Davie Irons
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | David John Irons | |
| Date of birth | July 18, 1961 | |
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Midfielder/Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Greenock Morton (manager) | |
| Youth career | ||
| Greystone Rovers | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1979–1980 1984–1987 1987–1988 1988–1991 1991–1993 1993–1996 1996–1997 1997–2002 2002–2005 |
Queen of the South Ayr United Clydebank Dunfermline Athletic Partick Thistle St. Johnstone Clydebank Annan Athletic Gretna Career |
3 (0) 75 (12) 54 (7) 106 (9) 84 (10) 52 (2) 43 (1) 89 (2) 506 (43) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1997–2002 2007 2007–2008 2008– |
Annan Athletic (player-manager) Gretna (caretaker) Gretna Greenock Morton |
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David John "Davie" Irons (born July 18, 1961 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former professional footballer. His playing career spanned 26 years as a central defender or midfielder. He is currently manager of Scottish League club Greenock Morton.
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Born in Glasgow in 1961, Davie Irons was raised in Dumfries[1] after moving there with his parents in 1964[2].
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[edit] Queen of the South
He began his career with local team Queen of the South in 1979. After only one year of the Willie Harkness regime at Palmerston Park and a total of four first team appearances he moved into junior football.
Irons returned to Palmerston Park under the new regime of Norman Blount to play for a Queen of the South select on 23 April, 1995. The opposition in the 2-2 draw was Rangers in a game to mark Queens' 75th anniversary and the opening of the new stand. Other ex players to guest beside Irons that day included Andy Thomson and Ted McMinn.[3]
[edit] Kello Rovers
Irons joined Kello Rovers, with whom he remained for four years.
[edit] Ayr United
He returned to the professional game in 1984 with Ayr United. He went on to make 75 league appearances for The Honest Men, scoring twelve goals.
[edit] Clydebank
In 1987 he joined Clydebank, making 54 appearances and scoring seven goals, and a year later signed for Dunfermline Athletic.
[edit] Dunfermline Athletic
Irons scored the opening goal for Dunfermline in the game that confirmed Queens' relegation in 1989.[4]
After 106 appearances and nine goals for the Pars, he was signed by Partick Thistle.
[edit] Partick Thistle
He remained at Firhill for two years before joining the sixth professional club of his career, St. Johnstone, in 1993. In three years at McDiarmid Park he made 52 appearances and scored twice.
[edit] Clydebank
He spent a season with Clydebank in 1996.
[edit] Annan Athletic
Irons spent five years with Annan Athletic (as their player-manager) between 1997 and 2002.
[edit] Gretna
Irons finished his playing career in 2005 after a three-year spell at Gretna, at which point he became assistant manager to Rowan Alexander. He became caretaker-manager of the club between March 2007 and the end of the 2006-07 season during Alexander's absence.[5]
On April 28, 2007, Gretna, under Irons' managership, won promotion to the Premier League with a 3-2 win at Ross County.[6] The result clinched the First Division championship for Gretna, a point ahead of Irons' former club St. Johnstone.
It was announced on 18 July 2007 that Irons would be Gretna's manager on a permanent basis for the club's first season in the SPL, with Mick Wadsworth as his assistant.[7]
On February 19, 2008, Irons resigned as Gretna manager with immediate effect.
[edit] Morton
Irons is currently working as manager of Greenock Morton,[8] after resigning from the Gretna job in February 2008. His first act was to help keep Morton in the First Division managing to defeat Dunfermline Athletic[9] and Partick Thistle[10], both 3–0 to allow Morton to finish one goal above Clyde and finish in 8th position in the league.
In his first full season as manager of Morton, Irons guided them to sixth in the table despite a poor start taking only four points from the first quarter of the season. He also managed to achieve a victory over Hibs at Easter Road Stadium in the Scottish League Cup.
[edit] Honours
As a manager
Gretna
- Scottish First Division: 2006–07
- Scottish Cup (runners-up): 2005–06
[edit] Notes
- ^ Irons ready to galvanise Gretna on judgment day The Scotsman, April 28, 2007
- ^ http://www.qosfc.com/TeamNews/ViewFullStory/tabid/151/selectmoduleid/498/ArticleID/177/reftab/54/Default.aspx
- ^ http://qosfc.com/AboutQueens/ClubHistory/tabid/164/Default.aspx
- ^ McCartney, Iain (2004). The Queens 1919-2004 (First Edition ed.). Creedon Publications. ISBN 1-8993-1652-3.
- ^ Irons to see out season in charge - BBC Sport
- ^ Ross County 2-3 Gretna - BBC Sport
- ^ "Irons will lead Gretna into SPL". BBC Sport website. 2007-07-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gretna/6903910.stm.
- ^ "Irons quits Gretna for Morton job". BBC Sport. 2008-02-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gretna/7252368.stm.
- ^ "Morton 3-0 Dunfermline Athletic". BBC Sport. 2008-04-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/7353612.stm. Retrieved on 2008-11-02.
- ^ "Partick Thistle 0-3 Morton". BBC Sport. 2008-04-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/7364831.stm. Retrieved on 2008-11-02.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- "First for thrills", Irons gives his opinion on the 2007-08 Scottish First Division season - BBC Sport website
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