Peter Houston
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Houston | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back (Retired) | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dundee United (Caretaker manager) | ||
Peter Houston (born 19 July 1958 in Baillieston) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a full-back. He is currently caretaker manager at Dundee United, following Craig Levein's depature for coach of the Scotland international team.
Career
Player
Houston began his career in 1977 with Airdrieonians but made just one senior league appearance and dropped into junior football with Livingston United. In 1979, Houston moved back into the senior game with Albion Rovers and played over 100 league matches over four years, scoring 33 times. Curiously, a similar length of spell at Falkirk yielded another 33 goals and upon leaving in 1986 to join Dumbarton, Houston had made over 250 senior league appearances. After two years with The Sons, Houston returned to Falkirk for three years before a final playing spell with East Stirling. Houston was worshipped by the Falkirk supporters and even had his own supporters club called The Houstie Hardcore.
Coaching
Upon retiring in 1993, Houston returned to Falkirk for his third spell with the club, although this time in a coaching capacity. Houston was involved in setting up Falkirk's youth academy and went on to work as an SFA Development Officer at Brockville. When manager Jim Jefferies moved to Hearts in 1995, Houston joined him as reserve and youth team manager, becoming caretaker manager when Jefferies left for Bradford City in 2000.[1] Despite being backed by the players for the manager role,[2] Houston had to settle for an assistant manager role when Craig Levein was appointed instead.[1]. Houston followed Levein to Leicester City in 2004, where he stayed until Levein and his backroom staff were sacked in January 2006.[3]
Houston was out of football until his appointment as assistant manager to Levein at Dundee United in October 2006. Levein left the club in December 2009 to become manager of the Scottish national team, with Houston taking over as caretaker manager. Despite initially being considered favourite to take over on a permanent basis, Houston announced he would not be applying for the job following a 7–1 defeat against Rangers under his tenure.
References
- ^ a b "No jeers from Jefferies". BBC Sport website. 2000-11-09. Cite error: The named reference "hearts3" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Pressley backs Houston for post". BBC Sport website. 2000-11-26.
- ^ "Levein and Leicester part company". BBC Sport website. 2006-01-25.
External links
  | This biographical article related to a defender from Scotland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |