At the time Malcolm was City’s coach/physio and was living in Torquay. After playing for West Ham United and Leyton Orient, he became old teammate Frank O’Farrell’s assistant manager at Manchester United between 1971 and 1972. When both were sacked Malcolm was soon appointed manager of Torquay United, a post previously held by O’Farrell. He held the position between 1973 and 1976 as the Plainmoor club settled back into the Division Four after six relatively heady seasons in the third-tier. 

Although his work took him to North America, Shrewsbury (with old colleague John Bond) and elsewhere, Malcolm continued to live in South Devon and died in Torquay in 2007. Frank O’Farrell, his mentor at West Ham and elsewhere, was to live in the same town until his own death in 2022.