Billy Reid (footballer, born 1963)

Billy Reid

Personal information
Full name	William Reid
Date of birth	(1963-07-18) 18 July 1963
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Midfielder/Defender
Club information
Current team	Östersunds (assistant 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
2005–2013	Hamilton Academical
2013-	Östersunds (assistant)
* 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 who is the assistant manager to Graham Potter at Östersunds.

Playing career

In his playing days Reid started off at Dumfries club, 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] The three were part of a successful promotion campaign in 1985/86 from the then Scottish Second Division. It was at Queens where Reid gave his longest service as a player.

Reid then played for Clyde, Hamilton Academical and Stirling Albion.

Coaching career

Reid began his managerial career in 2002 with a caretaker appointment at a club he had played for, Scottish First Division club Clyde. This was in between the departure of Allan Maitland and the appointment of Alan Kernaghan. He took over the Bully Wee on a permanent basis in 2004 following Kernaghan's two-year spell and took the side to second place in his only season in charge.

Reid then became manager at another club he had served as a player, Hamilton Academical. He took over from another former Clyde boss Alan Maitland. He took the Accies to the Scottish First Division league title in 2008 and promotion to the Scottish Premier League and won the PFA Scotland Manager of the Year. After leading Hamilton to an impressive seventh-place finish in the Scottish Premier League in 2009/10, Reid was linked with a move to a number of clubs^[3] including Swansea City, but rejected their approach claiming to have unfinished business with Hamilton.^[4][5] Hamilton were relegated from the top flight in 2011.^[6] Reid left Hamilton by mutual consent on 3 April 2013, after more than seven years in the job.^[7]

Despite being linked to the manager's job at Morton, Reid became assistant manager at Östersunds in November 2013.^[8]

Personal life

His son, Billy Jnr, was also a footballer, who played for Clyde.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 2 April 2013

References

External links

• Billy Reid management career statistics at Soccerbase