Alex Smith (footballer, born 1939)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25 December 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Cowie, Scotland | ||
Position(s) |
Inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Gowanhill United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1958–1959 | Kilmarnock | 0 | (0) |
1959–1962 | Stenhousemuir | 39 | (9) |
1962–1965 | Stirling Albion | 51 | (11) |
1965–1966 | East Stirlingshire | 12 | (4) |
1966–1968 | Albion Rovers | 23 | (0) |
1968–1970 | Stenhousemuir | 23 | (0) |
Total | 148 | (24) | |
Managerial career | |||
1968–1974 | Stenhousemuir | ||
1974–1986 | Stirling Albion | ||
Scotland U18 | |||
1986–1988 | St Mirren | ||
1988–1992 | Aberdeen | ||
1992–1996 | Clyde | ||
1998–2002 | Scotland U21 | ||
2000–2002 | Dundee United | ||
2002–2005 | Ross County | ||
2013 | Falkirk (interim) | ||
2017 | Falkirk (interim) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alex Smith
Biography
Smith was born in Cowie, a mining village close to Stirling, and played in the same youth team as Billy Bremner. He was best man at Bremner's wedding. His playing career was journeymanlike, and he played for Kilmarnock, Stenhousemuir, Stirling Albion and Albion Rovers.
His managerial career began in 1968 with
Smith and co-manager
Smith would later manage Clyde, Dundee United and Ross County. He later worked as technical director at Falkirk. In June 2009 he was appointed assistant to the then head coach Eddie May.[8] In March 2013 he was appointed interim manager at the club following the departure of Steven Pressley.[9] He was again placed in interim charge in September 2017, after Peter Houston left.[10] Smith was 77 years old, which made him the oldest manager of a professional football club in Europe at the time.[2]
Smith was involved with
He retired from football at the end of the 2017–18 season to emigrate to Australia with his wife.[12][1][5]
Smith was appointed
Managerial statistics
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Stenhousemuir[14] | 1 August 1968 | 1 September 1974 | 218 | 68 | 42 | 108 | 31.19 |
Stirling[15] | 1 September 1974 | 16 December 1986 | 552 | 203 | 155 | 194 | 36.78 |
St Mirren[16] | 17 December 1986 | 31 May 1988 | 72 | 20 | 20 | 32 | 27.78 |
Aberdeen[6] | 1 August 1988 | 10 February 1992 | 178 | 91 | 39 | 48 | 51.12 |
Clyde[17] | 1 August 1992 | September 1996 | 186 | 65 | 49 | 72 | 34.95 |
Scotland U21[18] | October 1998 | 14 March 2002 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 34.78 |
Dundee United | 8 August 2000 | 7 October 2002 | 99 | 31 | 45 | 23 | 31.31 |
Ross County | 27 November 2002 | 11 June 2005 | 112 | 39 | 45 | 28 | 34.82 |
Falkirk (interim) | 8 March 2013 | 3 April 2013 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00 |
Falkirk (interim) | 24 September 2017 | 7 October 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Total | 1,447 | 530 | 402 | 515 | 36.63 |
Honours
Player
Stirling Albion
Manager
Stenhousemuir
- Stirlingshire Cup: 1970–71
Stirling Albion
- Scottish Second Division: 1976–77
- Stirlingshire Cup: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1983–84
St Mirren
Aberdeen (co-manager with Jocky Scott)
- Scottish Cup: 1989–90
- Scottish League Cup: 1989–90
- Runners-up: 1988–89
- Aberdeenshire Cup: 1989–90,1990–91
Clyde
Springfield United
- Australia - FQPL5 Metro Premiership: 2022
- Australia - FQPL5 Metro Grand Final: 2022
- Australia - SUFC Cup: 2021, 2022
Individual
- SPL Manager of the Month: March 2001, May 2001, January 2002[19]
References
- ^ a b c Alex Smith says 'it's all been worth it for the memories' as football legend prepares to retire, Gordon Parks, Daily Record, 28 April 2018
- ^ a b McLauchlin, Brian (29 September 2017). "Falkirk interim boss Alex Smith to be oldest manager in Europe this weekend". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Results for Stirling Albion for 1980-81". London Hearts. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ Alex Smith reflects on St Mirren's 1987 Scottish Cup triumph 30 years on, Craig Ritchie, Daily Record, 16 May 2017
- ^ a b c d e RedMatchday Interview | The Alex Smith Story, Malcolm Panton, Aberdeen FC, 14 June 2018
- ^ a b c d Managers | Alex Smith, AFC Heritage Trust
- ^ 'Fan power was on the rampage': How Alex Smith paid the price for Aberdeen’s troubled 1991-92 season, Neil Drysdale, Press & Journal, 11 October 2021
- ^ http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4281&Itemid=1 Falkirk FC | New Coaching Team
- ^ "Falkirk: Alex Smith interim boss after Steven Pressley exit". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ Oliver, David (24 September 2017). "BREAKING: Peter Houston no longer Falkirk manager". Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Gow & McGregor given Scots chance". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 January 2007.
- ^ "Alex Smith: Falkirk technical director to retire from football". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "2005 Birthday Honours". The London Gazette. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ (Stenhousemuir manager) Smith, Alec, FitbaStats
- ^ (Stirling Albion manager) Smith, Alex, FitbaStats
- ^ (St Mirren manager) Smith, Alex, FitbaStats
- ^ (Clyde manager) Smirh, Alex [sic], FitbaStats
- ^ (Scotland U21 manager) Smith, Alex, FitbaStats
- ^ "Scottish Premier League / Scottish Professional Football League Manager and Player of the Month Award 2000-01 to 2018-19". My Football Facts. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- Reid, Harry (2005), The Final Whistle?, Birlinn, ISBN 1-84158-362-6
- Grant, Michael and Robertson, Rob (2010), The Management, Birlinn, ISBN 978-1-84158-819-3