12 Facts About Jimmy McMenemy

Jimmy McMenemy has been described by the club as "a true Celtic legend".

Jimmy McMenemy began his career playing for local Junior teams Cambuslang Hibernian and Rutherglen Glencairn, winning the Scottish Junior Cup and Glasgow Junior League double with the latter in 1902, alongside Alec Bennett.

Rangers built a strong team of their own which took the next three titles, but Jimmy McMenemy remained with Celtic while others were replaced.

In October 1913, Jimmy McMenemy suffered a broken collar bone during a match against Aberdeen.

Jimmy McMenemy won six Scottish Cup medals with the club, an equally impressive total considering the trophy was withheld in 1909 and five editions were not contested during the war.

Jimmy McMenemy made 515 appearances for Celtic in the League and Scottish Cup, scoring 166 goals.

Jimmy McMenemy is the club's oldest goalscorer and third-oldest player.

Jimmy McMenemy played on at Firhill for two more years, retiring in 1923.

Jimmy McMenemy played 12 times for the Scotland national team, scoring five goals, and represented the Scottish League XI 14 times, scoring twice.

Jimmy McMenemy came back to Partick Thistle as a coach, then in 1934 returned to Celtic as trainer assisting Willie Maley, helping players such as Jimmy Delaney and Willie Buchan to develop and taking charge of the squad which won the Empire Exhibition Trophy in 1938, having already secured that season's League title.

Joe Jimmy McMenemy is credited with saving the sister of Sean Fallon from drowning during a holiday in Sligo, after which the families became acquainted; Fallon would go on to serve Celtic as a player and coach for many years.

Lawrie Jimmy McMenemy, the former manager of Southampton and many other teams, is a distant relation of the family.