13 Facts About Jim McCalliog

James McCalliog was born on 23 September 1946 and is a Scottish former football player and coach.

Jim McCalliog played in the Football League for Chelsea, Sheffield Wednesday, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester United, Southampton and Lincoln City, as well as in the United States with Chicago Sting and in Norway with Lyn.

Ten years later, he played for Southampton in their 1976 FA Cup Final win against his former club Manchester United; Jim McCalliog provided the assist for Bobby Stokes to score the only goal.

Jim McCalliog won ten caps for Scotland between 1967 and 1971.

Jim McCalliog was selected to play for Glasgow Schools, before signing as an amateur with Leeds United in May 1963.

Jim McCalliog played in the club's run to the 1972 UEFA Cup Final, scoring a vital away goal against Juventus en route.

Jim McCalliog made his Southampton debut away to Oldham on 15 February 1975 and appeared 14 times that season.

Jim McCalliog gained the first winners' medal of his career as he supplied the through-ball for Bobby Stokes to hit the winner against favourites Manchester United.

Jim McCalliog moved to the United States to ply his trade with the Chicago Sting, before a brief spell as player-coach with SFK Lyn in Norway.

Jim McCalliog returned to Britain in September 1978, as a player-coach at Lincoln City but soon fell out with manager Colin Murphy and his contract was paid up early in 1979.

Jim McCalliog has not held a senior position in football since.

Jim McCalliog played in five games during a 1967 overseas tour that the Scottish Football Association decided in October 2021 to reclassify as full internationals, which increased his cap tally from five to ten.

Jim McCalliog later took over a pub in Fenwick, Ayrshire, close to his native Glasgow but left this establishment around 2010 and now runs a bed and breakfast in Fenwick, Ayrshire with his present wife Debbie.