had some friends up there. Putting the pieces together after she died, I just wasn't convinced that the friends were good friends. Some money had gone missing." His sons Michael and Paul have played professionally with Stoke, when Macari was manager of the club. His youngest son Jonathan died by suicide in 1999 after being released from his contract at Nottingham Forest. Family friend and former manager Dave Bassett said that Jonathan could not handle the pressure of living up to his father's greatness. There was also talk of drugs affecting his son's life and leading to his suicide, but Macari later discounted that theory, admitting that much like the death of his mother, the complete story behind the tragedy may never be known. Years later he said that "money in a young man's pocket is a recipe for disaster and we had that disaster. Only when you go through something like that do you understand the hell of it." His grandson Lewis plays for Stoke City. Macari worked with Stoke-on-Trent council to set up The Macari Centre, a street retreat to house the homeless sleeping rough, which opened in February 2016. In the COVID-19 pandemic, following the closure of the crowded premises of The Macari Centre, Macari rented a warehouse and filled it with glamping pods for homeless people, giving them socially distanced places of their own and their own individual addresses. Career statistics As a player Club Source: A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Drybrough Cup, FA Charity Shield, Football League Trophy and Glasgow Cup. International As a manager Source: Honours As a player Celtic Scottish Division One: (4) 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73 Scottish Cup: (2) 1971, 1972 Scottish League Cup runner-up (3): 1970, 1971, 1972 Manchester United Football League Second Division: 1974–75 FA Cup: 1976–77 FA Charity Shield: 1977*, 1983 FA Cup runner-up (2): 1976, 1979 League Cup runner-up: 1983 *Shared with Liverpool As a manager Awards Football League First Division Manager of the Month: December 2000 Swindon Town Football League Fourth Division champions: 1985–86 Football League Third Division play-off winner: 1987 Birmingham City Football League Trophy winner: 1991 Stoke City Football League Second Division champions: 1992–93 Football League Trophy winner: 1992 References General Specific 1949 births Living people People from Largs Footballers from Edinburgh Footballers from North Ayrshire Scottish footballers Scotland youth international footballers Scotland under-23 international footballers Scotland international