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- Alan Bruce McInally (born 10 February 1963, Ayrshire) is a former professional footballer in Scotland, England and Germany. Since retiring from football, he is best known for his work at Sky Sports as a football analyst. McInally variously went by the nicknames of Rambo and Big Mac and he is the son of Jackie McInally, who played in Kilmarnock's title-winning side of 1965. He began his career with his local side Ayr United, making his debut in the 1980–81 season in the Scottish League Division One. His early style was as a bustling "up and at 'em" type centre forward, and during his time at Ayr, he had the more than respectable goal ratio of almost exactly one in three. A great season in 1983–84, when McInally got his best haul to date of 15 goals in 35 games, earned him a move to Glasgow giants Celtic in the Scottish Premier Division. Strangely, McInally had his best personal season here, while Ayr only survived relegation by one point. With Celtic, and now in the top flight after four seasons in the second tier, he was mainly used as a reserve, but was a respected member of the squad, weighing in with important goals when called upon. He also experienced European football for the first time with Celtic, and even then the continentals found the raw McInally's rough and tumble style hard to counter. Celtic won the Scottish Cup in 1985, but McInally wasn't involved on the day. He did play in the Scottish League Cup Final in 1986, but was on the losing side as Celtic lost against Rangers. He won his first medal in the 1985–86 season, when Celtic won the title on goal difference from Heart of Midlothian. Although he played only 16 games (with one goal scored), he was a valued member of the team, getting a more regular place the following season. McInally really came into his own in his third season at the club in 1986–87, scoring 15 goals in his 38 league games. This was his last season at the club, as the new manager Billy McNeil decided to make a clean sweep of the playing staff, and the three main strikers all went abroad - Mo Johnston to Nantes in France, Brian McClair to Manchester United and McInally followed him to England, ending up at Aston Villa, in the Second Division. In his first season at Villa, McInally helped them to get promoted back to the top flight, scoring four goals in his 26 league games as Villa finished second behind Millwall, and the next season they were among the favourites for an immediate return to the second tier. However, McInally, now used to the rigours of English football, took his game up a level as he added technical finesse to his tough style. He helped Villa survive by netting 14 league goals in his 33 games, scoring 23 goals in all competitions. It was this season that he also made his debut in the Scottish national team, in February 1989 in a World Cup qualifier against Cyprus as a substitute, which the Scots won 3-2. McInally's second cap - his full debut - against Chile in May 1989 resulted in his first goal (the Scots won 2-0) and also more importantly, he caught the eye of German giants Bayern Munich, who were sufficiently impressed by McInally's overall season to bid a record fee for them at the time of £1.2 Million to take McInally to the Bundesliga. The Bayern attack was revamped for this up coming 1989–90 season, with the Yugoslav Radmilo Mihajlović also bought in expensively as Bayern went to defend their Bundesliga crown and make headway in the European Cup. McInally - now nicknamed Big Mac by the Bayern fans - began well in the Bundesliga, proving a handful for the defences, but then the referees clamped down on his style and his disciplinary record suffered. He was a regular throughout this season, but halfway through, the Bayern management decided that this strikeforce was not what they wanted and began to look for replacements for McInally and Mihajlović. McInally was still playing well enough to warrant further selections with Scotland on their way to the 1990 FIFA World Cup Finals, playing against Yugoslavia and France. At the end of his first season, McInally helped Bayern to the league title, and scored ten goals in his 31 league games, a respectable tally in his first season abroad. He also helped Bayern to the semi finals of the European Cup, where they fell to AC Milan, despite McInally's goal in the second leg in Munich. A couple of McInally goals against Malta in a friendly in May 1990 effectively earned McInally a place in the Scotland squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup Finals in Italy. He started the first game against Costa Rica, which was a humiliating 1-0 defeat, McInally failing to make his height and power work against the Costa Rican defence during the 90 minutes. That was the end of McInally's international career. He didn't play in any more of the Scottish games in the World Cup (they went out in the first phase), and indeed never played for Scotland again, finishing with three goals in his eight caps. Back at Bayern Munich for the 1990–91 season, McInally was now deemed a reserve at Bayern (Mihailjovic had now been sold), but he was regularly given a run out in Europe, where he scored some goals in the early rounds of the European Cup. Bayern were willing to let him go, and Chelsea came in for him, but McInally turned them down, preferring to fight on in Munich. This season, he only played 7 goalless games in the league, and was unable to help Bayern to get past Red Star Belgrade in the European Cup semi final, despite a battering ram cameo performance in the first leg in Munich. This season was effectively McInally's last as a top level professional, as he began to succumb to injury. McInally only managed two league games for Bayern in the 1991/2 season, before suffering a long term knee injury. This injury ended his time with the German giants, who supported McInally until his contract ran out with them at the end of the 1992–93 season. On the expiry of this contract, and back to a semblance of fitness, McInally returned to Scotland in 1994 and signed for Kilmarnock, a club at which his father Jackie had become a hero by helping them to win the Scottish title in 1965. McInally managed to turn out for Kilmarnock eight times in the 1993–94 season, before calling it a day and retiring because of his knee injury. He currently works on Soccer Saturday as a pundit, alongside the likes of Phil Thompson and Jeff Stelling, and contributes to the BETDAQ Exchange Views blog. On 10 February 2007, Jeff Stelling revealed the middle name of Alan McInally, live on Soccer Saturday which prompted Alan to ring in during the commercial break (from home on his birthday) and jokingly vowed to get even with Jeff.
- Alan McInally ist ein ehemaliger schottischer Fußballspieler. McInally's Fußballer-Laufbahn begann bei Ayr United in der schottischen First Division (2. Liga). Von 1980 bis 1984 erzielte er 32 Tore in 93 Ligaspielen. Danach wechselte er zu Celtic Glasgow in die Scottish Premier League und traf in 66 Spielen 17 Mal. Ähnlich erfolgreich war er auch nach seinem Wechsel bei Aston Villa, wo er bis 1989 spielte. Durch eine starke Saisonleistung 1988 wurde der in die Schottische Nationalmannschaft berufen, für die er im Februar 1989 - im Rahmen der Weltmeisterschaft-Qualifikation - beim 3:2-Sieg gegen Zypern seinen Einstand gab. Er gehörte auch der Nationalmannschaft an, die bei der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1990 in Italien nicht nur überraschend 0:1 gegen Costa Rica verlor sondern auch in der Vorrunde ausschied. Am 29. Juli 1989 gab er in der Fußball-Bundesliga seinen Einstand, als ihm für den FC Bayern München beim 3:2-Heim-Sieg gleich zwei Tore gelangen. Die erste von drei Spielzeiten sollte seine erfolgreichste sein: An die 10 Tore in 31 Ligaspielen sollte er - verletzungsbedingt - weder anknüpfen noch die Deutsche Meisterschaft (1990) wiederholen können. Nach dem Weggang aus Deutschland und dem Auskurieren seiner Knie-Verletzung ließ er seine Karriere im Juni 1994 beim FC Kilmarnock ausklingen. Zwischenzeitlich war Alan McInally als Scout für Bayern München tätig. Heute arbeitet er als Sportkommentator für Sky.
- Alan McInally, né le 10 février 1963 à Ayrshire, est un ancien footballeur écossais, qui évoluait au poste d'attaquant à Aston Villa et en équipe d'Écosse. McInally a marqué trois buts lors de ses huit sélections avec l'équipe d'Écosse entre 1988 et 1990.
- Alan McInally eski bir futbol oyuncusu. 1980-1984 arası İskoçya Division 1'de Ayr United takımında oynadığı 92 maçta 31 gol attı. Celtic Glasgow'a transfer olduktan sonra 1984-1987 arasında İskoç Premier League'inde 66 maçta oynadı ve 17 gol attı. 1987-1989 yılları arasında Aston Villa'da oynadı. 1989'da Bayern München'e transfer oldu. 1992'ye kadar bu takımda kaldı. Bu takımdaki ilk döneminde 31 maçta 10 gol attı. Daha sonra Bayern München'de Scout olarak çalıştı. Günümüzde Sky televizyonu için spor yorumları yapmaktadır.
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