Davie Irons
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | David John Irons | |
| Date of birth | July 18, 1961 | |
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Midfielder/Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Greenock Morton (manager) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Greystone Rovers | ||
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1979-1980 1980-1984 1984-1987 1987-1988 1988-1991 1991-1993 1993-1996 1996-1997 1997-2002 2002-2005 |
Queen of the South Kello Rovers Ayr United Clydebank Dunfermline Athletic Partick Thistle St. Johnstone Clydebank Annan Athletic Gretna Career |
3 (0) 75 (12) 54 (7) 106 (9) 84 (10) 52 (2) 43 (1) 89 (2) 506 (43) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1997-2002 2007 2007-2008 2008- |
Annan Athletic (player-manager) Gretna (caretaker) Gretna Greenock Morton |
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David John Irons (born July 18, 1961 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former professional footballer. His playing career spanned 26 years. He is currently manager of Scottish League club Greenock Morton.
A central defender or midfielder, Irons was raised in Dumfries[1]. He began his career with local team Queen of the South in 1979. After only one year at Palmerston Park he moved into junior football with Kello Rovers, with whom he remained for four years.
He returned to the professional game in 1984 with Ayr United. He went on to make 75 league appearances for The Honest Men, scoring twelve goals.
In 1987 he joined Clydebank, making 54 appearances and scoring seven goals, and a year later signed for Dunfermline Athletic.
After 106 appearances and nine goals for the Pars, he was signed by Partick Thistle. He remained at Firhill for two years before joining the sixth professional club of his career, St. Johnstone, in 1993. In three years at McDiarmid Park he made 52 appearances and scored twice.
He spent a season with Clydebank in 1996, five years with Annan Athletic (as their player-manager) between 1997 and 2002, and finished his playing career in 2005 after a three-year spell at Gretna, at which point he became assistant manager to Rowan Alexander. He became caretaker-manager of the club between March 2007 and the end of the 2006-07 season during Alexander's absence.[2]
On April 28, 2007, Gretna, under Irons' managership, won promotion to the Premier League with a 3-2 win at Ross County.[3] The result clinched the First Division championship for Gretna, a point ahead of Irons' former club St. Johnstone.
It was announced on 18 July 2007 that Irons would be Gretna's manager on a permanent basis for the club's first season in the SPL, with Mick Wadsworth as his assistant.[4]
On February 19, 2008, Irons resigned as Gretna manager with immediate effect and is now currently working as manager of Greenock Morton.[5]
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[edit] Honours
As a manager
[edit] Notes
- ^ Irons ready to galvanise Gretna on judgment day The Scotsman, April 28, 2007
- ^ Irons to see out season in charge - BBC Sport
- ^ Ross County 2-3 Gretna - BBC Sport
- ^ "Irons will lead Gretna into SPL", BBC Sport website, 18 July 2007.
- ^ "Irons quits Gretna for Morton job", BBC Sport website, 19 February 2008.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- "First for thrills", Irons gives his opinion on the 2007-08 Scottish First Division season - BBC Sport website
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Irons, David John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Irons, Davie |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Football (soccer) manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961-07-18 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow, Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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