George Burley
Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Elder Burley[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 3 June 1956||
Place of birth | Cumnock, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) |
Right-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1985 | Ipswich Town | 394 | (6) |
1985–1988 | Sunderland | 54 | (0) |
1988–1989 | Gillingham | 46 | (2) |
1989–1991 | Motherwell | 54 | (0) |
1991–1993 | Ayr United | 67 | (0) |
1993 | Falkirk | 1 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Motherwell | 5 | (0) |
1994 | Colchester United | 7 | (0) |
1994–1995 | Ipswich Town | 0 | (0) |
Total | 628 | (8) | |
International career | |||
1976–1977 | Scotland U21 | 5 | (0) |
1974–1975 |
Scotland U23 | 2 | (0) |
1979–1982 |
Scotland | 11 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1991–1993 | Ayr United | ||
1994 | Colchester United | ||
1994–2002 | Ipswich Town | ||
2003–2005 | Derby County | ||
2005 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
2005–2008 | Southampton | ||
2008–2009 |
Scotland | ||
2009 | Scotland B | ||
2010–2011 | Crystal Palace | ||
2012 |
Apollon Limassol | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Elder Burley (born 3 June 1956) is a Scottish former
Burley's managerial career began in 1990 with
His nephew, Craig, is also a former Scotland international footballer.
Playing career
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Burley was born in
In 1985, he joined Sunderland after making 500 appearances for Ipswich, and was part of the Sunderland team that slipped into the Third Division in 1987, only to win promotion a year later.
He played for Gillingham in the 1988–89 season, but was unable to prevent them from being relegated to the Fourth Division. He moved back to Scotland in 1989 to play for Motherwell.
Burley received eleven
Management career
Ayr United
Burley joined Ayr United as a player-manager in 1991, succeeding Ally MacLeod. In his first season, he took United to the B&Q Centenary Cup Final and again reached the final of the competition (by then renamed the B&Q Challenge Cup) the following season. However, he did not succeed in taking Ayr back to the Premier League and was dismissed in 1993 for adverse results with the side's place in the First Division in serious jeopardy.
Motherwell
Burley moved briefly to Falkirk in 1993 as a player before returning to Motherwell as player-coach.
Colchester United
In June 1994 Burley returned to
Ipswich Town
Burley was appointed manager at his former club, with
During an eight-year reign he took Ipswich to three play-offs semi finals before finally winning promotion to the
4–2.The following season, he guided the club to fifth place and qualification for the
Burley again applied for the job in 2012, losing out to Mick McCarthy.[8] He was later critical of how the club was being run, in 2017, following the club's lowest finishing in nearly 60 years, stating that:
The tradition of this club, with what Alf Ramsey, Bobby Robson and even myself achieved shouldn't be forgotten. Right now, Ipswich should be contesting for the top six in the Championship every year at the very least – that's where I think they should be. I was at the club for 21 years as a player and manager and the standard never dropped below that. That's the level Ipswich Town should be endeavouring to be at again. That's where they should expect to be. It's that type of club.When I took over in 1994 the first thing I said was I wanted to take the club back into Europe and we did that.[9]
Burley again showed interest in the Ipswich job following Mick McCarthy's exit in 2018, but he again lost out in favour of Paul Hurst.[10]
In November 2002, Burley was on the verge of taking over as Stoke City manager, but he had a late change of heart and declined the offer.[11]
Derby County
In 2003, Burley became interim manager of
Heart of Midlothian
Burley was appointed manager of Heart of Midlothian on 30 June 2005. A stunning start to his tenure as Hearts manager saw them top the Scottish Premier League after the first ten games, winning eight of these, including a 4–0 victory over rivals Hibernian – proving themselves to be genuine title challengers. However, he left the club the day after major shareholder Vladimir Romanov, with whom Burley had a notoriously uneasy relationship, announced a bid to take private control of Hearts. A club statement declared his departure was by mutual consent because of irreconcilable differences.[12]
Southampton
Burley was appointed as Head Coach of
Scotland
It was announced on 24 January 2008 that Burley had been appointed
Although winning 2–1 against
Scotland were defeated 3–0 in Amsterdam by the Netherlands, but then recovered by beating Iceland 2–1 at home. The team lost 4–0 to Norway in their next match, putting Burley's bid to take Scotland to the World Cup for the first time since 1998 in jeopardy.
In the end, a 2–0 home victory over
Despite failure to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, Burley was given the backing of the SFA at a meeting on 15 September 2009, to lead the country into the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.[19]
His final game as Scotland manager was a 0–3 loss to Wales on 14 November 2009 in Cardiff.[20] On 15 November 2009, Burley came under fire, with reports suggesting he would lose his job as Scotland manager.[21] and the following day, Burley was sacked as manager of Scotland after winning just three out of fourteen games.[22]
Crystal Palace
On 17 June 2010, Burley took charge of Crystal Palace, with fellow Scot Dougie Freedman as his assistant.[23] His first league match as Crystal Palace manager ended in a 3–2 victory over Leicester City.[24] He was sacked after a 3–0 defeat against Millwall on New Year's Day, 2011.[25]
Apollon Limassol
On 10 May 2012, Burley was appointed as manager of Cypriot side
Managerial statistics
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Colchester United | June 1994 | November 1994 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 40.0 | [28] |
Ipswich Town | December 1994 | October 2002 | 410 | 185 | 97 | 128 | 45.1 | [28] |
Derby County | March 2003 | June 2005 | 107 | 39 | 25 | 43 | 36.4 | [28] |
Heart of Midlothian | June 2005 | October 2005 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 75.0 | [28] |
Southampton | December 2005 | January 2008 | 109 | 45 | 25 | 39 | 41.3 | [28] |
Scotland
|
January 2008 | November 2009 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21.4 | [28] |
Scotland B | May 2009 | May 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | [29] |
Crystal Palace | June 2010 | January 2011 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 26.9 | [28] |
Apollon Limassol | May 2012 | September 2012 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | [27] |
Total | 701 | 298 | 162 | 241 | 42.5 | — |
Honours
Player
Ipswich Town
- FA Cup: 1977–78
- UEFA Cup: 1980–81
- Texaco Cup: 1972–73
Sunderland
Individual
- Ipswich Town Player of the Year: 1976–77[31]
Manager
Ayr United
- 1990–91[32]
Ipswich Town
Individual
- Premier League Manager of the Month: November 2000[34]
- Premier League Manager of the Year: 2000–01[34]
- LMA Premier League Manager of the Year: 2000–01[35]
- LMA Manager of the Year: 2000–01[36]
- Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: Inducted 2009[37]
- Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: August 2005,[38] September 2005[38]
References
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- ^ a b c "George Burley: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "George Burley sacked as Scotland manager". STV. 16 November 2009. Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ George Burley at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ "Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club".
- ^ "Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club".
- ^ "Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club".
- ^ "George Burley wants Ipswich Town job". BBC Sport. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ Watson, Stuart (29 May 2017). "Ipswich Town's standards should remain high, insists George Burley". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ "George Burley wants to be the next Ipswich manager". east Anglain Daily Times. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ Smith, Peter (1 November 2017). "The inside story behind what Stoke City did after George Burley's disappearing act". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "Burley in shock exit from Hearts". BBC Sport. 22 October 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
- ^ "Saints name Burley as head coach". CBBC Newsround. 23 December 2005. Retrieved 12 August 2007.
- ^ "Burley appointed Scotland manager". BBC Sport. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
- ^ Forsyth, Roddy (12 October 2008). "Iwelumo-Boyd situation". Telegraph Sport. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ Lindsey, Clive (12 August 2009). "Norway 4–0 Scotland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- ^ "Burley's position is safe – Smith". BBC Sport. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- ^ "Scotland 0–1 Netherlands". BBC Sport. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ "Burley remains as Scotland boss". BBC Sport. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- ^ "Wales 3–0 Scotland". BBC Sport. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ "Burley set to lose Scotland post". BBC Sport. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ "Burley sacked as Scotland manager". BBC Sport. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ "Burley Named Manager". Crystal Palace FC. 17 June 2010. Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ "Crystal Palace 3 – 2 Leicester". BBC Sport. 7 August 2010.
- ^ "Crystal Palace sack manager George Burley". BBC Sport. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ "Burley Moves to Cyprus". TWTD. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ a b Jackson, Keith (21 September 2012). "George Burley sacked by Cypriot side after just two games in charge". Daily Record. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g "George Burley Managerial Statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Scotland B manager profile". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Third Division Days – Sunderland AFC 1987/88". Ryehill Football. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "George Burley profile". Scottish Football Association. Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
- ^ "Scottish League Challenge Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Ipswich triumph at last". BBC News. 29 May 2000. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Manager profile: George Burley". Premier League. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ "League Managers Association – George Burley". leaguemanagers.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "League Managers Association – LMA Manager of the Year". leaguemanagers.com. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "Four Town players in Hall of Fame". East Anglian Daily Times. 17 April 2010. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Scottish Premier League Manager, Player & Young Player of the Month Awards". My Football Facts. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
External links
- George Burley management career statistics at Soccerbase
- Profile Goal.com Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Scotland profile londonhearts.com
- Scotland management profile londonhearts.com