Luigi "Lou" Macari (born June 7, 1949 in Edinburgh) to Italian immigrant parents was a Scottish footballer and football manager. June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic) is the second-largest city in Scotland and the countrys capital city. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Football Manager 2006 boxart This article is about a computer game. ...

Playing career

Lou was an attacking midfielder for Manchester United in the 1970's and early 1980's. He was bought from Celtic in 1973. His first game for the club came in January 1973 against West Ham. His shot deflected off team mate Jimmy Greenhoff to win the 1977 FA Cup final against Liverpool. He made 373 appearances for the club and scored 97 goals. In association football a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders. ... Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at Old Trafford Football Ground, Manchester. ... Celtic Football Club, more commonly referred to simply as Celtic (pronounced seltik), is based in the east end of the Scottish city of Glasgow. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... West Ham United Football Club are a professional English football club based in East London. ... Jimmy Greenhoff born June 19, 1946 in Barnsley was a English football player. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ... Liverpool Football Club (usually known simply as Liverpool) is an English football club that is based in Liverpool, Merseyside; current holders of the English FA Cup (2006), they are the most successful English football team of all time. ...

Management Career

After leaving United in 1984, he managed Swindon Town, West Ham, Stoke City (twice), Celtic, Birmingham City and Huddersfield Town. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Swindon Town Football Club are an English football team. ... West Ham United Football Club are a professional English football club based in East London. ... Stoke City Football Club (known as Stoke Football Club until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England (the other league club in the city being Port Vale F.C.). The club is reputedly the second-oldest football league club in the world, after Notts County F... Celtic Football Club, more commonly referred to simply as Celtic (pronounced seltik), is based in the east end of the Scottish city of Glasgow. ... Birmingham City Football Club are an English football club who currently play in the Football League Championship. ... Huddersfield Town Football Club are an English football club based in the town of Huddersfield in the county of Yorkshire. ...

His sons Michael Macari and Paul Macari have also played professionally with Stoke, when Lou was manager of the club. His youngest son Jonathan Macari committed suicide in 1999 after being released from his contract at Nottingham Forest. [1] Nottingham Forest Football Club are a third tier English football club, based at the City Ground, which is just outside the official boundary of Nottingham on the south side of the River Trent. ...

Up To Date Information

Lou currently resides in Stoke-on-Trent and works as a pundit for MUTV on several shows including a betting show called "Sing When Your Winning". He occasionally does punditry for Sky Sports and Setanta Sports. This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ... MUTV is a British subscription based television channel, operated by Manchester United F.C.. The channel offers Manchester United fans exclusive interviews with players and staff, full matches, including all Premier League games (not broadcast live), reserves games and classic matches plus footballing news and other themed programming. ... Sky Sports is a group of 6 channels - Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3, Sky Sports Xtra, Sky Sports News and Sky Sports HD - operated by British Sky Broadcasting, mainly for their Sky Digital platform. ... Setanta Sports is a name used by a number of pay-per-view and subscription TV channels operated by Setanta. ...

Added to this, Lou owns the legendary "Lou Macari Chip Shop" on Warwick Road (also known as Sir Matt Busby Way), near Old Trafford, Manchester, which is a popular takeaway on matchdays. Old Trafford Football Stadium (given the nickname The Theatre of Dreams by Bobby Charlton) is the home of Manchester United F.C. Located in the borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, it has been Uniteds home since 1910. ... Manchester is a city in the United Kingdom, famous for being the worlds first industrial city and considered by many to be UKs second city [1][2]. It is a centre of the arts, the media and big business. ...

External links

• Lou Macari managerial statistics at soccerbase.com