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A broken leg in the 1959-1960 season finished his playing career when he was only 22, and came just after he had been capped twice at senior level by the England team
A broken leg in the 1959-1960 season finished his playing career when he was only 22, and came just after he had been capped twice at senior level by the England team
He succeeded Matt Busby as manager of. As a player he captained Manchester, Lancashire and England at schoolboy level, and signed for in January 1953. He made his first team debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 8 October 1955, turning 18 later that month.
He was still a United player at the time of the Munich air disaster in 1958, but an injury had prevented him from playing so he was not on the plane that crashed.
McGuinness continued to be involved at after the end of his playing career, getting heavily involved in coaching, and in 1964, he replaced Jimmy Murphy as reserve team manager, as Murphy left that role after managing the reserve team to a sixth FA Youth Cup triumph. In 1969, McGuinness was promoted from reserve team manager to manager of the first team after Matt Busby retired as manager at the end of the 1968-1969 season.
Appointed as Busby"s successor in June 1969 at the age of 31, at a time when the side was in transition and Busby had moved upstairs to become general manager, McGuinness"s reign as manager was not as successful as United had hoped. McGuinness was sacked in December 1970, after a dramatic comeback which saw United draw 4–4 with Derby County in a league fixture at the Baseball Ground.
He returned to his old job as reserve team manager before leaving the club at the end of the season to become manager of Greek side Aris Thessaloniki.
Meanwhile, Busby was re-appointed as manager until the end of the season, following McGuinness" dismissal as first team manager, until Frank O"Farrell was named as "s new manager in June 1971. McGuinness later managed Aris Thessaloniki and York City. On arriving at York, he took over a side which had just recorded its highest-ever league finish, only to take them through two successive relegations before leaving midway through a season which ended with York having to apply for re-election to the Football League.
Later he worked as assistant manager at Hull City and was on the coaching staff at Bury F.C., taking over as interim manager prior to the appointment of Sam Ellis in 1989.
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