Sandy Stewart (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Stewart | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Defender (Left back) | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | None | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pollok | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | Heart of Midlothian | 0 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Kilmarnock | 7 | (1) |
| 1989–2000 | Airdrieonians | 335 | (12) |
| 2000–2001 | Partick Thistle | 22 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Airdrieonians[1] | 69 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Airdrie United[1] | ||
| Total | 433 | (13) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2006 | Airdrie United | ||
| 2007 | St Johnstone (caretaker) | ||
| 2007-2010 | Burnley (assistant) | ||
| 2010-2012 | Bolton Wanderers (assistant) | ||
| 2013 | Wigan Athletic (assistant) | ||
| 2014-2016 | Houston Dynamo (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| managerclubs7 =Blackburn Rovers (assistant)}} Alexander "Sandy" Stewart (born 14 October 1965 in Bellshill) is a former Scottish footballer and football manager who was last assistant manager to Owen Coyle at Houston Dynamo.
Stewart's playing career consisted of spells with Hearts, Kilmarnock, Airdrieonians, Partick Thistle and Airdrie United. Stewart began his career with Eastwood Juveniles before joining Pollok in 1986 aged 21. Over a year later, he joined Hearts.
He was manager of Scottish First Division club Airdrie United between 2002 and 2006, until being sacked on 13 November 2006.[2]
On 9 February 2007, Stewart became assistant manager to Owen Coyle at St. Johnstone, replacing Montrose-bound Jim Weir.[3] On 22 November 2007, Stewart became caretaker-manager of St. Johnstone when Coyle left to become the new manager of English club Burnley.[4] Three days later, in Stewart's first - and only - game in charge, St. Johnstone won the Challenge Cup, their first cup win since the Scottish Consolation Cup of 1911, with a 3-2 victory over Dunfermline Athletic.[5] He opted to follow Coyle to Lancashire on 27 November, working at Burnley for just over two years before moving to his last role at Bolton. He was relieved of his duties on 9 October. On 5 July 2013, he was announced Assistant Manager of Wigan Athletic Football Club, under manager Owen Coyle. On 5 December 2013 he left Wigan Athletic.
On December 31, 2014 Stewart became assistant manager to Owen Coyle at the Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer. On May 25, 2016 Owen Coyle and him left the team.
Honours
- Airdrie United
- Lanarkshire Cup (2) : 2002-03, 2004–05
- Scottish Second Division: 2003-04
- St Johnstone
References
- ^ a b Neil Brown counts Stewart's career between 2001 and 2005 as one continuous spell at "Airdrie". In fact, Airdrieonians went out of business at the end of the 2001–02 season. A club called Airdrie United was established in the Scottish Football League by taking over Clydebank. The statistics given here are Stewart's total appearances between 2001 and 2005.
- ^ "Airdrie part company with manager". BBC Sport website. 13 November 2006.
- ^ League Points The Focus Once More
- ^ "Sandy in charge for cup final" - St. Johnstone's official website
- ^ Dunfermline 2-3 St. Johnstone - BBC Sport
- Use dmy dates from May 2012
- Living people
- 1965 births
- Scottish footballers
- Scottish football managers
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Airdrieonians F.C. players
- Airdrieonians F.C. managers
- St Johnstone F.C. managers
- Burnley F.C. non-playing staff
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Association football fullbacks
- St Johnstone F.C. non-playing staff
- Burnley F.C.
- Pollok F.C. players
- Scottish Football League managers
- Wigan Athletic F.C. non-playing staff
- Houston Dynamo non-playing staff