Billy McEwan (footballer, born 1951)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Johnston McGowan McEwan[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 20 June 1951||
Place of birth | Cleland, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1969–1973 | Hibernian | 60 | (2) |
1973 | Blackpool | 4 | (0) |
1974 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | (3) |
1974–1975 | Chesterfield | 80 | (7) |
1976–1977 | Mansfield Town | 32 | (3) |
1977–1979 | Peterborough United | 63 | (3) |
1979–1983 | Rotherham United | 95 | (10) |
Managerial career | |||
1986–1988 | Sheffield United | ||
1988–1991 | Rotherham United | ||
1992–1993 | Darlington | ||
1995 | Derby County (caretaker) | ||
2002 | Derby County (caretaker) | ||
2005–2007 | York City | ||
2008 | Mansfield Town | ||
2010–2011 | Antigua Barracuda | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Johnston McGowan McEwan (born 20 June 1951) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. He had a 14-year playing career in the Scottish and English professional leagues, playing for seven different clubs. McEwan then undertook a coaching career; he has managed six different English league clubs, plus one club on a caretaker basis twice. McEwan was most recently the manager of Antigua Barracuda but left the post in 2011.
Playing career
Born in Cleland, North Lanarkshire,[1] McEwan started his playing career as a midfielder with Scottish non-League side Pumpherston Juniors before joining Hibernian in 1969, making 60 appearances and scoring two goals for the Edinburgh club. McEwan left Hibernian in May 1973 to join Blackpool, and went on to play for Brighton & Hove Albion, Chesterfield, Mansfield Town, Peterborough United and Rotherham United whom he left in the 1982–83 season.
Managerial career
McEwan's first coaching appointment was at Sheffield United after he replaced Ian Porterfield as manager on 27 March 1986. The following season Sheffield United finished ninth in Second Division after an unspectacular season. More disappointing performances in the 1987–88 season followed, and McEwan was forced to resign before taking over as manager of Rotherham United and guided them to the Fourth Division Championship in the 1988–89 season. McEwan later had a spell as manager at Darlington, but he was replaced by Alan Murray midway through his second season.
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McEwan then spent nine years on the coaching team at Derby County. He was caretaker manager there twice in April to June 1995 and in January 2002, after the sackings of Roy McFarland and Colin Todd respectively. In 2003, he was sacked by the then manager John Gregory, but was restored into the post when he was found to have been unfairly dismissed.[2] Altogether he was on the coaching staff under five managers at Derby. He left Derby on 19 October 2004, saying "I am looking for a new challenge. The time was right for me to move on".[3]
McEwan was appointed as manager of York City on 10 February 2005,[4] where in his first full season he achieved a position of eighth in the Conference National. McEwan said that he rejected an offer from an unnamed Football League club to take over as their manager in October 2005.[5] During October 2006, he threatened to walk out on the club if the fans were not satisfied with his efforts.[6]
McEwan issued a public apology to York's supporters and on loan West Bromwich Albion striker Rob Elvins after the team's home defeat to Conference bottom club Tamworth on 3 February 2007.[7] McEwan was named Conference National Manager of the Month for April 2007, but was then sacked by York on 19 November 2007.[8]
McEwan was linked with the managerial vacancy at Mansfield Town in March 2008,[9] and he was appointed as their manager on a three-year contract on 4 July 2008.[10] He was sacked by the club on 10 December 2008.[11]
McEwan was appointed as technical director of the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association in March 2010,[12] and in April was made manager of Antigua Barracuda.[13] He left this position in March 2011.[14]
Personal life
McEwan was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2014.[15]
Managerial statistics
- As of 10 December 2008
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Sheffield United | 27 March 1986 | 2 January 1988 | 86 | 27 | 25 | 34 | 31.4 | [16] |
Rotherham United | 1 April 1988 | 1 January 1991 | 141 | 52 | 40 | 49 | 36.9 | [16] |
Darlington | 1 May 1992 | 4 October 1993 | 57 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 22.8 | [16] |
Derby County (caretaker) | 29 April 1995 | 15 June 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | [14][16] |
Derby County (caretaker) | 14 January 2002 | 30 January 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | [14][16] |
York City | 10 February 2005 | 19 November 2007 | 131 | 52 | 31 | 48 | 39.7 | [17] |
Mansfield Town | 4 July 2008 | 10 December 2008 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30.8 | [10][11][18] |
Total | 444 | 152 | 121 | 171 | 34.2 | — |
Honours
As a player
Hibernian
- Scottish League Cup: 1972–73[citation needed]
- Drybrough Cup: 1971–72,[citation needed] 1972–73[citation needed]
Mansfield Town
As a manager
Rotherham United
References
- ^ a b c "Billy McEwan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "McEwan back at Derby". BBC Sport. 3 April 2003. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "McEwan ambitious for fresh task". BBC Sport. 19 October 2004. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "All change at KitKat Crescent". Evening Press. York. 10 February 2005. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "York manager rejects League offer". BBC Sport. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "York manager threatens to quit". BBC Sport. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ Flett, Dave (5 February 2007). "McEwan apologises after his sloppy side succumb to Lambs". The Press. York. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "York City dismiss manager McEwan". BBC Sport. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Boss McEwan sacked by Mansfield". BBC Sport. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ Baptiste, Neto (25 March 2010). "Barracudas want 'Billy'". Antigua Sun. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ Baptiste, Neto (9 April 2010). "Barracudas name squad". Antigua Sun. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ a b c Mendes, Chris (5 April 2011). "O'Leary, Scolari, Perrin and other Premier League managers who moved to obscure leagues". Talksport. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Former boss Billy assists medical initiative". Sheffield United F.C. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Billy McEwan's managerial career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
- ^ "Managers: Billy McEwan". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ Williams, Tony; Wright, James, eds. (2009). Non-League Club Directory 2010. Tony Williams Publications. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-869833-66-4.
External links
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- People from Cleland, North Lanarkshire
- Sportspeople from North Lanarkshire
- Scottish footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Hibernian F.C. players
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- Mansfield Town F.C. players
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Rotherham United F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Scottish football managers
- Sheffield United F.C. managers
- Rotherham United F.C. managers
- Darlington F.C. managers
- Derby County F.C. managers
- York City F.C. managers
- Mansfield Town F.C. managers
- English Football League managers
- Premier League managers
- National League (English football) managers
- Scottish expatriate football managers
- Derby County F.C. non-playing staff
- People with Parkinson's disease