James McStay (1 April 1895 – 31 December 1973) was a Scottish

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player and

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. He spent most of his career at

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, and was a captain and manager for the club.

Career

A full back (successfully converted from

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by manager Willie Maley), he joined

in 1920 and took over the club captaincy from his elder brother Willie McStay in 1929. The siblings played together 246 times for Celtic as well in as one

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match in 1926 and a

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summer tour of North America in 1927; however unlike Willie, Jimmy never gained a full international

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. Taking all cups into account he played in exactly 500 matches for Celtic, ranking 14th on the club's all-time list and making the most appearances overall for the ''Hoops'' without being selected for his country ( Charlie Shaw holds the unwanted record in terms of

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matches). McStay managed Celtic between 9 February 1940 and 23 July 1945 but this coincided with the suspension of the League and

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prior to his appointment at Celtic, and afterwards took charge of

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(where he had also finished his playing career, appearing for ''Accies'' in the 1935 Scottish Cup Final aged 40). In addition to Willie and Jimmy, another McStay brother,

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, was also a footballer, played for

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in the 1910s. Their great-great-nephews

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and

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and

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played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s (Paul also captaining Celtic and gaining 76 caps for Scotland).

Honours

Player

CelticCeltic player James McStay
FitbaStats *

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: 1925–26 *

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1922-23, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1930–31, 1932–33 *

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: 1927–28, 1930–31

Manager

Alloa Athletic *

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promotion : 1938–39 Celtic *

: 1940–41 * Glasgow Charity Cup: 1942–43 * Victory in Europe Cup: 1945 Hamilton Academical *

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: 1951–52

Managerial statistics

*Does not include wartime matches with Alloa; P20, W10, D2, L8, WP50% *No competitive games played during his time at Celtic; wartime totals P220, W112, D38, L70, WP50.9% *Does not include wartime matches with Hamilton; P11, W2, D2, L7, WP18.1% *Wartime grand total: P251, W124, D42, L85, WP49.4%

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