Isaac McDowell

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Isaac McDowell
Personal information
Full name Isaac McCandlish McDowell
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Inside-right
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Dunoon Athletic
Glasgow Perthshire
Airdrieonians
Dumbarton
King's Park
1938–1940 Cowdenbeath
1944–1946 Port Vale 0 (0)
1946–1947 Cowdenbeath
1947–1948 Coleraine
1948–1951 Linfield
1951–1953 Ards
Linfield
Managerial career
1951–1953 Ards
1960–1962 Linfield
1962–1964 Glentoran
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Isaac McCandlish McDowell was a Scottish footballer and football manager who played as an inside-right for Dunoon Athletic, Glasgow Perthshire, Airdrieonians, Dumbarton, King's Park, Cowdenbeath, Port Vale, Coleraine, Linfield, and Ards. He later managed Ards, Linfield and Glentoran.

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Playing career

McDowell played for Dunoon Athletic, Glasgow Perthshire, Airdrieonians, Dumbarton, King's Park, and Cowdenbeath, before he joined English club Port Vale – initially as a guest player during World War II – in October 1944. [1] He made his debut in a 4–1 defeat to Leicester City at Filbert Street in a Football League North match on 21 October. [1] He became a regular in the first-team, and scored eight goals in 36 wartime matches and three goals in four FA Cup games, before he departed in January 1946 after being "directed to undertake essential work in Scotland". [1]

Management career

McDowell managed Ards from 1951 to 1953. [2] He managed Linfield from 1960 to 1962. He led the club to seven trophies in the 1961–62 season: the Irish League championship, Irish Cup, County Antrim Shield, Gold Cup, City Cup, Ulster Cup, and the North-South Cup. [3] [4] They could have won an eighth trophy, but failed to win the Irish Intermediate Cup. [3] They had finished level on points with Portadown in the league, but beat Portadown 3–1 in a play-off match to claim the title. [5] Forward Bobby Braithwaite later recalled that "Isaac McDowell kept us focused on each game and I recall that it was only after Portadown drew with the Glens [Glentoran] to set up a play-off match for the title that we realised what we could possibly achieve". [6] They won the County Antrim Shield by beating Glentoran 5–0 in the final. [7] McDowell went on to manage Glentoran from 1962 to 1964. [8] In December 2006, the Belfast Telegraph reported that he died in South Africa "a few years ago". [9]

Career statistics

Source: [10]

ClubSeasonDivisionLeague FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 1945–46 –004343

Honours

Linfield [3]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Irish League Footballing Greats: Ards FC". irishleaguegreats.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Beyond Trebles". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 15 January 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Linfield legend Dickson has died". BBC. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Northern Ireland – final League Tables 1890–1998". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lest we forget the legends" (PDF). Linfield F.C. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Northern Ireland – List of County Antrim Shield Winners". RSSSF . Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Managers | Glentoran FC". www.glentoran.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  9. ↑ Brodie, Malcolm (20 December 2006). "Down Memory Lane: The day local football was shamed – BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Isaac McDowell at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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