Sandy Stewart (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Stewart | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Defender (Left back) | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Blackburn Rovers (Assistant Manager) | ||
| 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) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 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) | ||
| 2016- | Blackburn Rovers (assistant) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Alexander "Sandy" Stewart (born 14 October 1965 in Bellshill) is a former Scottish footballer and football manager who is assistant manager to Owen Coyle at Blackburn Rovers.
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 appointed assistant manager of Wigan Athletic, under manager Owen Coyle. On 5 December 2013 he left Wigan Athletic.
On 31 December 2014 Stewart became assistant manager to Owen Coyle at the Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer. On 25 May 2016 Owen Coyle and Stewart left the team. On 4 July 2016 Stewart was appointed assistant manager of Blackburn Rovers to be reunited with Owen Coyle, Rovers newly installed manager.
Honours
- Airdrie United
- Lanarkshire Cup (2) : 2002-03, 2004–05
- Scottish Second Division: 2003-04
- St Johnstone
References
- 1 2 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. BBC. 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