Tam McManus

Tam McManus started his career with Hibernian making over 100 league appearances for the Edinburgh club. During his time there, McManus represented the Scotland national under-21 football team and the Scotland Future Team. After leaving Hibs in January 2005, McManus had a nomadic career, including two spells in the US and the Republic of Ireland.

Tam had been a mainstay in Scottish football, listing Hibernian, Dundee FC, Falkirk and Dunfermline as his former clubs before signing for MLS club Colorado Rapids. He scored five goals in twenty-two appearances for the MLS side during his one-season stay there. He first arrived in Ireland when he signed for Derry City on 26 March 2009.

In what would be another one-season stay, Tam scored three goals in twenty-three games for the Candystripes as Derry went on to finish fourth in the league. He also scored the goal that secured a draw against Skonto Riga in the UEFA Cup that year.

Tam left Ireland and returned to Scotland, playing for Ayr United and Falkirk, before returning to the US, to play for Rochester, before going full circle and coming back to Ireland to sign for Limerick FC in March 2014, under Steven Taylor. He went on to score three times in seventeen games, as Limerick finished sixth in the league. Tam left the club in October 2014.

Radio

McManus is now a regular live match reporter on  BBC Radio Scotland’s football coverage of Scottish football on  Sportsound Open All Mics

Journalism

Tam has also moved into football journalism writing regularly about Scottish football for The Herald Newspaper  He speaks on the daily Glasgow internet football programme, Peter and Roughie’s Football Show.

After Dinner

Tam is a popular After-dinner speaker in demand for dinners and sports clubs.