Gordon Chisholm

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Gordon Chisholm (born April 8, 1960 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a former professional footballer and was recently manager of Scottish Premier League team Dundee United. He started his career at Sunderland where he spent seven years under the late Bob Stokoe. Chisholm was a member of the Sunderland side that reached the final of the English League Cup in March 1985, where they lost 1-0 to Norwich City. Unfortunately for Chisholm, he deflected Asa Hartford's shot into the net for Norwich's winning goal. He moved back to Scotland in 1985 when he joined Hibernian. He later had spells at Dundee and Partick Thistle. He had assistant manager roles at Partick Thistle, Clydebank, Ross County, Airdrieonians, Falkirk and Dundee United before being appointed as caretaker manager of United on March 14, 2005, following the sacking of Ian McCall.

Chisholm suffered two unfortunate 3-2 defeats against Celtic and Hibs in his first two matches in charge in March 2005. However in his first full month in charge in April 2005, Chisholm was to be awarded the SPL Manager of the Month award. This followed a week where Chisholm's team triumphed over Hibs, Rangers and Hearts. Chisholm then went on to end the Tannadice sides hoodoo against neighbours Dundee (United hadn't won for 8 games in a row against their neighbours, stretching back over 3 years) at the first attempt, with Mark Wilson and Jim McIntyre goals sealing a 2-1 win. Chishom then kept United up in dramatic style with a late Barry Robson penalty at Inverness on the final day of the season sealing the clubs future in the SPL.

After taking United to the Scottish Cup final and subsequently into the UEFA Cup, he was given the position on a permanent basis on May 24 2005. However, despite spending considerable money on players such as Lee Miller and David Fernández, United were to be eliminated at the qualifying stage of the UEFA Cup by Finnish outfit MyPa. Subsequent poor league form and a 3-2 defeat against Aberdeen in the 3rd Round of the Scottish Cup, after having led 2-0, led to Chisholm being sacked on January 10, 2006 by Dundee United chairman Eddie Thompson. He has since become Ian McCall's assistant at Queen of the South.