Background
Bain grew up in Rutherglen, Scotland.
Bain grew up in Rutherglen, Scotland.
He is best remembered for his 22 years as player, manager and assistant manager at. In 2013, Bain placed fifth in a Football League 125th Anniversary poll of "s best ever captains and was inducted into the club"s Hall of Fame in May 2015. A full-back, his first club was local junior side Rutherglen Glencairn.
He moved on to Glasgow Strathclyde and off the back of his performances, earned a transfer to Division Two side Manchester United in October 1922.
He failed to make an appearance for the first team during the 1922-1923 and 1923-1924 seasons. lieutenant proved to be his only appearance of the campaign, meaning he missed out on a Division Two winners" medal.
Now back in Division One for the 1925-1926 season, Bain managed just two appearances and did not appear for the first team at all during the 1926-1927 season. His fourth and final appearance for the club came in a 3–0 defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 19 September 1927.
He left the club in July 1928 and joined newly formed Lancashire Combination side Manchester Central.
After a six-month spell, Bain joined Division Three South side in a £250 deal in late 1928. An immediate hit with the Bees, he was awarded the captaincy and helped the club to the 1932-1933 Division Three South title. He retired from playing in 1934.
He made over 200 appearances foreign
Bain became assistant manager to Harry Curtis at in 1934. After Curtis" departure in 1949, Bain served under Jackie Gibbons (1949–1952), Tommy Lawton (1953) and Bill Dodgin, Senior
(1953–1956). He retired from football at the end of the 1955-1956 season, receiving a Football League Long Service Medal for the contribution he made at Griffin Park.
He received a testimonial in 1956, in which drew 1–1 with an All-Star XI. With the club in Division Two, Bain was named manager in August 1952, succeeding Jackie Gibbons. He lasted until January 1953, before being replaced by player-manager Tommy Lawton.
Prior to the appointment and dismissal of Eddie May in 1997, Bain"s tenure was the shortest on record for a manager. Club Individual Hall of Fame.