Stewart Imlach

Position
Midfielder
Nationality
Place Of Birth
Lossiemouth
Date Of Birth
January 6, 1932
Date Of Death
October 3, 2001 (69)
Games Played
79
-
Per Game
Games Started
79
1.0
Per Game
Minutes
7110
90.0
Per Game
Goals
11
0.1
Per Game
Assists
0
0
Per Game
Notes
Stats
Matches
Transfers
Gallery
Internationals

A flying left winger who Billy Frith signed from Luton Town in October 1960 for £8,000. Stewart was a classy player who had starred in Nottingham Forest’s 1959 FA Cup winning team as well as represented Scotland in the 1958 World Cup finals, winning four caps for his country. After leaving Scotland as a youngster he played for Bury and Derby before joining Forest. Despite missing only one game in his eighteen months at Highfield Road he was sold to Crystal Palace by Jimmy Hill in July 1962, a decision which puzzled many fans. He later played non-league football for Dover and Chelmsford before moving into coaching with Notts County, Everton, Blackpool and Bury. His time with Everton was the longest spell, Imlach acting as first assistant trainer, then first team trainer for the Toffees between 1969 and 1976. He retired to Southport and died in 2001. His son Gary, the TV presenter, wrote a heart-warming biography of his father ‘My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes’ which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2006.

Penalties (2 - both scored)
1960-61
25 February 1961 v Brentford A, scored
1961-62
19 October 1961 v Brentford A, scored

Football League Third Division (England)
1961-1962
Coventry City
45
45
4050′
1
7 (1)
1960-1961
Coventry City
28
28
2520′
4 (1)
73
73
0
6570′
1
0
0
11 (2)
0
0
FA Cup (England)
1961-1962
Coventry City
2
2
180′
1960-1961
Coventry City
3
3
270′
5
5
0
450′
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
League Cup (England)
1961-1962
Coventry City
1
1
90′
1
1
0
90′
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
Totals:
79
79
0
7110′
1
0
0
11 (2)
0
0
Date
For
Against
H/A
Result
Football League Third Division 1961-1962
Football League Third Division 1961-1962
Coventry City
Halifax Town
A
W 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Hull City
H
L 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Bristol City
A
L 3:2
90`
Coventry City
Bristol City
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Northampton Town
A
L 4:1
90`
Coventry City
Port Vale
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Portsmouth
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Grimsby Town
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
A
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Watford
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
H
L 2:3
90`
Coventry City
Watford
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Barnsley
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Lincoln City
H
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Torquay United
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Peterborough United
A
W 2:3
90`
Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town
H
W 4:1
90`
Coventry City
Portsmouth
A
L 3:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Notts County
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Southend United
H
D 3:3
90`
1
Coventry City
Grimsby Town
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Newport County
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Reading
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Hull City
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Northampton Town
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
H
L 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
A
L 4:1
90`
Coventry City
Barnsley
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Lincoln City
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Bradford Park Avenue
H
W 3:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Torquay United
H
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Port Vale
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Brentford
H
W 2:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Peterborough United
H
L 1:3
90`
Coventry City
Brentford
A
L 2:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Notts County
H
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Halifax Town
H
W 3:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Southend United
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Swindon Town
A
D 3:3
90`
Coventry City
Newport County
H
W 3:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Swindon Town
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Reading
A
L 4:0
90`
FA Cup 1961-1962
FA Cup 1961-1962
Coventry City
King's Lynn
H
L 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Gillingham
H
W 2:0
90`
League Cup 1961-1962
League Cup 1961-1962
Coventry City
Workington
A
L 3:0
90`
Football League Third Division 1960-1961
Football League Third Division 1960-1961
Coventry City
Swindon Town
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Bristol City
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Watford
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Watford
A
L 7:2
90`
Coventry City
Tranmere Rovers
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Port Vale
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Halifax Town
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Port Vale
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Newport County
A
D 3:3
90`
1
Coventry City
Walsall
H
L 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Bury
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Chesterfield
H
W 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Brentford
A
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Torquay United
H
W 5:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Reading
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Hull City
H
W 4:0
90`
Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town
H
W 3:2
90`
Coventry City
Colchester United
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Notts County
A
L 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Notts County
H
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Barnsley
H
W 5:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Swindon Town
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Brentford
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Tranmere Rovers
H
W 4:1
90`
Coventry City
Halifax Town
A
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Walsall
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Bury
H
L 1:2
90`
FA Cup 1960-1961
FA Cup 1960-1961
Coventry City
Liverpool
A
L 3:2
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Worcester City
A
W 1:4
90`
Club Out
Club In
Transfer Date
Fee
Club Out / Club In
Transfer Date / Fee
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
Sun, 01 Jul, 1962
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
Sun, 01 Jul, 1962
Luton Town
Coventry City
Sat, 01 Oct, 1960
Luton Town
Coventry City
Sat, 01 Oct, 1960