Colin Calderwood

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Colin Calderwood
Personal information
Full name	Colin Calderwood
Date of birth	January 20, 1965 (1965-01-20) (age 43)
Place of birth	Stranraer, Scotland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Nottingham Forest
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1982-1985 1985-1993 1993-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001	Mansfield Town Swindon Town Tottenham Hotspur Aston Villa Nottingham Forest → Notts County (loan)	100 (1) 330 (20) 162 (7) 026 (0) 008 (0) 005 (0)
National team
1995-1999	Scotland	036 (1)
Teams managed
2003-2006 2006-	Northampton Town Nottingham Forest
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Colin Calderwood (born 20 January 1965 in Stranraer, Scotland) is a former football player and current manager of Nottingham Forest, having been appointed in May 2006.

He is a former manager of Northampton Town and a former player of clubs including Swindon Town and Tottenham Hotspur. He was on the coaching staff at Tottenham in the early 2000s following his retirement as a player.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Playing career 1.2 Managerial career 2 Managerial stats 3 Managerial Honours 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Playing career

Calderwood started his career in the lower reaches of the English Divisions. He played for Mansfield Town^[1] and Swindon Town helping Swindon to a 4-3 playoff win over Leicester in 1993 which saw them promoted to the Premiership^{[citation needed]}.

He moved on to Tottenham Hotspur during the summer of 1993 where he had five successful years and played with a succession of defenders including Gary Mabbutt and Ramon Vega. At Tottenham he gained many of his Scotland caps. Calderwood represented his country at Euro 96 and World Cup 1998.^[2] And was a regular under Scotland manager Craig Brown.

Calderwood moved on briefly to Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and later Notts County^[3] before retiring.

[edit] Managerial career

Upon retirement as a player, Colin became reserve team manager at Tottenham before becoming manager of Northampton Town on 9th October 2003^[4]. Calderwood took Northampton to promotion in 2006 finishing second in League Two and was at the helm when they set a new club record for the number of clean sheets held by the club (25).

He was appointed by Nottingham Forest as the replacement for Gary Megson in May 2006^[5]. Calderwood enjoyed an unbeaten league start to his Forest campaign and won the Manager Of The Month award for August 2006^{[citation needed]}, suffering his first defeat in his eighth game in charge.

Calderwood led Forest to a 7 point cushion at the top of the league in late November 2006, and looked favourites for promotion, yet Forest surrendered the lead and finished the campaign in 4th place, 11 points behind leaders Scunthorpe, despite losing just one game of the last ten. The play-offs saw Forest play 5th placed Yeovil, with the west-country team proceeding to the final after a 5-4 aggregate win.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2007-08 campaign, Calderwood's side started without winning in any of their first six competitive games of the season, despite signing five players in the summer. Forest went on a run of form, losing just once in fifteen games. This led to Calderwood winning the Coca-Cola Manager of the Month Trophy after four wins in five games, but the following month decided to sell it on eBay to raise funds to buy presents for the local hospitals in Nottingham. The trophy was said to have raised around £2,000^[6].

Forest had an inconsistent Christmas period, but briefly went up to second in the league in January 2008. After this there was a further spell of inconsistent results, particularly away from home and Forest dropped a couple of places into the promotion play-off zone. However, a stunning late run of form saw them win six out of their last seven games, which saw Nottingham Forest finish in second-place, and therefore promoted to the Championship. They did this by ironically beating the team who beat them in the play-offs last year, as they dramatically won 3-2 against Yeovil coupled with Cheltenham Town's 2-1 victory over Doncaster Rovers to seal promotion, which was their first triumph after ten years of hurt. Calderwood claimed it meant the world to him, after gaining his second promotion in his managerial career.

Plans are currently being made for the 2008-09 season, with Colin saying they will certainly enjoy 'Plan A' this summer. Robert Earnshaw is believed to be an early target for Forest, with The Reds facing a battle to keep out of contract winger Kris Commons, who has attracted interest from Derby County.

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
Northampton Town		October 9, 2003	May 29, 2006	154	74	40	40	48.05
Nottingham Forest		May 30, 2006	Present	109	52	33	24	47.71

[edit] Managerial Honours

• League Two runner-up with Northampton Town, 2006
• League One runner-up with Nottingham Forest, 2008

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Colin Calderwood career stats at Soccerbase
• Colin Calderwood management career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Scotland squad - UEFA Euro 1996 1 Leighton • 2 McKimmie • 3 Boyd • 4 Calderwood • 5 Hendry • 6 Whyte • 7 Spencer • 8 McCall • 9 McCoist • 10 McAllister • 11 Collins • 12 Goram • 13 T. McKinlay • 14 Durie • 15 Jess • 16 Burley • 17 B. McKinlay • 18 Gallacher • 19 Jackson • 20 Booth • 21 Gemmill • 22 Walker • Coach: Brown

v • d • e Scotland squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Leighton • 2 McNamara • 3 Boyd • 4 Calderwood • 5 Hendry • 6 T. McKinlay • 7 Gallacher • 8 Burley • 9 Durie • 10 Jackson • 11 Collins • 12 Sullivan • 13 Donnelly • 14 Lambert • 15 Gemmill • 16 Weir • 17 B. McKinlay • 18 Elliott • 19 Whyte • 20 Booth • 21 Gould • 22 Dailly • Coach: Brown

v • d • e Northampton Town F.C. – Managers Jones (1897–1907) • Chapman (1907–12) • Bull (1912–13) • Lessons (1913–19) • Hewison (1920–25) • Tresadern (1925–30) • English (1931–35) • Puddefoot (1935–37) • Cresswell (1937–39) • Smith (1939–49) • Dennison (1949–54) • Smith (1954–59) • Bowen (1959–67) • Marchi (1967–68) • Flowers (1968–69) • Bowen (1969–72) • Baxter (1972–73) • Dodgin, Jr. (1973–76) • Crerand (1976–77) • Petts (1977–78) • Dodgin, Jr. (1977) • Bowen (1978) • Keen (1978–79) • Walker (1979–80) • Dodgin, Jr. (1980–82) • Walker (1982–84) • Barton (1984–85) • Carr (1985–90) • Foley (1990–92) • Chard (1992–93) • Barnwell (1993–94) • Atkins (1995–99) • Broadhurst (1999) • Wilson (1999–2001) • Broadhurst (2001–03) • Fenwick (2003) • Wilkinson (2003) • Hill (2003) • Calderwood (2003–06) • Gorman (2006) • Barron and Sampson (2006–07) • Gray (2007–)

v • d • e Nottingham Forest F.C. – current squad - Agogo • - Bencherif • - Bennett • - Breckin • - Byrne • - Chambers • - Clingan • - Cohen • - Davies • - Earnshaw • - Gamble • - Heath • - Holt • - McCleary • - McGugan • - Moloney • - Morgan • - Perch • - Redmond • - Reid • - Richardson • - Roberts • - Sharpe • - Sinclair • - Smith • - Thornhill • – Tyson • – Wilson • Manager: Calderwood

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