Tony Gervaise

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Tony Gervaise
Personal information
Full nameTony Gervaise
Date of birth (1955-05-10) 10 May 1955
Place of birthPaisley, Scotland
Playing positionLeft back
Club information
Current clubArsenal Ladies (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1984Clydebank163(2)
1984–1985Hamilton Academical9(0)
1985–1986Queen of the South30(0)
1986–1987Stranraer6(0)
Total208(2)
Teams managed
1987–?Clydebank (assistant)
2001–2004Scotland women (assistant)
2005–2008Scotland women U15, U17 & U19 (manager)
2008–2009Arsenal Ladies (assistant)
2009–2010Arsenal Ladies (manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Tony Gervaise (born 10 May 1955 in Paisley) is a Scottish association football former player turned women's football coach. He is a former manager of Arsenal Ladies, having succeeded Vic Akers in 2009.

Gervaise played as a left back, with a professional[citation needed] career in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League at Clydebank, Hamilton Academical, Queen of the South and Stranraer between 1977 and 1987. At Queens he was signed by manager Nobby Clark under whom Gervaise played in a successful promotion campaign.[1] He made a career total of 208 league appearances, scoring 2 goals.[2]

After retiring as a player, Gervaise was an assistant coach at Clydebank, helping the club reach the Scottish Cup semi-finals in 1990.[3] He later joined the Scottish Football Association's Women's Section, and in 2001 he became assistant coach of the Scottish women's national team.[3] In 2004 he became Head of Youth Development at the SFA, and the following year took over the Scottish U-15, U-17 and U-19 girls' sides.[4]

In 2008 he moved south of the border to become Arsenal Ladies' assistant manager, alongside Vic Akers.[4] The following year he succeeded Akers as manager after the latter's retirement.[5] He resigned after just 20 games, claiming there was a lack of clarity about who was in charge.[6]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Vic Akers
Arsenal Ladies Manager
2009–2010
Succeeded by
Laura Harvey
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