Gus MacPherson

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Gus MacPherson
Personal information
Full name	Angus Ian MacPherson
Date of birth	October 11, 1968 (1968-10-11) (age 39)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
1984–1985	Rangers
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1990 1989–1990 1990–2001 2001-2003 2003-2004	Rangers →Exeter (loan) Kilmarnock Dunfermline Athletic St Mirren Total'	0000(0) 1100(1) 3540(15) 3900(0) 9000(0) 4130(16)
Teams managed
2003–	St Mirren
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:30, 19 February 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Angus 'Gus' Ian MacPherson (born 11 October 1968 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish footballer and is currently manager of St Mirren.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Management career 3 Trivia 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

McPherson started his career as a youth player with Rangers, but was unable to break in to the first team, spending a period on loan to Exeter City. In 1991 he moved to Kilmarnock, where he went on to play over 350 games.

He played with Dunfermline Athletic for two season before moving to St Mirren as player–assistant manager in 2003.

MacPherson was then appointed as player–manager on 18 December 2003 after the resignation of John Coughlin.

He retired from playing at the end of the 2003-04 season.

[edit] Management career

MacPherson guided St Mirren to 2nd in 2004-05 finishing below Falkirk. This was a significant improvement for the club having finished 7th the previous season.

In the 2005-06 season MacPherson guided St Mirren back to the Scottish Premier League having finished top of the First Division.

In 2006-07 season he retained St. Mirren's place in the SPL, with a game to spare after an intense relegation battle with one of MacPherson's former clubs, Dunfermline Athletic.

In 2007-08 season he became the first ever St Mirren manager to be knocked out of both the Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup by teams from a lower league in the same season.

[edit] Trivia

London acoustic folk duo MacPherson and McSwegan are named after Angus and fellow Scottish footballer Gary McSwegan. ^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ MySpace.com - MacPherson and McSwegan - London, UK - Folk / Acoustique / Soul - www.myspace.com/macphersonandmcswegan

[edit] External links

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In season 2007/8