Billy Reid (footballer born 1963)

Billy Reid
Personal information

Full name	William Reid
Date of birth	18 July 1963 (1963-07-18) (age 48)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Midfielder/Defender
Club information
Current club	Hamilton Academical (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1984–1989	Queen of the South	159	(22)
1989–1991	Clyde	67	(1)
1991–1994	Hamilton Academical	102	(7)
1994–1995	Stirling Albion	16	(0)
Teams managed
2002	Clyde
2004–2005	Clyde
2005–	Hamilton Academical
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Billy Reid (born 18 July 1963 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former footballer and is currently manager of Scottish First Division club Hamilton Academical.

Life and career

In his playing days Reid started off at Queen of the South where he was signed by Nobby Clark.^[1] Reid was later remembered by team mate Tommy Bryce as one of the best players at the club.^[2] Reid then played for Clyde, Hamilton Academical and Stirling Albion. He has also managed Clyde.

Reid won the PFA Scotland Manager of the Year in 2008 after leading Hamilton into the Scottish Premier League.^[3]

His son, Billy Jnr, was also a footballer, who played for Clyde. His other son, Gary, went to Lenzie Academy.

As of 27 April 2008

Club	From	To	Games	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win%
Clyde	February 8, 2002	March 3, 2002	3	1	0	2	33.33
Clyde	July 9, 2004	June 2, 2005	44	20	11	13	45.45
Hamilton Academical	June 2, 2005	Present	137	63	34	40	45.99

PFA Scotland Manager of the Year

2007: Strachan 2008: Reid 2009: Strachan 2010: Smith 2011: McGlynn

Scottish Premier League managers

Brown · Butcher · Fenlon · Houston · D. Lennon · N. Lennon · Lomas · McCall · McCoist · McIntyre · Sérgio · Shiels

Clyde F.C. – managers

Jack (1905–09)
Thompson (1922–34)
Moreland (1934–37)
Travers (1938–56)
Haddow (1956–63)
Prentice (1963–66)
White (1966–67)
Wright (1967)
Robertson (1968–73)
Anderson (1973–76)
Clinton (1976–77)
McNeill (1977)
C. Brown (1977–87)
Clark (1987–92)
Smith (1992–96)
Speirs (1996–98)
McDonald (1998)
Maitland (1998–02)
Kernaghan (2002–04)
Reid (2004–05)
Roberts (2005–06)
Miller (2006–07)
Hendry (2007–08)
J. Brown (2008–09)
McCormack (2009–10)
Millar (2010–11)
Duffy (2011–)

Raisbeck (1914–22)
Buchanon (1922–23)
Duncan (1923–25)
McAndrew (1925–46)
McStay (1946–51)
Wylie (1951–53)
Cox (1953–56)
Lowe (1956–59)
Paton (1959–68)
Crines (1968–69)
Lamont (1969)
Ewing (1969–70)
Shearer (1970–71)
Simpson (1971–72)
Lamont (1972)
Smith (1972–78)
McParland (1978–81)
Blackley (1981–83)
Auld (1983–84)
Lambie (1984–88)
Dempsey (1988–89)
G. Miller (1989)
Lambie (1989–90)
G. Miller (1990)
McLaren (1990–92)
Munro (1992–96)
Clark (1996–99)
C. Miller (1990–00)
Dawson (2000–02)
Hillcoat (2002–03)
Maitland (2003–05)
Reid (2005–present)

Hamilton Academical F.C. – current squad

GK Černý GK Christie GK B. Currie GK Hutton DF Canning DF Devlin DF Fraser DF Gibson DF Gillespie DF Gordon DF Hendrie DF Kilday DF McLaughlin MF Anderson MF Crawford MF P. Currie MF Kirkpartick MF McAlister MF McGlinchey MF Millar MF Neil MF Mensing MF Wilkie FW Imrie FW Ryan FW Smith FW Spence Manager: Reid