Jim McPhie of Falkirk, who had played for Scotland during the war, was a guest player with Exeter City in 1945 but didn’t appear in any of the ‘emergency’ competitions held during the 1945/46 season.

A right-back, he agreed professional terms with Falkirk in 1937 and continued to play until the outbreak of war. Appearing for Scotland in an unofficial wartime international against Wales in the 1944/45 season, he was also a guest player for Preston North End and Reading.

Serving as a  physical training instructor with the RAF, he was stationed at Ilfracombe and waiting to be demobbed when he enjoyed a brief association with Exeter City in the summer of 1945 although he did not feature in the interim leagues that started at the end of August.  

Soon returning to Scotland, he resumed his career with Falkirk for whom he made around 170 league appearances in the years through to 1953. Also gaining representative honours for the Scottish League, he later managed Falkirk’s reserves prior to having a stint as caretaker manager of the first-team after Bob Shankly - brother of Bill - left for Dundee in 1956/57..

Jim died in Falkirk at the age of eighty-one on 24t February 2002.