Jackie McNamara (born 24 October 1973) is a Scottish professional
football
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, and former
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,
manager
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and executive. He won 33 international caps playing for
Scotland
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, and filled a variety of defensive roles in his career.
McNamara began his playing career with
Dunfermline Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently compete in the after winning the 2022–23 Scottish League One title. Dunfermline play at ...
before joining
Celtic
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in 1995. During ten years at the club he won the
Scottish Premier League
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title four times and the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Scottish League Cup
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three times each. He then played in England with
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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before returning to Scotland, finishing his career with spells at
Aberdeen
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,
Falkirk
Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...
and
Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland and currently plays in the . Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not ...
.
In international football, McNamara played for Scotland at under-21 and B international levels, and made 33 full international appearances. He was a member of the Scotland squad that played at the
1998 FIFA World Cup
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.
McNamara moved into management with Partick Thistle in April 2011, before his appointment at
Dundee United
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in January 2013. He was sacked by Dundee United in September 2015, and two months later took over as manager of
York City
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. He then worked as chief executive at York City. He is currently working with Dunfermline Athletic as a consultant.
Early life
McNamara was born at
Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital
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in
Glasgow
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and is the son of Jackie McNamara Sr., a former professional footballer, and Linda Houston. He played youth football for Cumbernauld Colts and Falkirk-based Gairdoch United.
Club career
Dunfermline Athletic
McNamara joined
Dunfermline Athletic
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from Gairdoch United on 17 September 1991.
Celtic
McNamara moved to
Celtic
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for a £600,000 fee on 3 October 1995. He made an impressive start to his Celtic career, being named
PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year
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in 1996. McNamara won his first trophy with the club in the 1997–98 season when Celtic won the
Scottish Premier Division
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, preventing arch-rivals
Rangers
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from winning ten-in-a-row, which would have seen them eclipse Celtic's record of nine-in-a-row. He was recognised for his performances this season by his fellow players when being named the
PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year
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in 1998 and finished runner-up to
Craig Burley
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As a player he was a midfielder from 1989 until 2004, notably playing in the Premier League for ...
for the SFWA award. He featured regularly in the Celtic first eleven until the arrival of
Martin O'Neill
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Hampden Park
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. He was suspended for their 3–0 victory over
Kilmarnock
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SFWA Footballer of the Year
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in 2004, beating off competition from his teammates
Henrik Larsson
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and
Chris Sutton
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Sutton played from 1991 to 2007 for No ...
. The following year McNamara was named captain when
Paul Lambert
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Lambert played as a midfielder and won the Scottish Cup in 1987 with St Mirren as a 17-year-o ...
was injured. McNamara proved himself a consistent and reliable performer on the field, playing almost every game in the league in the 2004–05 season. To reward his loyalty to the club over a ten-year period, Celtic played a testimonial match against the
Republic of Ireland
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. At the end of the 2004–05 season
Martin O'Neill
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left as manager and Celtic brought in
Gordon Strachan
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as his replacement.
McNamara's contract was also due to expire at the end of the 2004–05 season. Strachan assured McNamara that he wanted him at the club but Celtic were slow to offer a new contract, waiting until the close season to do so. By that time McNamara had already accepted an offer from
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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as he had assumed Celtic no longer wanted his services. As he went on record saying he still wanted to play for the club, he was told he was still needed by the club by its manager, and he was offered the contract he wanted while still in a position to accept it, the incident has caused much speculation amongst supporters and the media as to who was to blame for his departure from Celtic. The club accused McNamara of being unreasonable and of moving for monetary reasons. They also blamed his agent for not encouraging negotiations and setting unhelpful deadlines.
McNamara had gone on record as saying he wanted to end his career with Celtic and seemed to be bemused when no new contract was forthcoming. After he had accepted the Wolves offer, McNamara felt that Celtic showed a lack of respect to him in their comments to the media and he accused them of harming his reputation for their own benefit. It also emerged that in his new contract at Wolves, he was earning the same wages as his previous contract with Celtic.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
McNamara agreed with manager
Glenn Hoddle
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He played as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, Monaco, Chelsea and ...
that he would join
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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in the summer of 2005 on a free transfer. After a promising start to his Wolves career, the player sustained a cruciate knee ligament injury in the home match with
Leicester City
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in September 2005. He came back in the penultimate game of the 2005–06 season at home to
Brighton & Hove Albion
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. McNamara was a regular fixture in the 2006–07 Wolves team who finished 5th in the
Football League Championship
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, reaching the
play-offs
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.
Aberdeen
McNamara joined
Aberdeen
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from Wolves on a two-year contract in May 2007, but he left
Pittodrie
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before the end of the season, with manager
Jimmy Calderwood
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citing "travelling and injuries" as the reasons for his departure. Three weeks later, it was revealed that McNamara would join
Falkirk
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Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...
McNamara signed a two-year contract at Falkirk in May 2008.
Partick Thistle
McNamara signed a one-month loan deal with
Partick Thistle
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in February 2010, making him available to debut the following day against Dundee if selected. The terms of the deal allowed it to be extended beyond its initial period, but McNamara suffered a leg break during a match against Ayr United, prematurely ending his 2009–10 season. McNamara subsequently signed a one-year contract with Thistle for the 2010–11 season, which then continued on a one-year rolling contract basis.
Greece
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on 13 December 1994, in a 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier. His first goal came in the reverse fixture, a 3–0 home win on 15 August 1995. McNamara finished his under-21 career with 12
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and one goal, earned between 1994 and 1996.
Senior
McNamara was capped once by the B team, in a 3–0 away defeat to Denmark on 23 April 1996, before making his debut for the senior team in a 2–0 away win over
Latvia
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1998 FIFA World Cup
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. He did not feature in the opening match, a 2–1 defeat against defending champions
Brazil
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in Paris. His introduction from the bench in Scotland's second match, against
Norway
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in Bordeaux, was seen as pivotal in wiping out a one-goal deficit. The game finished in a 1–1 draw, leaving Scotland with a chance of qualification to the knockout stages. Ultimately the efforts were futile as
Morocco
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were victorious in St Etienne with a 3–0 win in the final match and Norway managed to qualify from the group with a win against Brazil. McNamara earned 33 caps for Scotland between 1996 and 2005.
Managerial career
Partick Thistle
McNamara began his managerial career at Partick Thistle where he was appointed
caretaker manager
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on 15 April 2011, after Ian McCall left his job. He was then appointed manager on a one-year rolling contract a month later. Thistle performed well in his second season as manager, reaching the
Challenge Cup
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final and lying in second place in the
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in late January 2013. At this point he left Thistle to take the vacant position at SPL club
Dundee United
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. McNamara was replaced at Partick Thistle by
Alan Archibald
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, a former Thistle and Dundee United defender.
Dundee United
McNamara's first match in charge of his new club was a fifth round
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Rangers
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on 2 February 2013. United won 3–0, with Johnny Russell putting the home side ahead in the first minute of the match. The following week United defeated Hearts 3–1 in McNamara's first
Scottish Premier League
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match as manager of the side. It was the side's first league win at home since August 2012. On 24 February 2014, McNamara extended his contract with Dundee United until 2017.
McNamara's first full season at Tannadice saw United reach the
Scottish Cup Final
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, which his side lost 2–0 to
St Johnstone
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. The following season United lost the League Cup Final to Celtic, 2–0. The latter few months of that season also saw a sharp dip in United's form following the sale in January 2015 of
Gary Mackay-Steven
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Having not made the first team at English clubs Liverpool and Fulham, he began his professional career with Airdrie U ...
and
Stuart Armstrong
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Armstrong began his professional career ...
.
Reports following Dundee United's 2–1 defeat to
St Johnstone
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on 26 September 2015 suggested McNamara had been relieved of his duties, which was confirmed by the club two days later.
York City
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on 4 November 2015, and his first match in charge came three days later, with a 3–2 away defeat to
Accrington Stanley
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in the
FA Cup
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first round. In April 2016, York's relegation from the
Football League
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was confirmed by a 3–0 defeat against Accrington. In October 2016, a 6–1 defeat against the division's bottom club,
Guiseley
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, left York in 20th place in the
National League
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.
Following talks between McNamara and the club, York announced the manager would resign if they failed to gain a "positive result" in their next match, against
Braintree Town
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History
The club was formed on 24 September 1898 as Manor Works, the works team of the ...
. Following a 1–1 draw in that match, McNamara announced he would be stepping down, but had agreed to stay on as manager until a replacement was found. When Gary Mills was reappointed manager on 16 October 2016, McNamara took on the role of chief executive at the club. He left this position in March 2018.
Return to Dunfermline Athletic
In January 2019, McNamara returned to Scottish football as a consultant at previous club Dunfermline Athletic.
Personal life
McNamara co-wrote a television sitcom pilot with Scottish actor and comedy writer Fran Gilhooley called ''The Therapy Room'', starring Jackie's actor brother, Donny. The show is based around a young footballer who is catapulted from amateur football to the English top flight, and is partly based around McNamara's own experiences as a player and manager.
McNamara was taken to the intensive care unit of
Hull Royal Infirmary
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in February 2020, after he collapsed near his home in
York
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, having suffered a
brain hemorrhage
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. His condition was described at one point as "critical but stable", but after a few weeks of care he was able to return home.
Scottish League Cup
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UEFA Cup
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runner-up: 2002–03
Falkirk
*Scottish Cup runner-up: 2008–09
Individual
*
PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year
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: 1996
*
PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year
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: 1998
*
SFWA Footballer of the Year
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: 2004
Manager
Dundee United
*Scottish Cup runner-up: 2013–14
*Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2014–15
See also
*
List of Scotland national football team captains
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*
List of Scottish football families
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;Families included on the list must have:
# at least, one member of the family is capped by a national team on the senior level or an important person in the game of football (e.g., notable ...