Playing Career
McMenemy, an ex-Coldstream Guardsman, started his footballing career with Newcastle United although he never appeared in their first team, before moving to Gateshead in the late 1950s, but McMenemy joined the club after they had left the Football League. An injury ended his career in 1961, but he moved into coaching instead, spending three years in coaching at the club.
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