Jimmy McKinnell Sr.

Last updated April 11, 2019

Jimmy McKinnell Sr. is best known for his lengthy service to Dumfries association football club, Queen of the South.

Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries is the traditional county town of the historic county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South. The nickname has also given name to the town's professional football club. People from Dumfries are known colloquially in the Scots language as Doonhamers.

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Queen of the South Football Club are a Scottish professional football club formed in March 1919 and located in Dumfries. The club currently plays in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. They are officially nicknamed The Doonhamers but are usually referred to as Queens or QoS. Their home ground since their formation has been Palmerston Park.

Biography

McKinnell was a member of the original board when Queen of the South F.C. were formed by the merger of local clubs in March 1919 with the intention of forming a Dumfries club to compete on a national rather than a local level. He became treasurer in 1922 and in 1938 became Secretary / Manager.

In his only full season competing as manager in the Scottish League he took them to a sixth-place finish in the top tier — bettered by the club only in 1934 and equaled only in 1956. Early in his second season, football competition was dissolved at a national level due to the outbreak of World War II.^[1]

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McKinnell retired in 1946 and was succeeded by his son, Jimmy McKinnell Jr. McKinnell senior was given a testimonial in 1947. He died in 1965 at the age of 93.^[1]

James McKinnell Jr. was long-time secretary and manager with Scottish Football League club Queen of the South from Dumfries.

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References

1 2 "Official Queen of the South Site". www.qosarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

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[qosaz-1] 1 2 "Official Queen of the South Site". www.qosarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2018.