Ian Dobson (footballer)

Ian Dobson

Personal information
Full name	Ian Dobson
Date of birth	(1957-10-03) 3 October 1957
Place of birth	Hull, England
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Hull City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1980	Hull City	92	(5)
1980–1982	Hereford United	41	(5)
1982–1983	Croydon City Arrows	40	(7)
1984–1987	Preston Makedonia	58	(4)
1987–1988	Melbourne Croatia	41	(2)
1989–1991	Croydon City Arrows	56	(5)
1993	Knox City	17	(0)
Total		345	(28)
Managerial career
1989–1991	Croydon City Arrows
1991–1993	Preston Makedonia
1993–1995	Altona Magic
1995–1997	Melbourne Knights
1997–1998	Altona Magic
1999–2003	Green Gully
2003–2004	Melbourne Knights
2005	Green Gully
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Dobson (born 3 October 1957) is a former Australian football (soccer) player who has won the Victorian Premier League Coach of the Year Award twice. Currently Dobson is Director of Coaching at Green Gully Soccer Club. Dobson first arrived in Australia in 1982 and played for the Croydon City Arrows in the State League before being snapped up by National League side Preston Makedonia. Coincidentally Dobson's first coaching role came in 1989 with the Croydon City Arrows in a career which would span three decades to include a National Soccer League Championship with the Melbourne Knights, a National Soccer League Cup, also with the Melbourne Knights, two Victorian Premier League titles with Altona Magic (1995, 1997) and six Victorian Premier League titles with Green Gully.

Honours

As coach;

• National Soccer League (Australia) Champion 1995/96(Melbourne Knights)
• National Soccer League Cup (Australia) Champion 1996 (Melbourne Knights)
• Victorian Premier League (State League) Champion 1995, 1997 -(Altona Magic

1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011 (Green Gully Cavaliers)

• Dockerty Cup Winners 2004 (Green Gully Cavaliers)
• Victorian Premier League Coach of the Year
• 1995 - Ian Dobson (Altona Magic)
• 1999 - Ian Dobson (Green Gully)