Frank McLintock

Frank McLintock is a Scottish football speaker and player who, after spending twenty years as a player, retired to become a manager and sports speaker.

Frank began his career in Scottish Junior football when he began playing for Shawfield. He eventually earned a professional contract with Leicester City, seeing his breakthrough into First Division football in 1956. With Leicester, he played in two FA Cup Finals before being sold to the esteemed Arsenal football club in 1964. He predominantly found success as a centre-half player and was later promoted to the captain of the team. Whilst acting as the team captain Frank led Arsenal to their very first European trophy, which was the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup during 1970. In June of 1973, Frank was sold to Queens Park Rangers, where he helped them finish as runners-up in the First-Division. Shortly after being signed to the club Frank announced that he was going to retire from football, retiring in May 1977.

McLintock has played for some of the biggest and most popular teams in the UK. McLintock returned to Leicester City after his retirement in 1977 when he was appointed as manager of the team. He made a number of crucial changes whilst he was the manager of the team before he resigned in 1978. After resigning Frank acted as a pundit for the BBC for a short time, but then decided to take up coaching responsibilities again. Joining the Queen Park Rangers once again he became the youth team coach in 1982.

Two years later in 1984, Frank was appointed as manager at Brentford Football club, going on to take the club to the final of the Football League Trophy before he resigned in 1987. After that Frank went on to work as an assistant manager at the Millwall Football club until 1990, helping the team earn promotion.

In more recent years McLintock has established himself as an incredibly successful football after-dinner speaker. Complimenting this change in career direction, McLintock also became a sports speaker, pundit and commentator for British and International media when he began working for BBC Radio and later Sky Sports.

Always popular with fans Frank McLintock often draws impressive crowds to his football speaker presentations. His experience of working on both sides of the changing room have given him a unique insight into the world of professional football whilst the longevity of his career has provided him with a number of excellent stories, anecdotes and cautionary tales to share. McLintock’s popularity was further confirmed in 2009 when he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame.