Bob McKinlay

Robert " Bob" McKinlay ( born October 10, 1932 in Lochgelly, † August 2002) was a Scottish football player.

Career

Bob McKinlay began his career with the Scottish amateur club Bowhill Rovers and joined in 1951 the English club Nottingham Forest at who had just been promoted to the Football League Second Division. Under head coach Billy Walker the defender spent the next six seasons with Forest in the then second division. In the season 1956/57, succeeded as runners-up promotion to the Football League First Division. The following season was completed on the tenth final rank and the relegation ensured. Even in the following year took McKinley with the club a safe midfield and was able to rank in the FA Cup, the most important English cup competition, have a success. After he was in competition with the team entered the third round, rounds Tooting & Mitcham United and Grimsby Town were defeated in the next two. The first two games against the fifth round opponents Birmingham City both ended with a 1-1 draw. Finally, the Reds decided the decisive third match 5-0 for itself. After two more wins, the team qualified for the final of the cup competition. With a 2-1 win against Luton Town, the trophy was won.

He took the 1961/62 season with the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup for the first time in club history with Forest in a European cup competition part, but failed in the first round against the eventual winners FC Valencia. The second part 1967/68 ended with a retirement in the second round against FC Zurich at an early stage. His biggest success in the English Championship succeeded with the club in the season 1966/67, when it was finished in second place behind Manchester United. In 1969 he returned to his home and was then active for the Scottish club Albion Rovers.

With a total of 685 official matches inserts for Nottingham Forest, of which 614 in league matches, Kinlay is managed as a record player of the club. In memory he remained primarily by its stable and described as "elegant" performances in central defense, where specifically the effective interaction with the Welsh Terry Hennessey was highlighted. Kinlay was considered a " gentleman " on the court and rarely missed a game. In August 2002, he died at the age of 69 years.