Maurice Malpas

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Maurice Malpas
Personal information
Full name Maurice Daniel Robert Malpas
Date of birth August 3, 1962 (1962-08-03) (age 45)
Place of birth    Dunfermline, Scotland
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Swindon Town (manager)
Youth clubs

1979–1981		 Leven Royals
Dundee United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1981–2000 Dundee United 617 (18)   
National team
1984–1992 Scotland 055 0(0)
Teams managed
2006–2007
2007
2008–		 Motherwell
Scotland U-21
Swindon Town

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Maurice Daniel Robert Malpas (born August 3, 1962 in Dunfermline) is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently manager of Swindon Town.

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[edit] Playing career

He won 55 caps for Scotland and subsequently is a member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame. A Scottish schools U-15 cap, he signed for Dundee United from Leven Royals in 1979. Despite making his first-team debut in November 1981, he did not become a full-time player until the completion of his BSc degree in Electrical Engineering two years later.[1]

Maurice soon developed into one of the best full backs in Scotland, a fact recognised when he won the first of his caps in 1984. He went on to exceed 50, thus becoming the only United player so far to enter the SFA’s Hall of Fame. In his fiftieth international appearance (away to Norway in June 1992) he was made captain to mark the occasion.[2]

Consistently outstanding, his good fortune in avoiding serious injury helped him build the club’s all-time record of 617 appearances by the time he retired from playing in the year 2000. He then assumed full time coaching duties at Tannadice, having been acting as player/coach since 1991. He was part of the temporary management team following the dismissal of Alex Smith in October 2002, but left the club in January 2003.

[edit] Managerial career

He initially joined Motherwell as assistant manager to former coaching colleague Terry Butcher, taking over the manager's position in May 2006 following Butcher's departure to coach Sydney FC in the A-League. He left the club in June 2007 after one season in charge, having taken the team from a comfortable mid-table position to one that was lucky to escape relegation. Malpas later became caretaker manager of Scotland's under-21 team in August 2007 but missed out on the permanent position to Billy Stark.

In January 2008, Malpas became manager of Swindon Town after the takeover of the club by local businessman Andrew Fitton.[3] He replaced former Dundee United team-mate Paul Sturrock.

[edit] Career statistics

Club Performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Scotland League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Europe Total
1981-82 Dundee United Premier Division 19 0 4 0 - 2 0 25 0
1982-83 34 1 1 0 8 1 8 0 51 2
1983-84 34 2 4 0 10 0 6 0 54 2
1984-85 35 2 6 0 6 0 5 0 52 2
1985-86 36 2 5 0 5 0 6 0 52 2
1986-87 36 0 7 1 4 0 10 0 57 1
1987-88 44 0 8 1 3 1 4 0 59 2
1988-89 36 1 6 0 6 0 4 0 50 1
1989-90 30 2 4 0 2 0 4 0 40 2
1990-91 36 1 6 0 4 0 4 0 50 1
1991-92 44 3 2 1 3 0 - 49 4
1992-93 37 0 2 0 3 0 - 42 0
1993-94 35 0 8 0 1 0 2 0 46 0
1994-95 31 2 4 1 1 0 2 0 38 3
1995-96 First Division 30 2 2 - - 32 2
1996-97 Premier Division 36 1 6 0 - - 42 1
1997-98 31 1 4 0 5 0 4 0 44 1
1998-99 Premier League 31 0 4 0 2 0 - 37 0
1999-00 12 0 2 0 3 0 - 17 0
Career Total 633 23 69 1 108 6 76 6 886 36

[edit] Honours

1986–87
1982–83
1993–94
1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91
1984–85, 1997–98
1995–96

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Harry Reid (2005), The Final Whistle?, Birlinn, 238 ISBN 1-84158-362-6
  2. ^ Bill Bateson and Albert Sewell (1992). News of the World Football Annual 1992/93. Harper Collins, 145. ISBN 0-85543-188-1. 
  3. ^ "Malpas set to become Swindon boss", BBC Sport, 2008-01-07. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. 

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Awards
Preceded by
Alex McLeish		 Scottish Football Writers' Association
Footballer of the Year
1991		 Succeeded by
Ally McCoist
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Archie Knox		 Scotland national under-21 football team
caretaker manager
2007		 Succeeded by
Billy Stark
v • d • e
Scotland squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup
1 Leighton • 2 Gough • 3 Malpas • 4 Souness • 5 McLeish • 6 Miller • 7 Strachan • 8 Aitken • 9 Bannon • 10 Bett • 11 McStay • 12 Goram • 13 Nicol • 14 Narey • 15 Albiston • 16 McAvennie • 17 Archibald • 18 Sharp • 19 Nicholas • 20 Sturrock • 21 Cooper • 22 Rough • Coach: Ferguson
 Flag of Scotland
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Scotland squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup
1 Leighton • 2 McLeish • 3 Aitken • 4 Gough • 5 McStay • 6 Malpas • 7 Johnston • 8 Bett • 9 McCoist • 10 MacLeod • 11 Gillespie • 12 Goram • 13 Durie • 14 McInally • 15 Levein • 16 McCall • 17 McKimmie • 18 Collins • 19 McPherson • 20 McAllister • 21 Fleck • 22 Gunn • Coach: Roxburgh
 Flag of Scotland
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Scotland squad - 1992 UEFA European Championship
1 Goram • 2 Gough • 3 McStay • 4 Malpas • 5 McCoist • 6 McClair • 7 Durie • 8 McPherson • 9 McKimmie • 10 McCall • 11 McAllister • 12 Smith • 13 Nevin • 14 Gallacher • 15 Boyd • 16 McInally • 17 Whyte • 18 Bowman • 19 McLaren • 20 Ferguson • Coach: Roxburgh
 Flag of Scotland
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Motherwell F.C. – Managers

Hunter (1910–46) • Stevenson (1946–55) • Ancell (1955–65) • Howitt (1965–72) • St. John (1972–75) • McLean (1975–78) • Hynd (1978–79) • MacLeod (1979–81) • Hay (1981–82) • Wallace, Jr. (1982–83) • Watson (1983–84) • McLean (1984–94) • McLeish (1994–98) • Kampman (1998) • Davies (1998–2001) • Philliben (2001) • Krivokapić (2001) • Black (2001–02) • Butcher (2002–06) • Malpas (2006–07) • McGhee (2007–)
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Swindon Town F.C. – Managers

S. Allen (1902–1933) • Vizard (1933–1939) • Harris (1939–1940) • Page (1945–1953) • Lindley (1953–1955) • Head (1956–1965) • D. Williams (1965–1969) • Ford (1969–1971) • Mackay (1971–1972) • L. Allen (1972–1974) • D. Williams (1974–1978) • Smith (1978–1980) • Trollope (1980–1983) • Beamish (1983–1984) • Macari (1984–1989) • Ardiles (1989–1991) • Hoddle (1991–1993) • Gorman (1993–1994) • McMahon (1994–1998) • Quinn (1998–2000) • Todd (2000) • King (2000–2001) • Evans (2001) • King (2001–2005) • Onuora (2005–2006) • Wise (2006) • A. Williams (2006c) • Sturrock (2006–07) • Malpas (2008–)

(c) caretaker
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Swindon Town F.C. – current squad

1 P. Smith • 2 J. Smith • 3 Vincent • 4 Peacock • 5 Ifil • 6 Williams • 7 Roberts • 8 Easton • 9 Corr • 10 McGovern • 11 Zaaboub • 12 Brezovan • 14 Comminges • 15 Nicholas • 16 Aljofree • 17 Blackburn • 18 Timlin • 19 Pook • 20 Paynter • 21 Sturrock • 22 Arrieta • 23 Mohamed • 24 Allen • 25 Morrison • 26 Kanyuka • 27 McNamee • 30 Ashikodi • 31 Cox • 35 Joyce • Manager: Malpas