Kenny Black

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Kenneth "Kenny" George Black (born 29 November 1963, in Stenhousemuir) is a retired Scottish footballer and the current manager of Airdrie United.

A left-sided defender or midfielder, Black began his playing career with Rangers in 1980 but was farmed out to Junior side Linlithgow Rose to gain competitive experience. He left Ibrox permanently in 1983 for Motherwell, before joining Heart of Midlothian for £30,000 a year later.

Black was part of the Maroons side that infamously missed out on a League and Cup double in 1985-86 before moving south when Portsmouth's £350,000 bid was accepted in 1989. He was reunited with former boss Alex MacDonald in 1991 when he joined Airdrieonians and won his first senior medal with the Diamonds, when they defeated Dundee in the 1994-95 B&Q Cup.

In 1999 Black moved to Raith Rovers. By now a veteran, he played for a further two seasons before being appointed joint assistant-manager of the Kirkcaldy side in 2001. Managerial changes saw him leave Starks Park in early 2002 but he found a new position as assistant to former Airdrie team-mate Sandy Stewart at Airdrie United, the reincarnation of Airdrieonians, later that year.

Black left Airdrie United for Leicester City in 2004,^[1] gaining a coaching position under Craig Levein. His contract at the Walkers Stadium ended when Levein was sacked in 2006 and he sealed a return to Airdrie later that year, this time as manager.^[2]