Chief Scout McCall Leaves Town - Ipswich Town News
TWTD understands that chief scout Steve McCall has left the club after 13 years on the staff.
The 53-year-old’s role is understood to have no longer been required with Mick McCarthy bringing in long-time associates Dave Bowman and Ian ‘Taff’ Evans from Wolves to take on scouting duties soon after he took over as boss.
McCall was a member of Sir Bobby Robson’s 1981 UEFA Cup-winning side, having come through the Blues’ youth set-up in the late seventies.
The versatile England U21 international joined Sheffield Wednesday in 1987 and also featured for hometown club Carlisle on loan, Plymouth (twice), Torquay and Workington in a long playing career. He was briefly manager of the Pilgrims and had spells coaching at Home Park and with Torquay.
Following a spell scouting part-time for the Blues in the South-West, McCall returned to Town on a full-time basis in the summer of 2001, initially taking on a role as scouting co-ordinator under his former team-mate George Burley’s management.
He subsequently worked in various coaching and scouting roles before being appointed chief scout by Jim Magilton in 2006.
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