Wilf McGuinness
McGuinness in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Wilfred McGuinness | ||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Playing position | Wing half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1953–1954 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954–1959 | Manchester United | 81 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 19??–19?? | England Schoolboys | ||
| 19??–19?? | England Youth | 4 | (?) |
| 19??–19?? | England U23 | 1 | (?) |
| 1958–1959 | England | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1969–1970 | Manchester United | ||
| 1971–1974 | Aris Thessaloniki | ||
| 1974–1975 | Panachaiki | ||
| 1975–1977 | York City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Wilfred "Wilf" McGuinness (born 25 October 1937 in Manchester, England) is an English former football player and manager, who played twice for England. He succeeded Matt Busby as manager of Manchester United. His son, Paul, was Manchester United's U-18 team manager and assistant director of their youth academy for 17- to 21-year-olds.
As a player, he captained Manchester, Lancashire and England at schoolboy level, and signed for Manchester United in January 1953. He made his first team debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 8 October 1955, turning 18 later that month. Competition for places was fierce but he played in enough matches to qualify for a medal when United won the league in 1956.
He was still a United player at the time of the Munich air disaster in 1958, but an injury had prevented him from playing so he was not on the plane that crashed. A broken leg in the 1959–60 season finished his playing career when he was only 22, and came just after he had been capped twice at senior level by the England team.
McGuinness continued to be involved at Manchester United after the end of his playing career, getting heavily involved in coaching, and in 1964, he replaced Jimmy Murphy as reserve team manager, as Murphy left that role after managing the reserve team to a sixth FA Youth Cup triumph. In 1969, McGuinness was promoted from reserve team manager to manager of the first team after Matt Busby retired as manager at the end of the 1968–69 season. Appointed as Busby's successor in June 1969 at the age of 31, at a time when the Manchester United side was in transition and Busby had moved upstairs to become general manager, McGuinness's reign as Manchester United manager was not as successful as United had hoped. But McGuinness did lead United to 3 cup semi finals during his reign, one in the FA Cup and two in the League Cup.
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