Fourth Division Championship in 1968–69.[5]
Grimsby Town
He then became manager of Grimsby Town, where he won a Fourth Division championship.[6] In July 1973 he left Blundell Park to become assistant manager at Southampton.[7]
Southampton
In November 1973, four months after joining the Saints as assistant manager, he was promoted to the role of manager.[2] He was unable to keep them in the First Division that season, but the board kept faith in him to lift the club back out of the Second Division.[8]
In 1976, McMenemy guided Southampton, then in the Second Division, to an
In 1978, the Saints won promotion to the
McMenemy was linked with the vacant Manchester United manager's job at the end of the 1980–81 season, but he ruled himself out of the running and the job went to Ron Atkinson instead.[14]
McMenemy had signed veteran
Sunderland
He left Southampton on 1 June 1985, but returned to football five days later when he was named manager of Sunderland, who had just been relegated to the Second Division.[18] At the time he was the highest-paid manager in English football, but his time on Wearside was not a success and he quit in March 1987 – just weeks before Sunderland fell into the Third Division for the first time in their history.[19][20] A year earlier, they had narrowly avoided a second successive relegation when they had been among the pre-season favourites for promotion, and the best supported side in the Second Division with an average attendance of more than 16,000 – higher than most of the First Division clubs that season.
England
In July 1990, he ended a three-year break from football when he was appointed assistant to England manager
Return to Southampton
McMenemy soon bounced back and was offered the new position of Director of Football by Southampton within weeks of leaving his role with the England team. Fans and the local media were delighted when he accepted the role, which made him the first man to be employed as a Director of Football in the English game.[
Northern Ireland
A year later, in 1998 McMenemy was appointed
Since 2000, McMenemy has concentrated on his role as FA special ambassador, travelling to Afghanistan in 2002 to help set up a national league and liaising with the English team in the Special Olympics.[27]
In July 2006, he was appointed a non-executive director of Southampton F.C.[27]
Media work
McMenemy has made frequent appearances on TV football panels since 1972 as well as BBC TV's "Superkids" and TVS's "Children's Challenge". He also regularly appeared on
He hosts the Special Olympics Gateshead Tyne & Wear annual awards night.Personal life
He is married to Anne and they have three children: eldest son Chris McMenemy (former Newcastle United coach), son Sean McMenemy and daughter Alison.[citation needed]
He is related to Harry McMenemy.[34]
Managerial statistics
- As of 31 October 1999
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
Doncaster Rovers | May 1968 | May 1971 | 146 | 55 | 43 | 48 | 37.67 | |||
Grimsby Town | May 1971 | July 1973 | 117 | 58 | 26 | 33 | 49.57 | |||
Southampton | November 1973 | June 1985 | 604 | 255 | 160 | 189 | 42.22 | |||
Sunderland | June 1985 | March 1987 | 93 | 28 | 24 | 41 | 30.11 | |||
England U21 | July 1990 | November 1993 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 58.33 | |||
Northern Ireland | October 1998 | October 1999 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 28.57 | |||
Total | 986 | 407 | 258 | 321 | 41.28 |
Honours
As a manager
Bishop Auckland
- Northern League Champions & County Cup: 1964–65[27]
Doncaster Rovers
Grimsby Town
Southampton
- FA Cup: 1975–76[27]
- Football League Second Division runner-up: 1977–78[27]
- Football League First Division runner-up: 1983–84[27]
Individual
- Awarded the MBE in 2006[27]
- Received an honorary MBA from Southampton Solent University[27]
- Freedom of the City of Southampton[2]
References
- ^ a b "Managers - Lawrie McMenemy".
- ^ a b c d Smith, Matt (16 September 2007). "Saints legend Lawrie to be honoured with Freedom of Southampton". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "GATESHEAD : 1946/47 – 1959/60". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database.
- ^ "Accent's on North-East for return of the Mac". The Northern Echo. 16 March 2004. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Coyle, John (12 November 2020). "Sporting Memories: McMenemy's Men - the story of Doncaster Rovers' 1968/69 season". Doncaster Free Press. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "A sea of 23,000 fans roared on McMenemy's champions of 71". Grimsby Telegraph. 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ Fisher, Nigel (15 April 2020). "Lawrie McMenemy's exciting spell in charge at Grimsby Town". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Brisland, Martin (30 March 2023). "Southampton FC - The highs and lows of 138 years". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ a b c Hytner, David (25 February 2017). "Lawrie McMenemy: 'Southampton didn't have a cat in hell's chance'". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Culley, Jon (23 February 2017). "The sad story of Bobby Stokes, Southampton's forgotten Cup final hero". The Independent. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ House, Alfie (11 September 2022). "Peter Rodrigues recalls 'special occasion' of Queen's FA Cup presentation". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Has a non-Premier League team ever won the FA Cup?". Goal. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Early Days". Southampton FC. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Evening Times - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ Osman, Luke (29 April 2020). "When Southampton signed the two-time Ballon d'or winner Kevin Keegan – and no-one knew about it". These Football Times. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Sparks, Gordon (14 March 2018). "The story of Peter Shilton's incredible road to 1,000 Football League appearances". Plymouth Herald. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Struthers, Greg (19 February 2006). "Caught in Time: Southampton finish runners up in the First Division, 1984". The Times. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Anderson, Graeme (15 November 2018). "The famous night ex-Sunderland boss Lawrie McMenemy did a 'midnight flit' from Roker Park". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Lawrie McMenemy: I didn't do anything right as Sunderland manager". Sunderland Echo. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Pye, Steven (24 October 2016). "David Moyes is struggling at Sunderland but Lawrie McMenemy was even worse". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "League Managers Association - LAWRIE MCMENEMY MBE". www.leaguemanagers.com.
- ^ "Lawrie McMenemy recalls the golden days". Chronicle Live. 6 August 2002. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Aarons, Ed (6 July 2018). "'Brolin-Dahlin-Brolin!' – when Sweden knocked England out of Euro 92". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Symes, Pat (5 September 2004). "Southampton's ambitious chairman is a man you cross at your peril". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "McMenemy named new Northern Ireland boss". BBC News. 9 February 1998. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "O'Neill withdraws from NI job race". BBC Sport. 3 January 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Lawrie McMenemy". leaguemanagers.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Lawrie McMenemy". MN2S. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Lawrie McMenemy books and biography". Waterstones. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Lawrie McMenemy's message to Southampton in final Daily Echo column". Southern Daily Echo. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ISBN 1-85811-369-5. Archived from the originalon 17 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ McMenemy, Lawrie (15 December 2018). "Southampton legend Lawrie McMenemy's exclusive column". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Board of Trustees". Special Olympics Great Britain. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Harry McMenemy". toon1892.com. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
Bibliography
- McMenemy, Lawrie (2017). A Lifetime's Obsession. Sport Media. ISBN 9-781910335673.
- Wilson, Jeremy (2006). Southampton's Cult Heroes. Know The Score Books. ISBN 1-905449-01-1.
- Javier Igeño Cano (2005). Dream Fans "The Spirit of Southampton DVD. Spanish Saints.