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style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span></span></span></small></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Hugh Montgomery McIlvanney<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1934-02-02</span>)</span>2 February 1934<br /><a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock" title="Kilmarnock">Kilmarnock</a>, Ayrshire, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">24 January 2019<span style="display:none">(2019-01-24)</span> (aged 84)<br />London, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Sports_journalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports journalist">Sports journalist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Sarah Agnew Kenmuir</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1958, divorced)<wbr /></div><sup id="cite_ref-Haynes_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haynes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Sophie</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(divorced)<wbr /></div><sup id="cite_ref-Haynes_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haynes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Caroline North</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2014)<wbr /></div><sup id="cite_ref-Haynes_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haynes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Children</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/William_McIlvanney" title="William McIlvanney">William McIlvanney</a> (brother)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hugh McIlvanney</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span></span> (2 February 1934 – 24 January 2019) was a Scottish <a href="/wiki/Sports_journalism" title="Sports journalism">sports journalist</a> who had long stints with the British Sunday newspapers <i><a href="/wiki/The_Observer" title="The Observer">The Observer</a></i> (30 years until 1993) and then 23 years with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i> (1993–2016). After nearly six decades in the profession, he retired in March 2016 at the age of 82. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_McIlvanney&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McIlvanney was born on 2 February 1934 in <a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock" title="Kilmarnock">Kilmarnock</a>, Ayrshire, Scotland, to William and Helen McIlvanney (née Montgomery).<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_obituary_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had one sister and two brothers, including the <a href="/wiki/Novelist" title="Novelist">novelist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crime_fiction" title="Crime fiction">crime fiction</a> writer <a href="/wiki/William_McIlvanney" title="William McIlvanney">William McIlvanney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KA_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_obituary_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was educated at Hillhead Primary school then <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton_Academy" title="James Hamilton Academy">James Hamilton Academy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Herald_1999_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herald_1999-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He transferred across to <a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_Academy" title="Kilmarnock Academy">Kilmarnock Academy</a> for a session when his brother <a href="/wiki/William_McIlvanney" title="William McIlvanney">William</a> started there.<sup id="cite_ref-KA_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Journalism_career">Journalism career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_McIlvanney&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Journalism career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McIlvanney left school to work as a reporter at <i>The Kilmarnock Standard</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-KA_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KS_obituary_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KS_obituary-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He moved on to the <i>Scottish Daily Express</i>. In his mid-twenties, while he was working at <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scotsman" title="The Scotsman">The Scotsman</a></i>, he was persuaded to write about sport. He joined <i><a href="/wiki/The_Observer" title="The Observer">The Observer</a></i> in 1962 as an assistant sports editor and worked at the paper until 1993,<sup id="cite_ref-Observer_225_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Observer_225-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> interrupted when he took a news and features role in 1972–73 with the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Express" title="Daily Express">Daily Express</a></i>, before joining <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i> in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-philshaw_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-philshaw-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Giant_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Giant-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His column on the back page of <i>The Sunday Times</i> sports section ran until 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His writing has been described as striving for perfection – with much attention paid to the detail.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_obituary_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Herald_1999_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herald_1999-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Any expression of joy for the writing he submitted was deferred until he had seen what had actually been printed.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was not shy in offering his analysis of sports stars.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1974, immediately after <a href="/wiki/The_Rumble_in_the_Jungle" title="The Rumble in the Jungle">The Rumble in the Jungle</a>, he made an approach to <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a> and was granted a two-hour interview.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 1980 he reported from Los Angeles on the professional fight where <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Owen" title="Johnny Owen">Johnny Owen</a> was defeated and knocked unconscious.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i>The Football Men</i>, he examined the life and careers of three great modern Scottish football managers – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Busby" title="Matt Busby">Matt Busby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jock_Stein" title="Jock Stein">Jock Stein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Shankly" title="Bill Shankly">Bill Shankly</a> for the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> television programme <i><a href="/wiki/Arena_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arena (UK TV series)">Arena</a></i>. This used BBC archive footage, and aired in 1997 as a three-part series.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He retired at the age of 82, having said that the physical demands of the job had become too taxing.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_McIlvanney&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1996_Birthday_Honours" title="1996 Birthday Honours">1996 Birthday Honours</a>, McIlvanney was made an <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Order of the British Empire</a> (OBE) for services to Sports Journalism.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was given the Lifetime Achievement Award 2004 by the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Press_Awards" title="Scottish Press Awards">Scottish Press Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the only sports writer to be voted Journalist of the Year at the <a href="/wiki/British_Press_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="British Press Awards">British Press Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, he was included in the <a href="/wiki/Press_Gazette" title="Press Gazette">Press Gazette</a> Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-Giant_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Giant-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named British sports writer of the year seven times.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, the <a href="/wiki/Variety_Club_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Variety Club of Great Britain">Variety Club of Great Britain</a> and the <a href="/wiki/London_Press_Club" title="London Press Club">London Press Club</a> presented him with the Edgar Wallace Award for Fine Writing.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2008 he was voted into the <a href="/wiki/International_Boxing_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Boxing Hall of Fame">International Boxing Hall of Fame</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he was inducted in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-IBHoF_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBHoF-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009 he was bestowed with an honorary degree from Leicester's <a href="/wiki/De_Montfort_University" title="De Montfort University">De Montfort University</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011 he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Scottish Football Hall of Fame">Scottish Football Hall of Fame</a>, located at the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Museum" title="Scottish Football Museum">Scottish Football Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KS_obituary_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KS_obituary-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2017, the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Museum" title="National Football Museum">National Football Museum</a> inducted him into the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="English Football Hall of Fame">English Football Hall of Fame</a> – the first football writer to be honoured in this way.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/British_Sports_Book_Awards" title="British Sports Book Awards">British Sports Book Awards</a> he was named for an Outstanding Contribution to Sports Writing.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_McIlvanney&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He married three times and had one son, Conn, and a daughter, Elizabeth.<sup id="cite_ref-Herald_1999_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herald_1999-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first two marriages ended in divorce; his third marriage, to Caroline Joy North, lasted from 2014 until his death, on 24 January 2019, at his home in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_London" title="Richmond, London">Richmond</a>, London.<sup id="cite_ref-Haynes_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haynes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_obituary_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paying tribute to McIlvanney, <i>The Press and Journal</i> described him as "a giant with a genius for transforming sport into literature" and said his voice was "akin to Humphrey Bogart's in <i>The Big Sleep</i>; a gravelly drawl of dry-as-Nevada humour interspersed with a man's-gotta-do cynicism."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 January 2019 McIlvanney was featured on the BBC Radio 4 programme <i>Last Word</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_McIlvanney&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMcIlvanney1982" class="citation book cs1"><i>On Boxing</i>. Mainstream. 1982. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84018-005-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-84018-005-6"><bdi>1-84018-005-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=On+Boxing&rft.pub=Mainstream&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=1-84018-005-6&rft.aulast=McIlvanney&rft.aufirst=Hugh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+McIlvanney" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcIlvanney1994" class="citation book cs1"><i>On Football</i>. Mainstream. 1994. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84018-007-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-84018-007-2"><bdi>1-84018-007-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=On+Football&rft.pub=Mainstream&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=1-84018-007-2&rft.aulast=McIlvanney&rft.aufirst=Hugh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+McIlvanney" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcIlvanney1995" class="citation book cs1"><i>On Horseracing</i>. (co-written with <a href="/wiki/Peter_O%27Sullevan" title="Peter O'Sullevan">Peter O'Sullevan</a>). Mainstream. 1995. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84018-006-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-84018-006-4"><bdi>1-84018-006-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=On+Horseracing&rft.pub=Mainstream&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=1-84018-006-4&rft.aulast=McIlvanney&rft.aufirst=Hugh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+McIlvanney" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcIlvanney1999" class="citation book cs1"><span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/managingmylife00alex"><i>Managing My Life</i></a></span>. (co-written with <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ferguson" title="Alex Ferguson">Alex Ferguson</a>). Hodder. 1999. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-340-72856-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-340-72856-7"><bdi>978-0-340-72856-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Managing+My+Life&rft.pub=Hodder&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-0-340-72856-7&rft.aulast=McIlvanney&rft.aufirst=Hugh&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmanagingmylife00alex&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+McIlvanney" class="Z3988"></span><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_McIlvanney&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Haynes-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Haynes_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Haynes_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Haynes_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Haynes_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaynes2019" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Haynes, Richard (2019). "McIlvanney, Hugh Montgomery [Hughie] (1934–2019), sports journalist and broadcaster". <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> (online ed.). 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Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenda_Sempare" title="Brenda Sempare">Sempare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marieanne_Spacey" title="Marieanne Spacey">Spacey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Smith" title="Kelly Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Thomas" title="Carol Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Unitt" title="Rachel Unitt">Unitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Walker_(footballer)" title="Karen Walker (footballer)">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Whalley_(footballer)" title="Joan Whalley (footballer)">Whalley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faye_White" title="Faye White">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Yankey" title="Rachel Yankey">Yankey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center; background:white; color:#CE1124; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B0B3F, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B0B3F;;width:1%">Managers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Allison" title="Malcolm Allison">Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Busby" title="Matt Busby">Busby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Catterick" title="Harry Catterick">Catterick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Chapman" title="Herbert Chapman">Chapman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Clough" title="Brian Clough">Clough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Cullis" title="Stan Cullis">Cullis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Ferguson" title="Alex Ferguson">Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dario_Gradi" title="Dario Gradi">Gradi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Greenwood" title="Ron Greenwood">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Kendall" title="Howard Kendall">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertie_Mee" title="Bertie Mee">Mee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mercer" title="Joe Mercer">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nicholson_(footballer)" title="Bill Nicholson (footballer)">Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Paisley" title="Bob Paisley">Paisley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alf_Ramsey" title="Alf Ramsey">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Revie" title="Don Revie">Revie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Robson" title="Bobby Robson">Bo. 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Gallacher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Greig" title="John Greig">Greig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnstone" title="Jimmy Johnstone">J. Johnstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Law" title="Denis Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Mackay" title="Dave Mackay">Mackay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_McGrain" title="Danny McGrain">McGrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McGrory" title="Jimmy McGrory">McGrory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_McNeill" title="Billy McNeill">McNeill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Miller" title="Willie Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Murdoch" title="Bobby Murdoch">Murdoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Shankly" title="Bill Shankly">Shankly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Smith_(footballer,_born_1924)" title="Gordon Smith (footballer, born 1924)">G. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Souness" title="Graeme Souness">Souness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jock_Stein" title="Jock Stein">J. Stein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Woodburn" title="Willie Woodburn">Woodburn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Campbell_(footballer)" title="Charles Campbell (footballer)">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_James_(footballer)" title="Alex James (footballer)">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Jordan" title="Joe Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Lennox" title="Bobby Lennox">Lennox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McLean" title="Jim McLean">J. McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_McLeish" title="Alex McLeish">McLeish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Morton" title="Alan Morton">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrie_Reilly" title="Lawrie Reilly">L. Reilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Waddell" title="Willie Waddell">Waddell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_White_(footballer,_born_1937)" title="John White (footballer, born 1937)">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Young_(Scottish_footballer)" title="George Young (Scottish footballer)">Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Davie_Cooper" title="Davie Cooper">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Gemmell" title="Tommy Gemmell">Gemmell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Gough" title="Richard Gough">Gough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Henderson" title="Willie Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Jardine" title="Sandy Jardine">Jardine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrik_Larsson" title="Henrik Larsson">Larsson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Laudrup" title="Brian Laudrup">Laudrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Ormond" title="Willie Ormond">Ormond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Robertson_(footballer,_born_1953)" title="John Robertson (footballer, born 1953)">J. Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Steel" title="Billy Steel">Steel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Walker_(footballer,_born_1915)" title="Tommy Walker (footballer, born 1915)">T. Walker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Bauld" title="Willie Bauld">Bauld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Caldow" title="Eric Caldow">Caldow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Cowan_(footballer)" title="Jimmy Cowan (footballer)">Cowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Hansen" title="Alan Hansen">Hansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ally_McCoist" title="Ally McCoist">McCoist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Reilly" title="Rose Reilly">R. Reilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Smith" title="Walter Smith">W. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Strachan" title="Gordon Strachan">Strachan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Turnbull" title="Eddie Turnbull">Turnbull</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Evans_(footballer)" title="Bobby Evans (footballer)">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Gemmill" title="Archie Gemmill">Gemmill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Johnstone" title="Derek Johnstone">D. Johnstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Leighton" title="Jim Leighton">Leighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Liddell" title="Billy Liddell">Liddell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_St_John" title="Ian St John">St John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Struth" title="Bill Struth">Struth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thomson_(footballer,_born_1909)" title="John Thomson (footballer, born 1909)">Thomson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Archibald" title="Steve Archibald">Archibald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertie_Auld" title="Bertie Auld">Auld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Delaney" title="Jimmy Delaney">Delaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Gilzean" title="Alan Gilzean">Gilzean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mo_Johnston" title="Mo Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Lambert" title="Paul Lambert">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Maley" title="Willie Maley">Maley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Meiklejohn" title="David Meiklejohn">Meiklejohn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Brown_(footballer,_born_1940)" title="Craig Brown (footballer, born 1940)">C. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Goram" title="Andy Goram">Goram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Johnstone" title="Bobby Johnstone">B. Johnstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McStay" title="Paul McStay">McStay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Narey" title="David Narey">Narey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Wharton" title="Tiny Wharton">Wharton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2011</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Butcher" title="Terry Butcher">Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Crerand" title="Pat Crerand">Crerand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Smyth_McColl" title="Robert Smyth McColl">McColl</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">McIlvanney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Simpson" title="Ronnie Simpson">Simpson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2012</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McLintock" title="Frank McLintock">McLintock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_McPhail" title="Bob McPhail">McPhail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_McQueen" title="Gordon McQueen">McQueen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Stanton" title="Pat Stanton">Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Watson_(footballer,_born_1856)" title="Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856)">Watson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2013</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Buchan" title="Martin Buchan">Buchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Docherty" title="Tommy Docherty">Docherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gray_(footballer,_born_1948)" title="Eddie Gray (footballer, born 1948)">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Rough" title="Alan Rough">Rough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scot_Symon" title="Scot Symon">Symon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Walker_(footballer,_born_1879)" title="Bobby Walker (footballer, born 1879)">R. Walker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Brown_(footballer,_born_1931)" title="Bill Brown (footballer, born 1931)">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Lorimer" title="Peter Lorimer">Lorimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCrae%27s_Battalion" title="McCrae's Battalion">McCrae's Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Nicholas" title="Charlie Nicholas">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davie_Wilson" title="Davie Wilson">Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Brown_(footballer,_born_1923)" title="Bobby Brown (footballer, born 1923)">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Graham" title="George Graham">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Hillis" title="Stewart Hillis">Hillis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ally_MacLeod" title="Ally MacLeod">MacLeod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Malpas" title="Maurice Malpas">Malpas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Chalmers" title="Stevie Chalmers">Chalmers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_McAllister" title="Gary McAllister">McAllister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Smith_(footballer,_born_1939)" title="Alex Smith (footballer, born 1939)">A. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jock_Wallace_Jr." title="Jock Wallace Jr.">J. Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wark" title="John Wark">Wark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Clark_(footballer,_born_1941)" title="John Clark (footballer, born 1941)">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Craig_(Scottish_footballer)" title="Jim Craig (Scottish footballer)">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisbon_Lions" title="Lisbon Lions">Lisbon Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Macpherson" title="Archie Macpherson">Macpherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McGovern_(footballer)" title="John McGovern (footballer)">McGovern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_McGraw" title="Allan McGraw">McGraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Park_F.C." title="Queen's Park F.C.">Queen's Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wallace" title="Willie Wallace">W. Wallace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Aitken" title="Roy Aitken">Aitken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Fleeting" title="Julie Fleeting">Fleeting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Knox" title="Archie Knox">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_McMillan_(footballer)" title="Ian McMillan (footballer)">McMillan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C1C8C;color:white;;width:1%">2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patsy_Gallacher" title="Patsy Gallacher">P. 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