Tommy Burns (footballer)
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| Tommy Burns | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Burns | |
| Date of birth | December 16, 1956 (age 50) | |
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Maryhill | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1975-1989 1989-1993 |
Celtic Kilmarnock |
352 (52) ? (?) |
| National team | ||
| ? | Scotland | 8 (?) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1992-1994 1994-1997 1998-1999 |
Kilmarnock Celtic Reading |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Thomas ("Tommy") Burns (born 16 December 1956 in Glasgow), is a former professional football player and manager.
Tommy Burns played for Celtic (signing in 1973 from Maryhill, and making his debut against Dundee Utd on 19 April 1975), making a total of 352 league appearances and scoring 52 goals before moving to Kilmarnock in 1989 where he became player-manager in 1992, winning the club promotion to the Premier Division in season 1992-93. He moved to become manager at Celtic at the start of season 1994-95 in acrimonious circumstances as he was still under contract to Kilmarnock as both player and manager. Kilmarnock refused to release him from his contract and the Scottish Football Association subsequently fined Celtic £100,000 for 'tapping', or speaking to Burns without obtaining Kilmarnock's permission. Kilmarnock were also permitted to retain his playing registration, effectively ending his professional career as a player.
At Celtic, his team grew a reputation for playing attractive and attacking football and they won the Scottish Cup in 1995.[1] However he was not able to bring the required success to the club as Celtic proved unable to break the domination of Rangers.
He was sacked from Celtic in 1997 and went on to work under Kenny Dalglish at Newcastle United. He later moved on to an undistinguished period of management at Reading.
He became assistant manager of the Scotland national football team under Berti Vogts and retained the position under Walter Smith. He returned to Celtic for a third time when Martin O'Neill placed him in charge of youth development.
He is a former Scotland international himself, having won 8 caps whilst a Celtic player.
On 29 March 2006, Celtic confirmed Burns has begun treatment for skin cancer.[2]
A Roman Catholic, Burns attended meetings of Opus Dei according to The Scotsman.[3]
On 18 January 2007, Burns announced through Celtic's official website that he was severing all ties with the Scottish national team to concentrate on his role at the club. It is thought that Burns had found out that he was not a potential candidate for the job of national team coach.[4]
| Preceded by Jim Fleeting |
Kilmarnock F.C. Manager 1992-1994 |
Succeeded by Alex Totten |
| Preceded by Lou Macari |
Celtic F.C. Manager 1994-1997 |
Succeeded by Wim Jansen |
| Preceded by Terry Bullivant |
Reading F.C. Manager 1998-1999 |
Succeeded by Alan Pardew |
[edit] References
- ^ Reid, Harry (2005), The Final Whistle", Birlinn, 182, ISBN 1-84158-362-6
- ^ "Burns undergoes cancer treatment", BBC, 29 March 2006.
- ^ Secretive sect dubbed 'Mafia shrouded in white', The Scotsman
- ^ Burns quits national set-up, The Scotsman
