Alex Smith (footballer, born 1939)

Alex Smith
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Smith
Date of birth	(1939-12-25) 25 December 1939
Place of birth	Cowie, Scotland
Playing position	Inside forward
Club information
Current team	Falkirk (Assistant to head coach)
Youth career
	Gowanhill United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1959	Kilmarnock	0	(0)
1959–1962	Stenhousemuir	39	(9)
1962–1965	Stirling Albion	51	(11)
1965–1966	East Stirlingshire	12	(4)
1966–1968	Albion Rovers	23	(0)
1968–1970	Stenhousemuir	23	(0)
Teams managed
1969–1974	Stenhousemuir
1974–1986	Stirling Albion
	Scotland under-18
1986–1988	St Mirren
1988–1992	Aberdeen
1992–1994	Clyde
1998–2002	Scotland under-21
2000–2002	Dundee United
2002–2005	Ross County
2013	Falkirk (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Alexander "Alex" Smith, MBE (born 25 December 1939), is a Scottish former football player and manager. His major achievements as manager include winning the Scottish Cup in 1987 (with St Mirren) and 1990 (with Aberdeen), and the Scottish League Cup (again with Aberdeen) in 1989. In the 2005 book on Scottish football, The Final Whistle? he was described as "the nearest thing the Scottish game has to a father figure".

Biography

Smith was born in Cowie, a mining village close to Stirling, and played in the same youth team as Billy Bremner. He was best man at Bremner's wedding. His playing career was journeymanlike, and he played for Kilmarnock, Stenhousemuir, Stirling Albion and Albion Rovers.

His managerial career began in 1968 with Stenhousemuir. In 1974, he became manager of Stirling Albion and would manage the club for 12 years, winning the Division Two championship in 1977. Stirling Albion remained in the second tier for four seasons, and were relegated in 1981 after failing to score a league goal for eight months, Smith nonetheless remained at the club until 1986 when he moved to St Mirren, with whom he would win the Scottish Cup in 1987.

Smith and co-manager Jocky Scott succeeded Ian Porterfield at Aberdeen in 1988. For the next three seasons Aberdeen were the premier rivals to Rangers, finishing runners-up in each of those seasons. They would win the double of the League Cup and Scottish Cup in 1990, and in 1991 would go into their final game at Ibrox needing only a draw to win the League championship on goals scored. A 2–0 defeat courtesy of a Mark Hateley double sealed a third straight title for Rangers. They began the next season well, including a 2–0 win at Ibrox, but a slump in form resulted in his dismissal in February 1992.

He would later manage Clyde, Dundee United and Ross County. Smith later worked as technical director at Falkirk. In June 2009 he was appointed assistant to the then head coach Eddie May.^[1]^[2] In March 2013 he was appointed interim manager at the club following the departure of Steven Pressley.^[3]

Smith has been involved with Scotland at a number of levels, managing the Scotland under-18 and under-21 sides. He also took charge of the Scotland B squad in January 2007, alongside Bobby Williamson.^[4]

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	L	D	Win %
Stenhousemuir	1 August 1968	1 September 1974	-	-	-	-	-
Stirling	1 September 1974	16 December 1986	-	-	-	-	-
St Mirren	17 December 1986	31 May 1988	-	-	-	-	-
Aberdeen	1 August 1988	10 February 1992	178	91	39	48	51.12
Clyde	1 August 1992	1 June 1994	-	-	-	-	-
Scotland under-21		14 March 2002	-	-	-	-	-
Dundee United	8 August 2000	7 October 2002	99	31	45	23	31.31
Ross County	27 November 2002	11 June 2005	112	39	45	28	34.82
Falkirk (interim)	8 March 2013	3 April 2013	5	3	2	0	60.0

Manager

Stenhousemuir

Stirlingshire Cup : 1970-71

Stirling Albion

Stirlingshire Cup : 1976-77, 1977–78, 1983–84
Scottish League Second Division: 1976–77

St Mirren

Scottish Cup : 1986–87

Aberdeen (co-manager with Jocky Scott)

Personal

SPL Manager of the Month: 3

March 2001, May 2001, January 2002

References

↑ http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4281&Itemid=1 Falkirk FC | New Coaching Team
↑ http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/2491410/Ill-teach-them-the-Shankly-way.html The Sun | "Smith insists he'll NOT be a director of football"
↑ "Falkirk: Alex Smith interim boss after Steven Pressley exit". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
↑ "Gow & McGregor given Scots chance". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 January 2007.

Reid, Harry (2005), The Final Whistle?, Birlinn, ISBN 1-84158-362-6
Grant, Michael and Robertson, Rob (2010), The Management, Birlinn, ISBN 978-1-84158-819-3

Alex Smith managerial positions

Stenhousemuir F.C. – managers

A. Smith (1969–74)
Glasgow (1974–81)
Black (1981–84)
Rose (1984–86)
Henderson (1987)
Rennie (1987–89)
Meakin (1989–91)
Lawson (1991–92)
Christie (1992–99)
Armstrong (1999–2000)
Fairley (2000–01)
Bone (2001–02)
McVeigh (2002–04)
McKeown & T. Smith (2004–05)
McKeown (2005–06)
Money (2006–07)
Coughlin (2007–10)
Robertson & McGoldrick^c (2010)
Irons (2010–12)
Corrigan (2012–14)
Booth (2014–15)
Ferguson (2015–)

Stirling Albion F.C. – managers

Fergusson (1945–51)
Paterson (1951–52)
Fergusson (1952–55)
Mathers (1955–56)
Fergusson (1956–60)
McCrae (1960)
McLennan (1960–61)
Forsyth (1961–63)
Baird (1963–68)
MacFarlane (1968–69)
Joyner (1969–70)
Shankly (1970–73)
Beattie (1973–74)
Smith (1974–86)
Peebles (1986–88)
Meaken (1988)
Fleeting (1988–89)
Brogan (1989–94)
Drinkell (1994–98)
Philliben (1998–00)
Stewart (2000–02)
Moore (2002–10)
O'Neill (2010–11)
Scott (2011)
McDonald (2011–14)
McLaren (2014–16)
Mackay (2016–)

St Mirren F.C. – managers

McCartney (1904–10)
Grieve (1910)
Law (1910–16)
Cochrane (1916–28)
Turner (1928–29)
Graham (1929)
Morrison (1929–36)
Blythe (1936–41)
Menzies (1941–42)
Fotheringham (1942–45)
Rankin (1945–54)
Reid (1954–61)
Flavell (1961–62)
Cox (1962–65)
Millward (1965–66)
Wright (1966–70)
Humphries (1970–72)
Bryceland (1972–73)
Cunningham (1973–74)
Ferguson (1974–78)
Clunie (1978–80)
McFarlane (1980–83)
Miller (1983–86)
Smith (1986–88)
Fitzpatrick (1988–91)
Hay (1991–92)
Bone (1992–96)
Munro (1996)
Fitzpatrick (1996–98)
Hendrie (1998–2002)
Coughlin (2002–03)
MacPherson (2003–10)
Lennon (2010–14)
Craig (2014)
Teale (2014–15)
Murray (2015)
Rae (2015–16)
Ross (2016–)

Aberdeen F.C. – managers

Philip (1903–23)
Travers (1923–38)
Halliday (1938–55)
Shaw (1955–59)
Pearson (1959–65)
Turnbull (1965–71)
Bonthrone (1971–75)
MacLeod (1975–77)
McNeill (1977–78)
Ferguson (1978–86)
Porterfield (1986–88)
Smith & Scott (1988–91)
Smith (1991–92)
W. Miller (1992–95)
Aitken (1995–97)
A. Miller (1997–98)
Burkinshaw (1998–99)
Hegarty (1999)
Skovdahl (1999–2002)
Speirs (2002)
Paterson (2002–04)
Calderwood (2004–09)
McGhee (2009–10)
Brown (2010–13)
McInnes (2013–)

Clyde F.C. – managers

Jack (1905–09)
Maley (1909–12)
Commins (1912)
Thompson (1922–35)
Moreland (1935–37)
Travers (1937–56)
Haddow (1956–62)
Prentice (1962–66)
White (1966–67)
Wright (1967)
Robertson (1968–73)
Rowan^c (1973)
Anderson (1973–77)
Clinton^c (1976)
Waddell^c (1977)
McNeill (1977)
C. Brown (1977–86)
Clark (1986–92)
Smith (1992–96)
Speirs (1996–98)
McDonald (1998)
Maitland (1998–2002)
Reid^c (2002)
Kernaghan (2002–04)
Reid (2004–05)
Roberts (2005–06)
Miller (2006–07)
Hendry (2007–08)
Bell^c (2008)
J. Brown (2008–09)
McCormack (2009–10)
Watt^c (2010)
Millar (2010–11)
Watt^c (2011)
Duffy (2011–14)
Ferguson (2014–17)
Malcolm^c (2017)
MacDonald & McGovern^c (2017)
Chapman (2017–)

Scotland national under-21 football team – managers
Roxburgh (1975–86) Brown (1986–1993) Craig (1993–98) Smith (1998–2002) Bonhof (2002–05) Malpas^c (2005–06) Knox (2006–07) Malpas^c (2007–08) Stark (2008–14) Sbragia^c (2014–15) Lennon^c (2015) Sbragia (2015–16) Gemmill (2016–) (c) = caretaker manager

Dundee United F.C. – managers

Reilly (1909–15)
Dainty (1915–17)
Reilly (1917–22)
O'Rourke (1922–23)
McAndrew^c (1923)
Brownlie (1923–31)
Reid (1931–34)
Brownlie (1934–36)
Greig (1936–38)
Brownlie & Irving (1938–39)
McKay (1939)
Allan (1939–42)
Littlejohn (1942–44)
McGillivray (1944–45)
MacFadyen (1945–54)
R. Smith (1954–57)
Gallacher (1957)
Gray (1957–58)
A. McCall (1958–59)
Kerr (1959–71)
J. McLean (1971–93)
Golac (1993–95)
Kirkwood (1995–96)
T. McLean (1996–98)
Sturrock (1998–2000)
A. Smith (2000–02)
Hegarty (2002–03)
I. McCall (2003–05)
Chisholm (2005–06)
Brewster (2006)
Levein (2006–09)
Houston (2009–13)
McNamara (2013–15)
Paatelainen (2015–16)
McKinnon (2016–)

Ross County F.C. – managers
Buchanan (1985–87) Wilson (1987–96) Cooper (1996–02) Smith (2002–05) Robertson (2005) Speirs (2005–06) Leitch (2006–07) Campbell (2007) Adams (2007–10) McStay (2010–11) Calderwood (2011) Adams (2011–14) McIntyre (2014–)

Falkirk F.C. – managers

Nicol (1905–24)
Reid (1924–27)
Richardson (1927–32)
Orr (1932–35)
Craig (1935–50)
Shankly (1950–56)
McPhie^c (1956–57)
R. Smith (1957–59)
Younger (1959–60)
McCrae (1960–65)
Kean (1965–66)
Prentice (1966–68)
Rowan^c (1968)
Cunningham (1968–1972)
Prentice (1973–75)
McKenzie^c (1975)
Miller (1975–77)
Little (1977–79)
Hagart (1979–82)
Bennie^c (1982)
Totten (1982–83)
Abel (1983–84)
Shaw^c (1984)
Lamont (1984–87)
Clarke (1987–88)
Duffy (1988–89)
Sullivan^c (1989)
Lamont (1989–90)
Sullivan^c (1990)
Jefferies (1990–95)
Lambie (1995–96)
Collins^c (1996)
Bannon (1996)
Totten (1996–2002)
McCall (2002–03)
Coyle & Hughes (2003)
Hughes (2003–09)
May (2009–10)
Pressley (2010–13)
A. Smith^c (2013)
Holt (2013–14)
Houston (2014–)

Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductees
2004	Baxter Bremner Busby Dalglish Ferguson Gallacher Greig J. Johnstone Law Mackay McGrain McGrory McNeill Miller Murdoch Shankly G. Smith Souness Stein Woodburn
2005	Campbell James Jordan Lennox McLean McLeish Morton L. Reilly Waddell White Young
2006	Cooper Gemmell Gough Henderson Jardine Larsson Laudrup Ormond Robertson Steel T. Walker
2007	Bauld Caldow Cowan Hansen McCoist R. Reilly W. Smith Strachan Turnbull
2008	Evans Gemmill D. Johnstone Leighton Liddell St John Struth Thomson
2009	Archibald Auld Delaney Gilzean Johnston Lambert Maley Meiklejohn
2010	C. Brown Goram B. Johnstone McStay Narey Wharton
2011	Butcher Crerand McColl Simpson
2012	McLintock McPhail McQueen Stanton Watson
2013	Buchan Docherty Gray Rough Symon R. Walker
2014	W. Brown Lorimer McCrae's Battalion Nicholas Wilson
2015	R. Brown Graham Hillis MacLeod Malpas
2016	Chalmers McAllister A. Smith Wallace Wark

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 36171096 ISNI: 0000 0000 3102 3740

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