Arsenal
In October 1964, he was signed by Arsenal for a then club record £80,000 and went straight into the first team. McLintock spent the next nine seasons with the Gunners, moving from midfield to centre half. He was a first-choice player throughout, and became the club's captain in 1967, and would go on to skipper the club during their period of success under Bertie Mee. He reached another two League Cup finals (losing both, in 1968 and 1969), and became so disheartened he handed in a transfer request in 1969. Arsenal manager Bertie Mee managed to persuade him to stay, and McLintock went on to win three major trophies in the space of two years.
McLintock led Arsenal to an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final win in 1969–70, beating Anderlecht 4–3 on aggregate. The following year, he lifted the club's first League and FA Cup Double in 1970–71; he also won the 1971 Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award.
He captained Arsenal in the 1972 FA Cup Final, which they lost to Leeds United.
In total, he had played 403 matches for Arsenal, scoring 32 goals.
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