Stuart McManus

Stuart Joseph McManus (born 19 March 1965) is a Scottish retired footballer who played as a forward for Southampton and Newport County, before a long career in Sweden and Norway, which ended with him playing as a goalkeeper in the lower levels of Swedish football.

He is the father of Swedish curler Sara McManus.

Playing career England and Wales McManus was born in Falkirk, Scotland but moved to the south-east of England as a child, where he represented Surrey Schools. He was an associate schoolboy with Tottenham Hotspur but failed to make the grade at White Hart Lane.

In August 1983, he was studying for a Diploma in PE in Farnham, and joined Southampton on a non-contract basis. He made his debut for the reserves on 27 August 1983, scoring in each of the first two matches of the season; in his three years at The Dell he made 71 reserve team appearances, scoring 28 goals. In July 1984, he signed a professional contract and was loaned to Newport County in August and September 1985, where he played five matches without scoring. As Rosenborg also won the Norwegian Premier League title, Lillestrøm qualified for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup. McManus scored for Lillestrøm in the Qualifying Round against Estonian side Nikol Tallinn, but Lillestrom were eliminated in the First Round by Torino.

After a brief time at Moss, he returned to Örgryte for a third spell, which lasted until 2003, when he joined Ljusne. In 2003, McManus was involved in two incidents with referees: having already been banned for five matches for assaulting a referee on 22 June,

In 2010, he played a few matches as a goalkeeper for Hagaström.

Honours Lillestrøm Norwegian Football Cup runners-up: 1992