Gus MacPherson
 Gus MacPherson as St. Mirren manager |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Angus Ian MacPherson | ||
| Date of birth | 11 October 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Queen of the South (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1989 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1989–1990 | Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | → Exeter City (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 1990–2001 | Kilmarnock | 354 | (15) |
| 2001–2003 | Dunfermline Athletic | 39 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | St. Mirren | 9 | (0) |
| – | Total | 413 | (16 ) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2010 | St Mirren | ||
| 2011– | Queen of the South | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Angus Ian MacPherson (born 11 October 1968 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former football player and manager. MacPherson played for Kilmarnock for over a decade, making over 350 league appearances. After retiring as a player in 2003, he became manager of St. Mirren, a position he held until May 2010. MacPherson took St. Mirren from the First Division to the SPL and the 2010 Scottish League Cup Final. On 10 June 2011 he was officially announced as being the new manager of Queen of the South on a one year contract.[1]
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[edit] Rangers and loan to Exeter City
MacPherson started his career as a youth player with Rangers, but was unable to break in to the first team, spending a period on loan to English side Exeter City.
[edit] Kilmarnock
In 1991 he moved to Kilmarnock, where he would enjoy the most successful period of his career becoming a regular fixture in the Rugby Park first team. He went on to play over 350 games at Kilmarnock and also was in the side that won the Scottish Cup with a 1-0 win over Falkirk at Ibrox Stadium.
[edit] Dunfermline Athletic
MacPherson left Kilmarnock in 2001 to join Dunfermline Athletic for two seasons before moving to St Mirren as player/assistant manager in 2003.
[edit] St Mirren
MacPherson was then appointed as player/manager on 18 December 2003 after the resignation of John Coughlin. He retired from playing to concentrate solely on management at the end of the 2003/04 season.
MacPherson guided St. Mirren to 2nd in 2004–05 finishing behind Falkirk. This was a significant improvement for the club having finished seventh the previous season. In the following season MacPherson guided St Mirren back to the Scottish Premier League having finished top of the First Division. He also guided the team to a 2–1 win in the Scottish League Challenge Cup final against Hamilton Academical with Simon Lappin and John Sutton netting the goals, becoming the only St. Mirren manager to win a domestic double.
In the 2006–07 season he retained St Mirren's place in the SPL, following a brief relegation fight. In the second last game of the season St. Mirren's place in the SPL was confirmed courtesy of a 3-2 win over Motherwell despite having been 2-0 down. This coupled with other results saw one of MacPherson's former clubs, Dunfermline relegated to the First Division.[2]
In the following season MacPherson became the first St Mirren manager to be knocked out of both the Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup by teams from a lower league in the same season. Despite these set-backs he retained St. Mirren's SPL status with 10th place in the division. This was St. Mirren's highest finish since the 1990/91 season, finishing one place above MacPherson's former club Kilmarnock and relegated Gretna.
In the 2008–09 season he led St Mirren to a win over Rangers at Love Street with Stephen McGinn netting the only goal of the game.[3] Also in the same season he led St Mirren on a run of four unbeaten games, resulting in him receiving the SPL manager of the month award for December 2008. He also guided them to the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup, beating Celtic 1-0 in the quarter finals.[4] This result came just a week after a 7-0 defeat at Celtic Park.[4] St. Mirren were in a five club relegation battle, but a penultimate weekend win away to Falkirk, almost guaranteed safety. St Mirren stayed in the top flight on goal difference, two goals better off than Inverness.
In January 2010, after Jim Jefferies left Kilmarnock, MacPherson became the longest serving manager in the SPL. On 11 May 2010, St. Mirren announced that they had parted company with MacPherson.
[edit] Queen of the South
MacPherson was announced as the new manager of Dumfries club, Queen of the South on a one year contract. His assistant manager was announced as Andy Millen.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Gus MacPherson is new Queen of the South manager". BBC Sport. 2011-06-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13705016.stm. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
- ^ "Motherwell 2 - 3 St Mirren". BBC Sport. 2007-05-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/6645251.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- ^ "St Mirren 1-0 Rangers". BBC Sport. 2007-10-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/7647537.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- ^ a b "St Mirren 1-0 Celtic". BBC Sport. 2009-03-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7926842.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- ^ "Gus is our new Manager" www.qosfc.com 10 Jun 2011
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Glasgow
- Association football defenders
- Scottish footballers
- Scottish Premier League players
- Scottish Football League players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Exeter City F.C. players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
- St. Mirren F.C. players
- Scottish football managers
- Scottish Premier League managers
- St. Mirren F.C. managers
- Queen of the South F.C. managers
