Career
Lumsden mostly played in the lower leagues of Scottish football, but has played for at First Division level He was appointed player/manager of in May 2012, after Paul Martin resigned due to health reasons. Lumsden left after the 2012-2013 season, as the club were relegated from the Second Division.
He was succeeded by his assistant James Ward.
On 1 July 2014 Lumsden became assistant manager to Allan Moore at Arbroath He became interim manager after Moore left the club in April 2015 and was appointed manager on a two-year deal on 30th April 2015. However, after less than a year with the side, Lumsden was sacked following a run of bad results.
Outside of football, Lumsden is the curriculum manager for sport at Cumbernauld College. As of 6 March 2016 statistics at Arbroath include initial spell as caretaker.