Stuart McCall is a former professional football player and manager. Stuart accumulated an impressive 763 league appearances throughout his career. Now as a manager last in charge of Bradford City, Stuart has transferred his drive and ambition from his playing days into management.

Stuart came through the Bradford City youth system. In 1983 he made his first of 134 consecutive league appearances in midfield for Bradford City cementing his position in the team. In the 1984-85 season Stuart played an integral part in the team that won the Division Three championship an achievement overshadowed when 56 supporters died in the Bradford City stadium disaster on the final game of the season. Stuart formed a strong bond with the club, players and management helping them to stay in the second division for two seasons after the tragedy captaining the side at the age of 21.

Hungry for a higher level of football Stuart joined Everton in 1988 and spent three seasons there, playing 103 games in total and getting to an FA cup final against Liverpool in 1989. In 1991 Stuart moved to Rangers for £1.2 million. He enjoyed a huge amount of success at Ibrox. With an accolade of achievements including 6 League titles and five cup wins Stuart played his best football at Rangers where his strong desire to win proved invaluable to their campaign. For his contribution Stuart was inducted into the Rangers hall of fame in February 2008.

Stuart was also able to experience European success with Rangers narrowly missing out on an appearance in the UEFA champions League 1992/93 final. With a Scottish father Stuart chose to play for Scotland and featured in the Scottish U-21 side before making his senior debut in 1990, earning a total of 40 caps for Scotland.

In 1998 Stuart returned to Bradford City as club captain taking the team into the Premier League and winning the clubs player of the year award. As a surprise team to be promoted Bradford City were expected to struggle however their impressive home form kept them in the top division. In July 2002 Stuart joined Sheffield United at the age of 38 he was still playing an integral part of the teams campaign for promotion as well as leading the reserves to a league title as their coach.

At the beginning of the 2000-01 season whilst still playing for Bradford City Stuart experienced his first taste of football management, firstly as assistant manager to Chris Hutchings and then caretaker-player manager for two games. After retiring from playing football he stayed on at Sheffield United becoming assistant manager to Neil Warnock. He helped Neil mastermind Sheffield’s promotion to the Premier League in 2006 and received great praise from Neil for his emerging managerial talent.

After being linked with the role previously Stuart became full time manager of Bradford City in May 2007. Presented with a side in turmoil having experienced relegation into League Two and huge financial problems, Stuart led Bradford City to a respectable 10th position in his first season as manager. At the end of the 2010 season Stuart left Bradford by mutual consent, feeling that it was time for someone else to take over.

In 1998 Stuart wrote an autobiography relating to the ups and downs of being a professional footballer. He has built up his media profile with appearances on Sky Sports 'Soccer Saturday' and local radio stations. Stuart has gained invaluable experience at all levels of football, from the perspective of a player, coach and manager. His in-depth knowledge and understanding of the game makes him an ideal candidate for both management and punditry.