Former Reading manager, and recent Hall of Fame inductee, Mark McGhee has announced his retirement from football.

A Scottish legend as a player, having successful spells with Aberdeen, Celtic and Newcastle United, his first for foray into management came at Elm Park in 1991.

Taking over a third tier Reading side, he lead the club to the title in 1993 and a return to the second tier for the first time since 1988.

Taking to the now Championship like a duck to water, the Royals were as high as second in December 1994, when he controversially ditched the club to join Premier League Leicester City.

Leaving a bitter taste in many Berkshire mouths, including chairman Sir John Madejski, he proved an unpopular figure when returning to the town with clubs such as Wolves and Millwall.

Winning promotions with the Lions and Brighton, he took Motherwell into Europe but enjoyed less successful spells in charge of the likes of Aberdeen and Dundee.

Back in RG2 as recently as last night, in order to collect his Hall of Fame award, he has retired just shy of 1,000 competitive fixtures as a manager.

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Speaking to the Sunday Post, he said: "It would have been nice to make it to 1,000 games, but I’m not going to lose any sleep over it. I’m content with what I did in the game, particularly early in my career when I spent three-and-a-half years each at Reading, Wolves, Brighton and Millwall, winning promotion with three of them.

“I took Motherwell into Europe during my first spell at Fir Park. But since I left them for the second time in 2017, I’ve only worked for clubs when I’ve been asked to help out. I was mainly fire-fighting – and occasionally doing the job for nothing.

“So I won’t be pursuing any other managerial vacancies, and nor would I want to be a director of football or a head of recruitment. That’s not what I am – I’m a manager.

“However, I feel that players now deserve a young manager who can give them the energy I was able to when I started out. They don’t need a 65-year-old with a dodgy ankle.”