The legend returned on 1 June 2007 when Stuart McCall was appointed manager of Bradford City, shortly after his departure from Sheffield United where he held the post of assistant manager to Neil Warnock before his departure.

Stuart was a product of Bradford City's youth system and made his debut at Reading on 28, August 1982, when he deputised for Ces Podd.

McCall became an integral part of the team that won the Third Division Championship in 1984-85. However, that feat was overshadowed by the Bradford City disaster in 1985, in which McCall's father was badly injured.

McCall was disappointed following City's failure to secure promotion in 1987-88 and  when promotion was missed by one point on the last day of the season, he left the club.

He joined Everton in June 1988 for £850,000. However he made a slow start to his Goodison Park career, but during the FA Cup final of 1989 he scored twice to take the final into extra time. Liverpool's Ian Rush, who also scored two goals, secured victory for Liverpool. In total he made 103 appearances and scored six goals while on Merseyside.

In 1991 Stuart joined Rangers for £1.2 million. While there he won everything the Scottish game had to offer.

In the summer of 1998, he returned to Bradford and captained the side to promotion to the Premier League. However, relegation followed in 2001 and at the end of the following season he was released by then manager Nicky Law. In April 2002 McCall testimonial match against Rangers attracted over 21,000 to Valley Parade.

On 2 July, 2002 McCall joined Sheffield United where he played an integral part of their first-team side, despite his 39 years, and also coached the reserves to the League title. On 14 May 2007 following the Blades' relegation from the Premiership, Neil Warnock quit Bramall Lane and when it was made clear that McCall would not be promoted, he had his mind made up for him and another return to Valley Parade was confirmed.

McCall was picked for England and Scotland U-21s on the same day in 1984, choosing England. However, he remained on the substitutes bench that day and eventually switched to play for the senior Scotland side. He made his debut for them in March 1988, ironically against England.

Perhaps the highlight of McCall's career came when he represented Scotland in the Italia 90 World Cup, where he scored against Sweden. He also played in Euro 96 for Scotland, but missed out on World Cup 1998. He was capped a total of 40 times for Scotland, scoring one goal.

Date	Club / Team	Appearances	Goals
1982-1988	Bradford City	238	37
1988-1991	Everton	103	6
1991-1998	Rangers	194	14
1998-2002	Bradford City	157	8
2002-2005	Sheffield United	71	2
1990-1998	Scotland	40	1