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Wilfred McGuinness |
| Birth |
25 October 1937 in Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire [registered in Manchester North, December 1937]. To Lawrence and May (née Cunnelly). Lived at 51 Westleigh Street in Moston, North Manchester. Attended Mount Carmel School, Blackley. |
| Marriage |
to Beryl Thorp [registered in Manchester, September 1961]. |
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Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &  |
| Biographies |
M anchester United: Man and Babe - WIlf McGuinness & Ivan Ponting (Know The Score Books, Studley October 2008) |
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x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
| Club Career |
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| Club(s) |
Was captain of the Manchester, Lancashire and England schoolboys before signing apprentice forms with Manchester United in June 1953, turning professional in November 1954.He went on to play 81 league matches, scoring twice. Broke his leg in a reserve match in 1959, an injury that forced his eventual retirement in December 1961. |
| Club honours |
FA Youth Cup winners 1953-54, 1954-55, 1955-56; Football League Champions 1955-56, 1956-57;FA Charity Shield winners 1956, 1957; |
| Individual honours |
None |
| Distinctions |
But for an injury, McGuinness would have been part of the Manchester United FC team that were involved in the Munich Air Disaster in February 1958. |
| Height/Weight |
5' 8", 10st. 10lbs [1959]. |
| Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
| Management Career |
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| Club(s) |
After retiring from playing at the tender age off 22, Manchester United FC kept McGuinness on their books, offering him coaching roles at Old Trafford. Firstly, as the Youth Team coach, was also part-time trainer of the England Youth Team between from 1963 until his appointment as Chief Coach in June 1969. He became United's team manager from August 1970, until dropping back down into coaching and managing the Reserve team from December 1970 until March 1971. After being unceremoniously dumped by the Old Trafford board, McGuinness joined Aris Salonika in the Greece Football League in July 1971 until 1973, whereupon he joined Panaraiki. He returned to England in late 1974 to scout for Everton FC, before becoming York City FC's manager from February 1975 until his sacking after several relegations in October 1977. Next stop, Hull City AFC as First Team Coach from July 1978 until December 1979. Bury FC employed him in various posts from August 1980, including Reserve Team Coach, Assistant Manager and Physiotherapist. |
| England Career |
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| Player number |
773rd player to appear for England. |
| Position(s) |
Left half |
| First match |
No. 326, 4 October 1958, Northern Ireland 3 England 3, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 20 years 344 days. |
| Last match |
No. 333, 24 May 1959, Mexico 2 England 1, a South American tour match at Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, substituted injured (29), aged 21 years 211 days. |
| Major tournaments |
British Championship 1958-59; |
| Team honours |
British Championship shared 1958-59; |
| Individual honours |
England U23 (four appearances, 1958-59), England Youth, England Schoolboy. |
| Distinctions |
None |
| Beyond England |
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| Held a variety of coaching posts between England and Greece . - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.163/64. |
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