Arthur McInally

Centre half Arthur McInally began his senior career at Celtic but played just once for them on a win at Motherwell in December 1917.

After a season with St Mirren and a short period at neighbouring Abercorn he joined Dunfermline in January 1920.

That was in the club’s two year sojourn in the Central League and Arthur, noted as a player of exceptional ability with wonderful ball control, wasn’t out of place alongside Andy Wilson. Together they helped the Pars lift the Fife Cup that season beating Cowdenbeath 3-1 in front of a record crowd of 10,505 at East End Park.

In 1921 the Second Division was re-instated and Arthur spent a year with Armadale before signing for newly promoted Alloa. He made 33 appearances in the top flight but following Alloa’s relegation he became involved in a transfer dispute between Clyde whom he wanted to join and Hamilton who had obtained his registration from Alloa.

Though he had done nothing wrong, Arthur was effectively suspended by the SFL and was finally permitted to join Clyde on loan in February 1924.

He spent the next season at Second Division, St Bernard’s before retiring to become a referee.

His younger brother Tom McInally is something of a Celtic legend having scored 127 goals in 213 appearances in two separate spells and was capped twice for Scotland in 1926.