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Jim McInally played for which team from 1983 to 1984?
Jim McInally James Edward McInally ( born 19 February 1964 ) is a Scottish football manager and former player . He played for Dundee United for 10 seasons in which he won the 1993–94 Scottish Cup and played in the 1987 UEFA Cup Final . At United he was also a three time Scottish Cup runner-up . McInally also played for Celtic , Nottingham Forest ( 1985 Player of the Year ) , Coventry City , Raith Rovers , Dundee , Sligo Rovers and East Fife . He gained 10 full caps with the Scotland national football team for whom he played at the UEFA Euro 1992 finals in Sweden . His management career began with a player-manager role at Sligo Rovers . After his playing retirement he took charge of both Greenock Morton and East Stirlingshire . He is currently manager of Peterhead . Playing career . Celtic and loan to Dundee . McInally began senior his career at left back with Celtic , the team he supported as a boy . He won Scotland youth caps and then debuted under Billy McNeil on 28 August 1982 in a 7-1 league cup victory at Dunfermline Athletic . However McNeil left in June 1983 and was replaced by Davie Hay who had no plans for McInally at Celtic . In January 1984 McInally was loaned to Dundee where he scored twice in his 11 league games . McInally left after only one appearance for Celtic in each of the league and the Scottish Cup to add to his debut in the league cup against Dunfermline . Nottingham Forest . He was flown down by Brian Clough to watch Nottingham Forest against Manchester United for the final league game of the 1983/84 season ( Forest won 2--0 ) . He was a guest of Forest at the game with two other players they were signing , Johnny Metgod and Gary Megson . McInallys Forest debut was in and end of season tour in Australia . While living in Nottinghams Balmoral Hotel he spent Christmas as a guest at the Clough household . McInally was player of the year at the end of his first Forest season . Despite this success he stayed at Forest for only 18 months . In the summer of 1985 Stuart Pearce was signed by Clough . Pearce was the makeweight in a £300,000 deal bringing Coventry centre-back Ian Butterworth to Forest . So unsure was Pearce of his footballing future that after the transfer he advertised his services as an electrician in Forests match-day programme . However Pearce immediately established himself at left back making 30 league appearances before the end of the season . McInally played beside Pearce in some games that season before leaving after his last game on 26 December 1985 . McInallys last game was a 1–0 win away at Birmingham City . Coventry City . McInally moved in the opposite direction to Pearce joining Dave Bowman at Coventry City for £112,000 . He played five first team games there before he and Bowman double transferred to Scotland at the end of the season . Dundee United . McInally and Bowman joined Dundee United in the summer of 1986 in a £140,000 joint transfer . At Tannadice McInally quickly became an effective defensive midfielder and played an important part in Dundee Uniteds run to the UEFA Cup Final in his first season . McInally scored the opener in the home leg of the third round tie against Hadjuk Split . United beat F.C . Barcelona home and away and then eliminated Borussia Mönchengladbach in the semi final . They lost 2–1 on aggregate in the final to IFK Goteborg . Bowman and McInally played in three losing Dundee United Scottish final teams . These were in 1987 to St Mirren , 1988 to Celtic and the 1991 final to Motherwell in which Bowman scored . They collected a winners medal from the 1994 Scottish Cup Final win against Rangers . Raith Rovers . In 1995 , following Uniteds relegation to the Scottish Football League First Division , McInally remained in the Premier Division by joining newly promoted Raith Rovers as player/coach . In early 1996 , McInally was due to join Aberdeen in a swap deal for Peter Hetherston , and was paraded at a Pittodrie news conference . Hetherston however failed a medical and the move collapsed . Dundee United ( second spell ) . A few weeks into the following season , McInally moved back to Tannadice and made sixteen appearances . Dundee . He then moved back to Dundee as a player-coach at Dens Park . Scotland . McInallys first full cap was on 1 April 1987 losing 4–1 in a European Championship qualifier away to Belgium . He was selected for the Scotland squad for the UEFA Euro 1992 finals in Sweden . In Sweden he played in Scotlands third and final game as a 65th-minute substitute for Ally McCoist . The Scots won that game 3–0 against the CIS . McInally had played in two of the qualifiers both of which were 1–1 draws against Bulgaria . His 10th and final cap was the 5–0 defeat away to Portugal on 28 April 1993 that all but extinguished Scottish hopes of qualifying for the 1994 FIFA World Cup . Management career . Sligo Rovers . McInally joined Sligo Rovers as manager at the start of the 1999–00 season but early results did not go his way and he left the club for personal reasons . He returned to Scotland and joined the coaching staff of Celtic , working with the clubs youth teams . Greenock Morton . McInally moved back into management as he was appointed manager of Scottish Second Division side Greenock Morton . In the 2005–06 season , he led Morton to 2nd place in the Division after which they were subsequently denied promotion by losing to Peterhead in the play-offs . McInally stated his intention to win the Second Division in the 2006–07 season , with that objective met in mid April when nearest challengers Stirling Albion fell out of mathematical contention . He won the August 2006 Second Division Manager of the Month award , along the way . He resigned in February 2008 after a run of poor results allowed Morton to slip into ninth place in the First Division . East Stirlingshire . On 13 March 2008 , McInally was named the new manager of Third Division strugglers East Stirlingshire , succeeding Gordon Wylde who resigned a month earlier . McInally was named November 2008 Manager of the Month for the Third Division by the Scottish Football League . He then won the same award in February and September 2009 , but resigned in May 2011 after the club finished second bottom of the 2010–11 Scottish Third Division . Peterhead . McInally was appointed manager of Peterhead in October 2011 . He led the Blue Toon to its first trophy as a football league club by winning the Scottish League Two title in season 2013–14 . The club were relegated back to the fourth tier via the play-offs in season 2016–17 . McInally offered to resign after Peterhead failed to win promotion in 2017–18 , but the board of directors asked him to stay on . He then won the Scottish League Two title the next season , securing it on the last day . Career statistics . Managerial record . - Sligo Rovers statistics currently unavailable . Honours and awards . Player . - Nottingham Forest - Player of the Year 1984-85 - Dundee United - 1987 UEFA Cup Finalist - 1993–94 Scottish Cup winner - Hall of Fame 2015 inductee Manager . - Greenock Morton - Scottish Second Division : 2006–07 - Peterhead - Scottish League Two ( 2 ) : 2013–14 , 2018–19 External links . - FitbaStats - Celtic