{{short description|English footballer (born 1987)}} {{use British English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography | name = Austin McIntosh | image = | caption = | fullname = Austin James McIntosh | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|11|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Sheffield, England | currentclub = Stocksbridge Park Steels | clubnumber = | height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}} | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Mansfield Town | years1 = 2004–2007 | clubs1 = Mansfield Town{{ref label|apps|A|a}} | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2007 | clubs2 = Ilkeston Town | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2008–2011 | clubs3 = Montevallo Falcons | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2011–2012 | clubs4 = Eastwood Town | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2012 | clubs5 = Sheffield | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2012 | clubs6 = Reynir Sandgerði | caps6 = 8 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2012 | clubs7 = Njarðvík | caps7 = 4 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2012– | clubs8 = Stocksbridge Park Steels | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | club-update = 21:42, 17 December 2012 (UTC) }} '''Austin James McIntosh''' (born 5 November 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Stocksbridge Park Steels. He made one appearance in the Football League for Mansfield Town,<ref name=NB>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/mansfield/mansfield.html |title=Mansfield Town : 1946/47–2007/08 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=7 December 2009}}</ref> and has also had spells in American and Icelandic football.
==Early life== Austin McIntosh was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire on 5 November 1987, the son of Clifford and Angela McIntosh, and has a twin sister named Chloe. He attended the All Saints Catholic High School and while there he represented the school football team as they won the Sheffield Schools championship in 2004.<ref name="falcons"/>
==Career== McIntosh, a right back who has also played in central defence, began his career at Mansfield Town, and made his Football League debut for the Stags in the closing stages of the 2004–05 season, on 7 May 2005 in the starting eleven away to Leyton Orient in a League Two game which Mansfield lost 2–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mansfieldtown.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10325~26368,00.html |title=Leyton Orient vs Mansfield Town |publisher=Mansfield Town F.C. |date=7 May 2005 |accessdate=7 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726152020/http://www.mansfieldtown.net/page/MatchReport/0%2C%2C10325~26368%2C00.html |archivedate=26 July 2011 }}</ref> However, that turned out to be his last first-team appearance for the club.{{ref label|apps|A|b}} He missed most of 2005–06 with an eye injury{{citation needed|date=December 2009}} and was released during the 2006–07 season. McIntosh joined Ilkeston Town of the Northern Premier League in April 2007, but played only once for the club.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ilkestonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/McSweeney-strikes-to-dispose-of.2692163.jp |title=McSweeney strikes to dispose of Matlock |first=Rod |last=Malcolm |newspaper=Ilkeston Advertiser |date=10 April 2007 |accessdate=7 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilsonfootball.co.uk/index.php?p=1_20_Players-In-Order-Of-Appearances |title=Players in Order of Appearances |publisher=IlsonFootball |accessdate=7 December 2009}}</ref>
McIntosh then headed to the United States of America, first studying at Bellevue<ref name="falcons">{{cite web|url=http://montevallofalcons.com/sports/msoc/2010-11/bios/McIntosh_Austin |title=Profile: Austin McIntosh |publisher=University of Montevallo Falcons |accessdate=6 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008092349/http://montevallofalcons.com/sports/msoc/2010-11/bios/McIntosh_Austin |archivedate=8 October 2010 }}</ref> before moving to University of Montevallo where he played for the college's soccer team, Montevallo Falcons, while studying for a degree in accounting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dev.montevallo.edu/athletics/Soccer/Men/bios/mcintoshbio.shtm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708053402/http://dev.montevallo.edu/athletics/Soccer/Men/bios/mcintoshbio.shtm |url-status=dead |archivedate=8 July 2012 |title=Profile: Austin McIntosh |publisher=University of Montevallo |accessdate=6 April 2012 }}</ref>
On his return to England, McIntosh joined Eastwood Town. Towards the end of the 2011–12 season, he joined Northern Premier League First Division South club Sheffield, where he made two league appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sheffieldfc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1789:first-team-stats-by-apps&catid=155:sheffield-fc-statistics-page&Itemid=220|title=First Team Stats 2011–12 by apps|publisher=Sheffield FC|accessdate=12 July 2012}}</ref> He then had a trial with Notts County before joining Icelandic side Reynir Sandgerði on 15 May 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fotbolti.net/fullStory.php?id=126383|title=Reynir Sandgerði fær enskan varnarmann (Staðfest)|trans-title=Reynir Sandgerði bring in English defender|language=Icelandic|publisher=Fótbolti.net|author=Magnús Már Einarsson|date=15 May 2012|accessdate=12 July 2012}}</ref> McIntosh made his Reynir debut in the 2–0 away win over Njarðvík the following weekend and went on to make a total of nine appearances for the club, eight of them in the league. On 31 July 2012 he moved to Njarðvík on a free transfer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fotbolti.net/fullStory.php?id=130732|title=Rafn Markús í Keflavík – Ísak í Njarðvík (Staðfest)|publisher=Fótbolti.net|trans-title=Rafn Markús to Keflavík – Ísak to Njarðvík (Confirmed)|date=31 July 2012|accessdate=17 December 2012|language=Icelandic}}</ref> and played four league matches during the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/felagsmadur/?pLeikmadurNr=274747&pListi=5 |title=Austin McIntosh Icelandic league appearances and goals |publisher=KSÍ.is |accessdate=17 December 2012 |author=Magnús Már Einarsson |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224218/http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/felagsmadur/?pLeikmadurNr=274747&pListi=5 |archivedate=3 March 2016 }}</ref>
Following the end of the Icelandic season, McIntosh returned to England and on 17 December 2012 he signed for Northern Premier League side Stocksbridge Park Steels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=90172 |title=New Defender for Steels |publisher=Non League Daily |date=17 December 2012 |accessdate=17 December 2012 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126213927/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php |archivedate=26 November 2012 }}</ref>
==Notes== A. {{note label|apps|A|a}}{{note label|apps|A|b}} Soccerbase<ref name=SB>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=39695&season_id=136 |title=Games played by Austin McIntosh in 2006/2007 |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=7 December 2009}}</ref> and ESPNSoccernet<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=202379&league=ENG.4&cc=5739 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718103743/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=202379&league=ENG.4&cc=5739 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 July 2012 |title=Mansfield 2–1 Barnet |work=Soccernet |publisher=ESPN |accessdate=7 December 2009}}</ref> attribute an appearance on 28 April 2007 against Barnet, but the Playfair annual has no appearances for McIntosh in the 2006–07 season,<ref>{{cite book |title=Playfair Football Annual 2007–2008 |editor1-first=Glenda |editor1-last=Rollin |editor2-first=Jack |editor2-last=Rollin |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Headline |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7553-1662-5 |page=70}}</ref> his Mansfield Town profile, archived in July 2007, mentions no appearance that season,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mansfieldtown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/ProfilesDetail/0,,10325~31717,00.html |title=Profiles: Austin McIntosh |publisher=Mansfield Town F.C. |date=7 May 2005 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701101120/http://www.mansfieldtown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10325~31717%2C00.html |archivedate=1 July 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Neil Brown gives him just the one league appearance.<ref name=NB/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerbase}}
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