Jimmy McIntyre
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Alfred McIntyre | ||
| Date of birth | 31 October 1877 | ||
| Place of birth | Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Date of death | April qtr.1959 | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Witton Albion | |||
| Darlaston Town | |||
| Wednesbury Old Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1901–1902 | Walsall | ||
| 1902–1903 | Notts County | 9 | (3) |
| 1903–1905 | Reading | ||
| 1905–1906 | Coventry City | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1919–1924 | Southampton | ||
| 1928–1931 | Coventry City | ||
| 1931–1934 | Fulham | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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James Alfred "Jimmy" McIntyre (31 Oct 1877, Wednesbury, Staffordshire – Coventry 1959) was an English footballer who became manager at Southampton, Coventry City and Fulham.
He was a journeyman player of some repute, playing as an inside-forward, and had spells with West Midlands teams Witton Albion, Darlaston Town and Wednesbury Old Athletic. In 1901, he joined Walsall (his home-town club), before spending the 1902–03 season in the First Division at Notts County. He then had a spell at Reading before joining Coventry City as a player in 1905, where he scored hat-tricks in his second and third games for the club.
After his playing days were over he worked at the Humber car factory in Coventry and spent one season refereeing in the Coventry & North Warwickshire League, also turning out for Dudley & Bournbrook, before returning to Coventry City as an assistant trainer in 1907. Within one season he was promoted to chief trainer and his initial association with Coventry lasted seven years, during which time he produced a number of young players for their Southern League team.
His success at Coventry impressed the directors at Southampton, where George Swift had resigned and they secured his services in April 1912.
Engaged as trainer, under secretary Ernest Arnfield who acted as "manager", McIntyre faced the difficult task of restoring the Saints to their former success in the Southern League. Due to the lack of funds following Swift's spending spree in the previous season, McIntyre was only able to sign three new players; the only successful recruit was Len Andrews, whose signing from Reading was "one of the best moves of McIntyre's managerial career" as Andrews went on to become the "Saints" most consistent forward in the three seasons leading up to the First World War, as well as being an expert penalty taker. Saints gradually began to improve their League position but with the outbreak of war in 1914 and the abandonment of League football in April 1915, all progress came to a halt.
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