Allan Preston

This article is about the Scottish footballer. For the New Zealand footballer and cricketer, see Alan Preston.
Allan Preston
Personal information
Full nameAllan Preston
Date of birth16 August 1969
Place of birthLeith, Scotland
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1985–1993Dundee United24(1)
1993–1994Hearts21(2)
1994–2000St. Johnstone144(7)
2000Queen of the South8(1)
Total197(11)
Teams managed
2004Livingston
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Allan Preston (born 16 August 1969 in Leith, Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish professional footballer and manager. He is currently a radio sports pundit for BBC Scotland.

Playing career

Preston, who predominantly played at left-back, began his career as a 15-year-old with Dundee United in 1985. After spending eight years at Tannadice, he signed for Hearts, the team he supported as a boy but after only one season in Edinburgh he joined St. Johnstone. It was in Perth that he played the most consistent football of his career.

Management

In June 2000, after a hip injury ended his playing career, Preston became assistant to Macclesfield Town manager Peter Davenport, whom he had played with at St Johnstone. Preston left Macclesfield within a year[1] to return to Scotland with Livingston as a coach, and in June 2004 he became the club's manager.[2] He brought in another former St. Johnstone teammate, Alan Kernaghan, as his assistant;[3] Kernagahan had been player/manager at Clyde.

In November 2004, after just fifteen games in charge, Preston and Kernaghan were sacked after the team's seventh successive defeat.[4] The following month he joined his current employer, Stellar Scotland, a subsidiary of The Stellar Group Limited, alongside former St. Johnstone teammates John Inglis and Paul Cherry.

Preston was unsuccessful in his application to be St Johnstone manager in April 2005 and thus his Livingston job represents his last football role.[5]

Miscellaneous

Preston has been a pundit on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound since 2008 and is nicknamed Biscuits.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Macclesfield 1-0 Kidderminster". BBC Sport. 2001-04-07. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  2. ↑ New chief appoints Preston - BBC Sport
  3. ↑ "Kernaghan is Livi assistant". BBC Sport. 2004-06-17. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  4. ↑ Livingston sack manager Preston - BBC Sport
  5. ↑ "Three in frame for Saints vacancy". BBC Sport. 2005-04-04. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  6. ↑ "Monday's football as it happened". BBC Sport. 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-08-18.

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