Martin McIntosh

Scottish footballer and manager

Martin McIntosh
Personal information
Full name Martin Wyllie McIntosh
Date of birth (1971-03-19) 19 March 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth East Kilbride, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1988 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1991 St Mirren 4 (0)
1991–1994 Clydebank 65 (10)
1994–1997 Hamilton Academical 99 (12)
1997–2000 Stockport County 99 (5)
2000–2001 Hibernian 13 (0)
2001 → Rotherham United (loan) 15 (2)
2001–2005 Rotherham United 107 (14)
2005–2007 Huddersfield Town 48 (4)
2006 → Grimsby Town (loan) 4 (0)
2007–2008 Mansfield Town 11 (1)
2008–2009 Alfreton Town 15 (4)
2009 Guiseley 0 (0)
2011 Worksop Town 1 (0)
Total 481 (52)
International career
1998 Scotland B[1] 2 (1)
Managerial career
2010–2011 Worksop Town
2012–2018 Buxton
2018 Ilkeston Town
2018–2019 Frickley Athletic
2020 Grantham Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Wyllie McIntosh (born 19 March 1971) is a Scottish football manager and former professional football player.

In a career that began in 1988, the defender made just under 500 appearances in the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Premier League and the English Football League.[2] most notably with lengthy spells at Clydebank, Hamilton Academical, Stockport County, Rotherham United and Huddersfield Town. He also turned out professionally for St Mirren, Hibernian, Grimsby Town and Mansfield Town before finishing his career in Non-league football with Alfreton Town, Guiseley and Worksop Town He later managed non-League clubs Worksop Town, Buxton, Ilkeston Town, Frickley Athletic and Grantham Town.

Career

Playing career

McIntosh started his football career as a junior at Tottenham Hotspur in 1988 before joining St Mirren, where he made four appearances in three seasons.[2] Spells with Clydebank, where he made 75 league and cup appearances, and Hamilton Academical, for whom he started 114 games, followed before he moved to Stockport County in August 1997 for a transfer fee of £80,000.[2] He made over 100 appearances for Stockport before a £250,000 transfer took him back to Scotland with Scottish Premier League club Hibernian in February 2000.[2] Injury and competition for places restricted his opportunities at Hibernian to 18 appearances and he joined Rotherham United on a three-month loan in August 2001.[3] He joined Rotherham on a permanent basis in November 2001 for a fee of £125,000.[4] He made over 130 appearances in total in four years at Rotherham[5] and was made club captain.

After Rotherham were relegated at the end of the 2004–05 season, McIntosh was released by manager Mick Harford, who was trying to reduce the average age of the squad, and joined Huddersfield Town on a two-year contract.[5] A knee injury suffered in August 2005, which required surgery, ruled him out of four months of the 2005–06 season.[6] He returned to the side in December 2005 and made a total of 26 appearances as Huddersfield reached the Football League One play-offs in May 2006.[7]

At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, McIntosh was loaned to Football League Two side Grimsby Town for one month.[8] A request by Grimsby to extend the loan was turned down and McIntosh returned to Huddersfield in September 2006.[9] He fell out of favour with manager Peter Jackson but returned to the side in March 2007 after Jackson was sacked.[10] McIntosh was released by Huddersfield and joined Mansfield Town in June 2007.[11] He made eleven appearances for Mansfield[2] and was released in March 2008.[12] He joined Conference North club Alfreton Town in May 2008.[13]

McIntosh signed for NPL Premier Division side Guiseley on a one-year contract in August 2009, but he retired as a player one month later and decided to go into coaching.[citation needed]

Managerial career

On 25 September 2009, Martin was named new first team coach at Rotherham United, working for manager Ronnie Moore.[citation needed] He was appointed manager of Worksop Town in October 2010.[citation needed] He temporarily came out of playing retirement in 2011 and played for Worksop to cover for injuries.[citation needed] McIntosh was sacked as Worksop manager in September 2011 following a run of one win from ten games and elimination from the FA Cup.[14]

On 4 February 2012, McIntosh was appointed manager of Northern Premier League club Buxton.[15] He left Buxton in February 2018.[16]

On 6 September 2018, McIntosh was appointed manager of Midland League Premier Division club Ilkeston Town.[17] He left the club by mutual consent after three months in the job. Although Ilkeston were top of the league at the time of McIntosh's departure, the club had been knocked out of the FA Vase by lower league opposition in the form of Eastwood.[18]

In December 2018, McIntosh was appointed manager of Frickley Athletic.[19] He left the club in April the following year.[20] In March 2020 he was appointed manager of Grantham Town.[21] He left the club in December the same year.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Scotland B Player Martin McIntosh". fitbastats.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Martin McIntosh". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  3. ^ "McIntosh moves on loan". BBC Sport. 16 August 2001. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  4. ^ "Millers sign McIntosh". BBC Sport. 15 November 2001. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  5. ^ a b "McIntosh makes Huddersfield move". BBC Sport. 28 June 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Tosh delight at senior start". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  7. ^ "Games played by Martin McIntosh in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  8. ^ "Grimsby recruit Terriers defender". BBC Sport. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  9. ^ Thomson, Doug (19 September 2006). "Tosh is back but Macca out on loan". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  10. ^ "Sinclair ban gives McIntosh his chance". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  11. ^ "Mansfield land defender McIntosh". BBC Sport. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  12. ^ "Stags let five leave Field Mill". BBC Sport. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  13. ^ "Alfreton sign defender McIntosh". BBC Sport. 26 May 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  14. ^ "Worksop Sack McIntosh". The Evo-Stik NPL. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  15. ^ "McIntosh Appointed as Buxton Boss". Non League Chat. 6 February 2012. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  16. ^ BREAKING: Buxton part company with manager Martin McIntosh Buxton Advertiser, 7 February 2018
  17. ^ "Ilkeston Town Appoint New Manager". Ilkeston Town F.C. 6 September 2018.
  18. ^ BREAKING: Ilkeston Town part ways with manager Martin McIntosh Ilkeston Advertiser, 2 December 2018
  19. ^ Frickley turn to McIntosh as new manager Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express, 4 December 2018
  20. ^ Frickley Athletic axe manager Martin McIntosh as part of club restructuring The Non-League Football Paper, 30 April 2019
  21. ^ Martin McIntosh is appointed as Grantham Town's new manager Grantham Journal, 3 March 2020
  22. ^ Martin McIntosh leaves Grantham Town following FA Trophy exit Grantham Journal, 13 December 2020

External links

  • Martin McIntosh at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata
  • Martin McIntosh at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database