Mark McGhee

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Mark McGhee
Personal information
Full name	Mark Edward McGhee
Date of birth	May 25, 1957 (age 49)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1975-1977 1977-1978 1978-1984 1984-1985 1985-1989 1989-1991 1991-1993	Morton Newcastle United Aberdeen SV Hamburg Celtic Newcastle United Reading	064 (37) 028 0(5) 164 (63) 030 0(7) 088 (27) 067 (24) 045 0(7)
National team
1983-1984	Scotland	004 0(0)
Teams managed
1991-1994 1994-1995 1995-1998 2000-2003 2003-2006	Reading Leicester City Wolverhampton Wanderers Millwall Brighton & Hove Albion
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Mark Edward McGhee (born May 25, 1957) is a Scottish former football player and former football manager. He played for Morton, Newcastle United, SV Hamburg, Aberdeen and Celtic, winning the Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year in 1982 as well as four caps and two goals for the Scotland national football team; and has managed Reading, Leicester, Wolves, and Millwall.

Most recently he was manager of Brighton and Hove Albion FC, where he was appointed on 28 October 2003 after Steve Coppell moved to another of McGhee's former clubs, Reading FC. In McGhee's first season at Brighton, the team gained promotion to the Football League Championship, after having been relegated the previous season, and were still in this division for the 2005-06 season, where McGhee's popularity surged, with the humorous terrace chant of "Drinking Pints of Whisky, Mark McGhee" (to the tune of The Beatles' - Let It Be) being enjoyed by both fans and staff alike, as well as pundits working on Sky's Soccer Saturday.

Contents 1 McGhee's Sacking 2 Achievements 3 New Jobs 4 References 5 External links

[edit] McGhee's Sacking

After leading the team to relegation, (the side's 0-2 home defeat on the 17 April 2006 by Sheffield Wednesday statistically condemned Brighton to relegation to Football League One for 2006-07) much pressure was put upon the board to sack McGhee ^[1], other than the actual relegation the quality of football played by his team was slipping to ungainly levels which brought further resentment among the Brighton fans ^[2]. On 8 September 2006, McGhee was sacked by Brighton after nearly three years with the club, following 3 consecutive defeats. Albion's chairman Dick Knight cites the loss of the fans' confidence as the reason for his sacking ^[3]; this is an umbrella statement as the fans were dissatified with many aspects of the way in which McGhee ran the team.

[edit] Achievements

McGhee's biggest successes as a manager include winning the Division Two title with Reading in 1994 and Millwall in 2001, as well as reaching the FA Cup semi final with Wolves in 1998. He also won the Division Two play-offs with Brighton in 2004.

[edit] New Jobs

In 2006 he was linked with the vacant managerial post at Irish club Bohemians. ^[4]

In February 2007, he was reported to have applied for the manager's position at Swansea City. ^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Mark McGhee management career stats at Soccerbase

Preceded by Davie Provan	Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year 1982	Succeeded by Sandy Clark
Preceded by Kevin MacDonald	Leicester City F.C. Manager 1994-1995	Succeeded by Martin O'Neill
Preceded by Steve Coppell	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Manager 2003-2006	Succeeded by Dean Wilkins