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2 unusual facts about Jim McLean


Eddie Thompson

He was appointed the club's honorary business consultant but subsequently became estranged from the club's management after falling out with manager and chairman Jim McLean.

Jim McLean

At the same time as the club was enjoying a high standing Scottish football, McLean was gradually building the club's reputation in Europe, with wins over sides like AS Monaco, Borussia Mönchengladbach, PSV Eindhoven, Anderlecht and Werder Bremen.


David Narey

David Narey, MBE (born 12 June 1956 in Dundee) is a former Scottish international footballer, who spent 21 years with Dundee United, coinciding with United's most successful era, under the management of Jim McLean.

Golf instruction

Some top instructors who work with professional golfers have become quite well known in their own right over the years, including Harvey Penick, Jack Grout, Dick Harmon, Jim McLean, David Leadbetter, Butch Harmon, Hank Haney, Chip Thomson, Richard Trammel, Ben Doyle, Mike Bender Sean Foley, John Marshall, Mike Bennett and Andy Plummer.

Joe Gilroy

Gilroy then joined Clyde managed by John Prentice, playing with Jim McLean, Harry Hood and Davie White, and 44 goals in 106 games saw him sign for Fulham where he joined Johnny Haynes, George Cohen and Allan Clark.


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Enrique Bertolino

In 1937, he won an exhibition match against Byron Nelson in Buenos Aires, and in 1939, along with Juan Martinez, won an exhibition match in Scotland against Jimmy Adams and Jim McLean 3-0, one foursomes match and two individual matches.

Smile In Your Sleep

"Smile In Your Sleep", sometimes known as "Hush, Hush, Time To Be Sleeping" (Scots: "Hush, Hush, Time Tae Be Sleepin") is a Scottish folk song and lullaby written by Jim McLean and set to the tune of the Gaelic air, "Chi Mi Na Morbheanna" (literally "I will see the great mountains", or "The Mist Covered Mountain").