Rowan Alexander
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Rowan Samuel Alexander (born 28 January 1961 in Ayr, Scotland) is a former footballer and is currently manager of Scottish Football League club Gretna.
Alexander's relatively low profile playing career included spells at St. Mirren, Brentford, Greenock Morton, Queen of the South and Gretna.
He was initially appointed as player manager of Gretna with the club playing in the lower English leagues. He remained in charge following their induction to the Scottish Football League.
Following Gretna's take over from multi-millionaire Brooks Mileson, Alexander steered the club to the Scottish Third Division title in 2005 with a record breaking 98 points. Success continued in the following season as the club clinched promotion to the Scottish First Division and earned a place in the UEFA Cup after reaching the Scottish Cup final, where they were eventually beaten 4-2 on penalties after the match had ended 1-1.
Following Gretna's success in 2005-06, Alexander signed a five year contract with the club and stated his intention to remain with Gretna for the rest of his career.
| Gretna F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Main | 2 Mathieson | 4 MacFarlane | 5 Barr | 6 Innes | 7 Baldacchino | 9 Grady | 10 Skelton | 11 McGill | 12 Canning | 13 Hogg | 14 Jenkins | 15 Graham | 16 Bingham | 17 Nicholls | 19 McGuffie | 23 O'Neil | 24 Berkeley | 25 Grainger | 26 Fleming | 27 Henderson | 28 Barr | 29 McMenamin | 30 Paartalu | 31 Małkowski | Cowan | Manager: Alexander |
