Editing Ian Ure (section)

== Club career ==
Ure started his career as a [[defender (association football)|centre-half]] with [[Ayr Albion]]. In 1958, after being scouted by the [[Dens Park]] club, Ure signed for [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]] where he remained for five seasons. During that time, the club won its one and only [[Scottish Football League First Division|First Division]] title in [[1961–62 in Scottish football|1961–62]], and reached the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] in [[1962–63 European Cup|1962–63]], losing 5–2 on aggregate to eventual champions [[A.C. Milan|Milan]].

He moved south of the border in 1963 for a transfer fee of £62,500 to play for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]. He only missed one match for Arsenal in his first season, but injury and a loss of form restricted his appearances in [[1964–65 in English football|1964–65]] and [[1965–66 in English football|1965–66]], although he still managed more than 20 matches each season. Ure was restored to the Arsenal line-up by [[Bertie Mee]], however, and played 44 matches in [[1966–67 in English football|1966–67]]. Ure continued to feature regularly for Arsenal as the 1960s went on, but during this time made a couple of errors in big matches, exemplified by his mistake in the [[1969 Football League Cup Final|1969 League Cup Final]] against [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]], which allowed [[Roger Smart]] to score Swindon's opening goal; Swindon went on to win 3–1 after [[extra time]].

Ure played 202 matches for Arsenal in defence over the course of six years, scoring two goals, and picking up two League Cup runners-up medals ([[1968 Football League Cup Final|1968]] and 1969). He was famously involved in a number of clashes with [[Denis Law]] in the game against Manchester United in October 1967, that saw both players being sent off and subsequently receiving six-match bans.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Classic Match: 1967 - Manchester United 1-0 Arsenal|url=https://www.theunitedstand.com/articles/single/classic-match-1967-manchester-united-1-0-arsenal}}</ref> However, with [[Frank McLintock]] and [[Terry Neill]] competing for the centre half position, Ure found himself being squeezed out towards the end of that decade, and he left Arsenal in August 1969 to join [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. The only major signing made by manager [[Wilf McGuinness]], Ure spent two seasons at Manchester United before returning to Scotland to play for [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]].

After retiring from playing, he spent some time as a coach, including a spell as manager of East Stirlingshire, but later left the game completely, and was employed as a [[social worker]] in [[Kilmarnock]].