Tommy Coyne
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Coyne[1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 November 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1980–1981 | Hillwood Boys Club | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1983 | Clydebank | 80 | (38) |
1983–1986 | Dundee United | 62 | (9) |
1986–1989 | Dundee | 89 | (50) |
1989–1993 | Celtic | 105 | (43) |
1993 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | (1) |
1993–1998 | Motherwell | 132 | (57) |
1998–2000 | Dundee | 18 | (0) |
1999 | → Falkirk (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2000–2001 | Clydebank | 15 | (4) |
2001 | Albion Rovers | 1 | (0) |
Total | 522 | (205) | |
International career | |||
1992–1997 | Republic of Ireland | 22 | (6) |
Managerial career | |||
2000–2001 | Clydebank | ||
2003–2005 | Bellshill Athletic | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Coyne (born 14 November 1962) is a former football player and manager. Coyne played for several clubs, mostly in Scotland, including Clydebank, Dundee United, Dundee, Celtic and Motherwell. He was the top goalscorer of the Scottish Premier Division three times, a feat he achieved with three clubs (Dundee, Celtic and Motherwell). Coyne played international football for the Republic of Ireland, qualifying due to his Irish ancestry. Towards the end of his playing career he was also the manager of Clydebank, a position he left after six months.
Club career
Coyne was raised in Govan as a supporter of Celtic and attracted the attention of their scouts in his teens, though no move materialised. He had already turned down Dundee United in the hope of joining Celtic.
Coyne has stated that he would never have signed for
Halfway through the 1986–87 season he was transferred to
Coyne again failed to carry on his scoring form at the start of his Celtic career and did not score for the remainder of the season. The following campaign was also hardly a success, with 7 goals in 23 games.[6] However the next season, 1990–91, saw him revert to good form with 18 goals in 26 games, as he finished as the division's top scorer. Despite scoring 15 goals in the following season and three in ten games at the start of 1992–93,[6] Coyne was allowed to transfer to Tranmere Rovers in March 1993 for a fee reported at £400,000, a record outlay for the Birkenhead club.[7]
After a short spell in England, Coyne returned to Scotland to join Motherwell in November 1993 for £125,000.[4][3] They challenged for the title in his first campaign, eventually finishing third,[8] and in 1994–95 he was again the Scottish Premier Division's top scorer (16 goals) as the club finished runners-up – he is the only player to achieve that feat with three clubs.[9] Performing well alongside Dougie Arnott and fellow Glasgow-born Irish international Owen Coyle, he scored 61 goals in 156 games for Motherwell in all competitions.[8][3]
Coyne left for Dundee in 1998,
International career
In his international career, Coyne won 22
His best game for Ireland was perhaps the 4–0 victory over
Managerial career
After finishing his playing career, Coyne coached
Personal life
Coyne's attempt to establish himself in English football in 1993 ended abruptly when his wife Alison died after consuming alcohol and painkillers. She had been suffering from
His eldest son, also named Tommy, also became a footballer and striker who played for clubs in the lower senior leagues in Scotland and for
Honours
Dundee United
- 1985
Celtic
- 1990
Motherwell
- Scottish Premier Division: Runner-up 1994–95
See also
- List of footballers in Scotland by number of league appearances (500+)
- List of footballers in Scotland by number of league goals (200+)
- List of Republic of Ireland international footballers born outside the Republic of Ireland
References
- ^ "Tommy Coyne". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g Alan Pattullo (5 May 2015). "Dundee v Celtic conjures memories for Tommy Coyne". The Scotsman. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Tommy Coyne". MotherWELLnet. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Played for Dundee, Celtic and Dundee United – Tommy Coyne". Dundee F.C. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Tommy Coyne player profile". Arab Archive. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Celtic player Tommy Coyne". FitbaStats. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Football: On The Move". The Independent. 14 March 1993. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "I achieved my dream playing with Motherwell". MFC1886. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- RSSSF, 5 June 2014. Retrieved on 6 July 2014.
- ^ "Clydebank 1-0 Stenhousemuir". BBC Sport. 12 August 2000. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
- ^ "Double triumph for Falkirk". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
- ^ "Coyne tossed by Bankies". BBC Sport. 1 February 2001. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
- ^ "Albion Rovers 0-1 Elgin City". BBC Sport. 17 February 2001. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
- ^ a b Peter Byrne (7 May 2008). "From the archives: Irish soccer has a night to savour (April 1994)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "FIFA Player Statistics: Tommy Coyne". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
- ^ "Mowgli improving with age". Falkirk Herald. 3 March 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ The Herald. "McCormack quits as Ochilview assistant to manage Bellshill". 19 July 2005. Retrieved on 6 July 2014.
- ^ "Sporting Digest: Football". The Independent. 24 July 1993. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ Charles Lavery (10 September 2000). "Tommy Finds a New Love after His Heartache". Sunday Mail. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018 – via HighBeam Research.
- ^ a b "Tommy Coyne and son: Tommy guns". The Scotsman. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Alan Roberston (27 August 2017). "Linlithgow Rose goal machine Tommy Coyne chasing club record in his ninth season at Prestonfield". Daily Record. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
External links
- Tommy Coyne at Soccerbase
- Tommy Coyne at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database