Malcolm Manley was a cultured Scottish footballer (soccer player) whose career was cruelly cut short by a crippling knee injury. Born in

Johnstone Johnstone ( sco, Johnstoun,
gd, Baile Iain) is a town ...

on 1 December 1949 Manley gained Schoolboy international honours for Scotland before joining his hometown club

Johnstone Burgh Johnstone Burgh Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and play in . History The club were formed in 1956, in response to an article in the "Johnstone & Linwood Gazette" newspaper from a journalist that ...

. Here he quickly caught the eye of scouts south of the border and he signed for

Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Leicester in the East Midlands of England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home m ...

in January 1967. The highlights of his time at

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included being substitute in the 1969 FA Cup final side and a 1971 Second division Championship winners Medal. He also played as a substitute when Leicester won the

1971 FA Charity Shield The 1971 FA Charity Shield was a football match between Leicester City and Liverpool at Filbert Street on Saturday 7 August 1971. Arsenal won the double in 1970–71 but were unable to take part in the Charity Shield because they had contracted ...

. In December 1973, Manley signed for

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with funds made available by ambitious new chairman John Deacon. Manager John Mortimore planned a rock-like central partnership between the Scotsman and fellow new signing

Paul Went Paul Went (12 October 1949 – 4 January 2017) was an English footballer who played professionally for five clubs over a fifteen-year period. He was one of that generation who bridged the gap between terminological eras, beginning his career as a ...

which briefly materialisedShort but effective partnership with Went
before he severed a cartilage in only his 11th game for the

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club, never to play professionally again.

Death

Manley died on 16 August 2020, aged 70.

Notes

1949 births Footballers from Johnstone Leicester City F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players 2020 deaths Johnstone Burgh F.C. players South Melbourne FC players English Football League players Men's association football central defenders Scotland men's youth international footballers Scottish men's footballers {{Scotland-footy-defender-1940s-stub