Jimmy McStay

Career A full back (successfully converted from left half by manager Willie Maley), he joined Celtic 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 Scottish League XI match in 1926 and a Scottish Football Association summer tour of North America in 1927; however unlike Willie, Jimmy never gained a full international cap. Taking all cups into account he played in exactly 500 matches for Celtic,

In addition to Willie and Jimmy, another McStay brother, Francis, was also a footballer, played for Motherwell in the 1910s. Their great-great-nephews Paul and Willie and Raymond played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s (Paul also captaining Celtic and gaining 76 caps for Scotland).

Honours Player Celtic Scottish League: 1925–26 Scottish Cup: 1922-23, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1930–31, 1932–33 Glasgow Cup: 1927–28, 1930–31

Manager Alloa Athletic Scottish Division Two promotion : 1938–39

Celtic Glasgow Cup: 1940–41 Glasgow Charity Cup: 1942–43 Victory in Europe Cup: 1945

Hamilton Academical Lanarkshire Cup: 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%