Jackie Graham

John Joseph Graham (born 16 July 1946) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager who played as a central midfielder and inside left. He is best remembered for the decade he spent in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made over 400 appearances. Graham was voted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in December 2013.

Playing career

Morton Graham began his senior career in his native Scotland when he joined Scottish League First Division club Morton on 1 August 1964. He scored one goal in six league appearances for the club, before departing at the end of the 1965–66 season.

Dundee United Graham moved to fellow top-flight club Dundee United for a £15,000 fee on 20 August 1966. He failed to progress at Tannadice and made just 27 appearances over the course of three seasons, scoring 10 goals. He gained further experience on loan at United Soccer Association club Dallas Tornado during the 1967 season, for whom he scored four goals in 11 appearances. Graham departed Dundee United at the end of the 1968–69 season. He felt he was "getting mucked about quite a bit" by Guildford, after league clubs Wolverhampton Wanderers, Oxford United, Cardiff City, Coventry City and Leeds United all pulled out of deals to sign him, due to Guildford's fee demands. having gone behind the back of the Guildford City board to sign for the club. He was also named captain by Bill Dodgin,

Graham departed Brentford in 1980, after failing to see eye to eye with incoming manager Fred Callaghan. Graham was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in December 2013.

Non-League football Graham dropped back into non-League football to sign for Southern League Southern Division club Addlestone & Weybridge Town in 1980 and was named captain of the club. He held coaching positions at Staines Town, in Millwall's Centre of Excellence and at Combined Counties League club Cranleigh. Apart from a period living in a Brentford-owned house in Hounslow, Graham has lived in Guildford since 1969. As of September 2022, at age 76, he was still running his business. Fourth Division 42 6 5 1 1 0 48 7 1971–72 Fourth Division 45 7 2 0 1 0 48 7 1972–73 Third Division 31 6 1 0 2 0 34 6 1973–74 Fourth Division 31 2 1 0 0 0 32 2 1974–75 Fourth Division 43 4 2 1 1 0 46 5 1975–76 Fourth Division 38 5 4 0 3 0 45 5 1976–77 Fourth Division 42 4 2 0 2 0 46 4 1977–78 Fourth Division 36 2 2 0 2 0 40 2 1978–79 Third Division 35 1 1 0 2 0 38 1 1979–80 Third Division 31 1 1 0 0 0 32 1

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Honours Brentford Football League Fourth Division third-place promotion: 1971–72 Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1977–78

Individual Brentford Players' Player of the Year: 1971–72, 1976–77 Brentford Hall of Fame