14 Facts About Steve McCall

Steve McCall began his career with Ipswich Town and quickly progressed to the first team under the management of Bobby Robson.

Steve McCall helped the club win the UEFA Cup in 1981, and he went on to win six England U21 caps during the next year.

Steve McCall left Portman Road in 1987, having made more than 300 appearances for the club, to join Sheffield Wednesday.

Steve McCall won the club's Player of the Year award in his first two full seasons at Home Park.

Steve McCall briefly managed the club in 1995 following the departure of Shilton and stayed on as a member of the playing squad when Neil Warnock was appointed.

Steve McCall then moved to Torquay United in 1996 as a player-coach for Kevin Hodges and returned to Home Park two years later with Hodges.

Steve McCall went into non-league football in 2000 with Workington, where he finished his playing career.

Steve McCall grabbed his opportunity in the 1st team, when George Burley was side-lined through injury for several months.

Steve McCall joined Ipswich in 1978 as an apprentice, being scouted from the north-west where Town legend Kevin Beattie was born, and went on to make 329 appearances for Town, standing as a club record of consecutive appearances until 2001, being beaten by the goalkeeper Richard Wright.

Steve McCall was named the club's player of the season two consecutive times, only the second player in Argyle's history to achieve such a title.

In 1995 Steve McCall enjoyed a short reign as Plymouth's caretaker manager before he was replaced by Neil Warnock.

The close season saw Plymouth's manager Mick Jones lose his job, and Hodges and Steve McCall took the position at their former club, in a reign that lasted a further two years.

Steve McCall appeared in the famous Jimmy Glass game against his hometown club Carlisle, in which the goalkeeper scored in the 94th minute to keep Carlisle United in the Football League.

In 2001, Steve McCall hooked up with his former teammate and close friend George Burley as a European scouting co-ordinator at Ipswich Town, and progressed through the ranks initially as a scout, and when Joe Royle took over, became the Reserve Team Manager and the First Team Coach.