After the Great War, Liddell managed Southend and QPR (1920-4) before joining Fulham as a scout. In his post-Cottage career, he scouted for West Ham, had another go at management with Luton (1936-8) and then spent the rest of his life scouting. At the time of his death, he was with Tottenham, and had been for over 20 years. Liddell undoubtedly enjoyed a long and full life in football, but it is unlikely that he would regard his time as Fulham manager as a highlight.
The appointment of James McIntyre over Easter 1931 was not a surprise, and not resisted by Liddell. He stayed on for a while to help his successor, a man who not only did much to restore Fulham's pride and self-respect but who brought a trophy to SW6.
Arriving at the Cottage at the age of 50, McIntyre had a long and varied career behind him. As a player, he was, at best, a journeyman, and had spells with Witton, Darlaston Town, Wednesbury Old Athletic, and then from 1901, he was with Walsall (his home-town club), Notts County, Reading, before finishing with Bournbrook. After giving up playing in 1907, McIntyre joined the training staff at Coventry and, from 1912 until the War, he was employed at Southampton in a similar capacity.
During the war, he went back to Coventry, to work in a factory, but then was back on the south coast in 1919. His first job as manager was at the Dell straight after the War, and he guided the Saints to promotion from Division Three South in 1922, but then retired in 1924 to run a hotel in Scotland. Coventry enticed him back to football, as manager, in 1928, and it was from Highfield Road that he was recruited by Fulham in 1931.
From the start of his stay at the Cottage, McIntyre made no secret of his ambitions for Fulham. He modelled himself on Arsenal's Herbert Chapman, and held similarly forthright views.
To a greater extent than his immediate predecessors, he sought the spotlight for himself and he became the public face of the club. McIntyre wasted little time before moving in the transfer market and, by the start of his first season, he had made two or three important acquisitions, most notably Frank 'Bonzo' Newton at centre forward.
From the outset, the Cottagers led the Third Division table and by April were worthy champions. It was a record-breaking season for Fulham and McIntyre became the first manager to win promotion from Division Three with two different clubs. The revival continued in 1932-3 when another spirited promotion attempt (helped by more astute transfer dealings) only failed in the closing weeks. For McIntyre, however, this marked the beginning of the end.
The high hopes for 1933-4 season were never fulfilled, and supporters blamed this on the shock transfer of top scorer Newton to Reading. He moved in September for "the impossible price of £650" (according to the board minutes) and was replaced with the £2,500 signing of Arsenal's veteran striker Jack Lambert, who failed to make any impact.
Although McIntyre claimed that Newton wanted the move for his wife's health, a run of bad results over the New Year led to the manager's surprise dismissal in February 1934. Equally surprising was the fact that, despite his impressive track record, McIntyre did not get another job in football. He went back to Southampton and worked for a company called Follands, and died, aged 72, in Surrey in 1954.