Lawrence McMenemy[1] MBE (born 26 July 1936) is an English retired football coach, best known for his spell as manager of Southampton.
In 1964, McMenemy was appointed manager of non-league Bishop Auckland and transformed them from a struggling side into Northern League champions and also took them to the second round of the FA Cup.
[4] McMenemy then moved to Sheffield Wednesday where he spent two years as a coach before he got his big break as manager of Doncaster Rovers where he remained until May 1971, winning the Fourth Division Championship in 1968–69.
[9] The only goal of the game was scored by Bobby Stokes with just seven minutes to go, and captain Peter Rodrigues received the FA Cup from the Queen.
[10][11] They were the second club in four seasons to win the FA Cup from outside the First Division of English football after Sunderland in 1973 and only one more side from outside the top flight (West Ham United in 1980) has won the trophy.
[14] McMenemy had signed veteran World Cup winner Alan Ball to aid his side, later adding serving England captain Kevin Keegan when he returned from Germany in 1980.
Keegan was sold to Newcastle United that summer, but McMenemy made another big name signing when he captured England goalkeeper Peter Shilton.
[23] McMenemy soon bounced back and was offered the new position of Director of Football by Southampton within weeks of leaving his role with the England team.
Fans and the local media were delighted when he accepted the role, which made him the first man to be employed as a Director of Football in the English game.
However, it did not last long and in 1997, when Rupert Lowe arrived as the new chairman, neither McMenemy nor then-manager Graeme Souness got on with him and promptly resigned, publicly denouncing the new board in the process.