Lawrie McMenemy MBE, born 1936, is the most successful manager in Southampton Football Club's history.

He is best known for leading his then second division Saints side to a shock 1-0 victory over Manchester United in the 1976 FA Cup final at Wembley, which remains the club's only success in the competition.

He guided Saints into the first division in 1978, and in 1984 to their highest ever league finish, ending the season as runners up in the old division one.

In his time at Saints McMenemy brought stars like the late Alan Ball and Kevin Keegan to the club.

McMenemy left Southampton in 1985, taking over as manager at Sunderland, but after an ill-fated spell on Wearside he quit.

In 1990 he was appointed as assistant manager in Graham Taylor's England set-up but resigned when England failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup.

In 1993 McMenemy delighted fans when he returned to Saints, as the director of football, and they finished tenth in the Premiership with Alan Ball as manager.

His second spell at Saints was cut short in 1997, as McMenemy felt unable to work with new chairman Rupert Lowe, but returned to the club again in the summer of 2006 as football board director, when Lowe was ousted.

Name: Lawrie McMenemy OCCUPATION: Former football manager Date of birth: July 28, 1936 Local link: Much-loved FA Cup winning manager of Saints and current football board director