Wildling: My Autobiography

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After being given the caretaker manager role, [65] in his first match, he led Gretna 2008 in a 3–1 win against Edinburgh University in the first round of the Scottish Cup.

His father, who was 6ft 5in (196cm) with a temper, pulled him off the sofa, dragged him across the floor and jammed his son’s foot on top of a coffee table. Known for his crossing, technical ability and speed, he was a proven goalscorer at every level including League Cup goals against Premier League clubs Manchester City, Arsenal and Aston Villa. McIndoe, who spent his playing career in England with Bristol City, Coventry and Luton amongst others, replaces Alan Maybury at the cinch League 1 outfit. At the same time, it is difficult to think Gretna could appoint somebody with McIndoe’s background and not understand that there will be media outlets who want to cover the story. Perhaps the best place to start is by delving a little deeper into McIndoe’s background rather than focussing everything on the missing millions and the five-year period for which he will always be synonymous.McIndoe was appointed as Gretna’s sporting director in the summer and took over as manager last month after a dismal start to the season. Football gave McIndoe the opportunity to get out, even if his drinking and behaviour was so out of control at Luton Town, his first club, that he spent Millennium eve in the Priory hospital. I’d lost my job, my girlfriend, my driving licence and had huge gambling debts,” McIndoe said in an interview with The Times in 2005. McIndoe grew up in a culture of drugs and gang warfare that meant he was carrying a knife at the age of 12. He was brought up by his mother on The Calders in Edinburgh, a concrete estate of high-rise tower blocks that were put up in the 1970s.

I strongly believe that Michael can lead us into our next phase and help us achieve our goals in the future, making players better and bringing his knowledge and experience inside the club. City are without a win in the league this term with two points from their nine league matches to date. The Citizens parted company with former boss Alan Maybury last week following a dismal start to the season and have acted quickly in securing the services of the 43-year-old former Gretna 2008 head coach. On 15 September 2007 he scored his first goal for the Robins in an away match against Coventry City winning 3–0. Bristol City [ edit ] Michael McIndoe scores from a free-kick during 2nd leg of the play-off semi-final against Crystal Palace.

He has an extensive background in being part of some massive clubs in England as a player and has also proven that he can commit fully to guiding teams through transitioning and challenging periods as a manager, based on his impact at Gretna. But there are other reasons why there will always be a certain amount of notoriety attached to a man whose previous clubs include Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bristol City, Derby County and Coventry City. Then there is the story he tells about the time he went round to his father’s flat, where he would sometimes sleep on the floor, and was given an ultimatum.

It is a long list of players, including many former team-mates, who were reported to have been stung by the man who is now trying to reinvent himself as a first-time manager at Gretna 2008 FC in the fifth tier of Scottish football. All that can really be said for certain is that McIndoe remains one of football’s more controversial characters and, judging by the early evidence, it might be that he suits management more than his opponents would care to admit.Michael McIndoe’s playing career took in more than 500 matches with 10 English clubs before he decided, at the age of 31, that he wanted to find new adventures away from football. He played professional football for fifteen years at ten English football clubs, including Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bristol City and Barnsley. These were all above board, he insists, as they were all personal loans and 80 per cent were done through lawyers.

The team played in the Middlesex County League Central and East Division One and McIndoe played 12 games scoring 8 goals. On a 22 April 2007 Wolves played Birmingham City in the West Midlands derby, McIndoe scored two headers but then missed a penalty in the last minute for a hat-trick, losing 3–2. In the following 2002–03 season McIndoe made more appearances than any other player and was a key component in making club history, when Yeovil were crowned champions of the Nationwide Conference for the first time in 107 years. McIndoe's first season at Doncaster was very successful with the Rovers winning the Third Division (fourth tier) title. There is only one working turnstile among the whitewashed walls of Raydale Park, home of Gretna 2008 FC, and it is manned by the club’s chairman.McIndoe secured pre-season friendlies against Oldham Athletic, AFC Telford United and Hertford Town.