Jimmy Porter (football manager)
W. James Porter was a Scottish football player and manager who played as a right-half. Born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, he began his career with nearby Wishaw YMCA before moving to England to join Bury in 1921. He played for Bury for 15 seasons, making 396 league appearances and scoring seven goals. In September 1938, he was hired by Manchester United to serve as one of the club's scouting network. By that December, his responsibilities had extended to coaching, but there is no mention of him in club records beyond the end of the 1938–39 season. He took over as manager of Bury in March 1944, but stepped down in June 1945 to become the assistant to his successor, Norman Bullock. In 1949, he was appointed as manager of Accrington Stanley, a position he held until March 1951.Managerial statistics
