Gordon Chisholm

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Gordon Chisholm

Gordon Chisholm celebrating Queen of the South's
run to the 2008 Scottish Cup Final
Personal information
Full name Gordon Chisholm
Date of birth April 8, 1960 (1960-04-08) (age 48)
Place of birth    Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position Central Defender
Club information
Current club Queen of the South (manager)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1978–85
1985–87
1987–92
1992		 Sunderland
Hibernian
Dundee
Partick Thistle
Career		 197 (10)
059 0(4)
155 (15)
009 0(0)
420 (29)   
Teams managed
2005–06
2007–		 Dundee United
Queen of the South

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Gordon Chisholm (born April 8, 1960 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a former professional footballer and is currently the manager of Scottish First Division club Queen of the South from Dumfries.

[edit] Playing career

Chisholm started his career at Sunderland where he spent seven years and was a member of the side that reached the final of the Football League Cup in March 1985, where they lost 1-0 to Norwich City. Unfortunately for Chisholm, he deflected Asa Hartford's shot into the net for Norwich's winning goal. He moved back to Scotland later that year, when he joined Hibernian. He later had spells at Dundee and Partick Thistle.

[edit] Managerial career

Chisholm had assistant manager roles at Partick Thistle, Clydebank, Ross County, Airdrieonians, Falkirk and Dundee United before being appointed as caretaker manager of Dundee United on March 14, 2005, following the sacking of Ian McCall.

Chisholm suffered 3-2 defeats against both Celtic and Hibernian in his first two matches in charge in March 2005. However, in his first full month in charge (April 2005), Chisholm was to be awarded the Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month award. This followed a week where Chisholm's team triumphed over Hibernian, Rangers and Hearts. United then went on to end a run of eight games over three years without a win against neighbours Dundee, with goals by Mark Wilson and Jim McIntyre sealing a 2-1 win. Chisholm's team then retained SPL status in dramatic style with a late Barry Robson penalty at Inverness on the final day of the season.

After taking United to the Scottish Cup Final (which they subsequently lost 1–0 against Celtic), and therefore qualifying for the UEFA Cup, Chisholm was given the position of manager on a permanent basis on May 24, 2005. However, despite spending considerable money on players such as Lee Miller, Dundee United were to be eliminated in the qualifying stage of the UEFA Cup by Finnish team MyPa.

Subsequent poor league form and a 3-2 defeat against Aberdeen in the Third Round of the Scottish Cup, after having led 2-0, led to Chisholm being sacked on 10 January 2006 by Dundee United chairman Eddie Thompson. He became Ian McCall's assistant at Dumfries club Queen of the South until McCall left the club at the end of the 2006-07 season.

In the close season, Gordon Chisholm accepted the role as manager at Queen of the South. In April 2008 he guided the club to its first ever Scottish Cup final appearance by defeating Aberdeen 4-3. Despite a battling second half Queens display Rangers ran out 3 - 2 winners in the final. After an injury plagued start to the season Queens eventually finished 4th in the Scottish First Division.

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Queen of the South F.C. – current squad

GK Grindlay • DF Aitken • DF Harris • DF McQuilken • DF Reid • DF Thomson • MF Burns • MF MacFarlane • MF McCann • MF Robertson • MF Scally • MF Tosh • FW Dobbie • FW Kean • FW O'Connor • Manager: Chisholm