Watford's new head coach Billy McKinlay made his name as a player with Dundee United and Scotland and a coach at Fulham
Born on April 22, 1969, the former midfielder's playing career began at Hamilton Thistle but he was signed by Dundee United in 1985 and went on to spend ten years at Tannadice, making a total of 222 league appearances and scoring ten goals.
McKinlay moved south of the border in 1995 to join then Premier League champions Blackburn Rovers, spells at Leicester City (on loan), Bradford City and Clydebank followed
McKinlay then accepted an offer from current Wales manager Chris Coleman to become a player-coach at Fulham.
He remained at Craven Cottage for the next nine years, establishing a reputation for developing the club's younger players as both reserve and first-team coach, working alongside Ray Lewington, Roy Hodgson, Mark Hughes and Martin Jol.
Along with former Hornets boss Lewington, McKinlay stepped up to help take charge of the first team following Lawrie Sanchez's sacking in 2007 and again assumed temporary control of Fulham in 2012 when Jol was sidelined due to ill health.
McKinlay's time at the then Premier League club came to an end a day after Jol's departure in early December but he has continued to work as assistant to Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill, having held that role since 2012.
McKinlay has acknowledged the significant influence of current England boss Hodgson on his career.
He told the Daily Record in 2010: "In 2004 Chris Coleman and Stevie Kean invited me to Fulham as a player-coach. They wanted me to help with the reserves and the kids. I was delighted. It was a great opportunity to start out.
"I'd would now like the responsibility of being a manager and working with Roy has been fantastic."
McKinlay continued: "Roy was also my manager at Blackburn and I was fortunate enough to have the benefit of his coaching as a player.
"Then when I got into coaching I'd phone him up to pick his brain. I'd go over to Finland when he was manager there and see him in action.
"When he came here it was even more of an education to listen to him every day. I was learning from the master.
"His organisation and preparation are second to none. Every training session has a real purpose and every team-talk is informative. There's barely a second or a word wasted with Roy."