Managers Worked Under
(1) Bob Alexander **** (1945-74)
- President of Junior FA
- Approachable Character
- Very Strict
- If He Said Something - That Was Law
- Nobody Rubbed Him Up The Wrong Way
- Didn't Suffer Fools Gladly
- Good At Identifying What Player Would Suit Irvine Meadow
- He Knew Game Inside Out
(2) John Chryton **
- An Englishman
- Nice Man
- Reasonable Coach
- Wasn't At Meadow Long Enough To Assess Him In Detail
(3) Johnny McIntyre ****
- Brought To The Club As A Player By Bob Alexander
- Good, Good Player - Left Midfield
- History Tells You About Him As A Player
- Retired As A Player And Became Coach
- Quite Heavy Duty With His Words
- Good Coach
- Straight To The Point
- Quite Quick Tempered
(4) Davie Curlett **
- Ex-Kilmarnock
- Top Player At Killie
- Pedigree Well Known
- Good Coach
- Nice Rapport With Players
(5) John Donachie **
- Very Close Friend Of Sir Alex Ferguson
- Spell With St.Mirren
- A Nice Big Chap
- Tactically Quite Shrewd
(6) John Minford *** (1989-90)
- Played With Medda - Left Back From Hibs
- Played With Hibs For A Good Few Years
- Lived In Hurlford
- Funny Big Guy
- Took Training
- Pass Marks
(7) Johnny Boyd ****
- Great Player
- Right Or Left Half From Greenock Morton
- Was Captain For Morton
- Well, Well Known
- A Stalwart
- Smashing Guy
- First Class Coach
- Good Knowledge
- His Son Played For Medda For A Wee While
(8) Neilly Muggins ***
- Very Good Player With Irvine Meadow
- Nice Man
- First Class Player
- Fair Coach
- Good Servant
(9) Davie McIlroy **
- Played With Irvine Meadow Too
- Small Chap
- Outside Left
- Good Servant
- A Wee Character
- Got A Lot Out Of Him
- Used To Do Backflips When Celebrating Scoring A Goal But One Time Had To Get Stretchered Off After Doing His Back In
(10) Sanny McInespie *** (1982-84)
- Complicated Big Character
- Controversial
- Always Thought He Was Right
- Alright Coach
- Had To Be His Way Or Not At All
- Good Trainer
- Infamous One - Took Training One Saturday Morning At The Waterfront Before A Scottish Cup Tie At Arbroath, Training Went On & On And As A Result Nearly Missed Kick-Off - Players Had To Get Stripped In The Bus
(11) Allan Johnston **** (1986-89)
- Ace Player
- Different Class
- Between Three Of My Favourite Ever Irvine Meadow Players Along With Hugh O'Brien & Eric Morris
- Used To Drop Like A Bag Of Tatties And Could Win You Penalties All Night
- Good With The Players
(12) Willie Knox **** (1995-96)
- What A Lad
- Record Second To None
- Astonished He Came To Medda As He Was Auchinleck Talbot Through & Through
- Him And 'Bob Alexander' Were Similar
- Knew What Players Were Right For Irvine Meadow
- Wasn't Very Coach Oriented - Used To Say To The Team, You Know Who We Are Playing - Now Go Out There And Get Stuck In
- He Knew His Players Would Do The Business
- Reminded Me Of 'Colombo' - Used To Go Into All His Different Pockets To Try And Find The Teamsheets
(13) Davie McKellar ** (1996-97)
- Ex-Rangers Goalkeeper
- Delightful Big Chap
- No Airs Or Graces Of Who He Was
- Tactically Quite Astute
- Quite A Short Time At Meadow
(14) Milton Thompson *** (1985-86)
- Honest Chap
- When He Said Something About A Player He Meant It
- 110% Effort & Time For Irvine Meadow
- Very Dedicated
- Generous To Help The Team
- Good Coach
(15) Jim O'Donnell * (1993-95)
- Been Round The Block
- Knew The Game Well
- Rather Egotistical
- Wasn't Bad In Coaching Department
(16) Iain McQueen *** (1991-93)
- Heavy Duty
- Not A Slouch
- He Was Decent
- Good Talker
- Players Would Always Listen To Him
- Short Fuse
- Used To Kick Tables And Throw Things Around The Dressing Room
(17) Jack McCartney * (1997)
- Experienced
- Knew The Game Quite Well
- He Was The Boss Man
- All Revolved Around Him
- Not Easy To Get Along With
(18) Ward White *** (1997-2001)
- Ex-Celtic Man
- Lovely Chap
- Nice Guy
- Alright Coach
- Very Clever
- Had Always Said To Me That He Hoped Not To Be The First Meadow Manager To Be Relegated But Unfortunately That Did Indeed Happen
(19) Robert Reilly **** (2001-2003)
- A Star In His Own Galaxy
- Knows What He Is All About
- Top Notch
- Thought He Was Still Senior
- His Only Problem Was He Did Not Get On With People Too Well
- Only Meadow Manager To Move Dug-Outs - Moved 'Home' Dug-Out To Far Side Of Meadow Park (Winton Road Terracing)
(20) Ross Findlay *** (2003-05)
- Another Who I Was Surprised To See Come To Meadow As He Is Steeped In Talbot History - 'The Auld Enemy'
- Good With Players
- Quite Funny
- Friendly And Agreeable
- Good-Natured And Likable
- Quite Amiable
(21) Chris Strain **** (2005-2013)
- Another Who Played For The Meadow
- Not A Bad Coach
- Spoke A Lot Of Sense
- Not So Good At Man Management
- Nobody Has A Record Like Him
- Most Successful Manager In Irvine Meadow History
- Won A Lot Of Trophies At Meadow And Made History On A Few Occasions By Winning Evening Times Cup Winners Cup (First Ayrshire Side To Do So) & Defeating A Senior League Side (Arbroath) In The Senior Scottish Cup
- Strain - Number One IMO Due To Results And Number Of Trophies Won
Interview - Monday 17th February 2014