List of East Stirlingshire F.C. managers

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This chronological list of managers of East Stirlingshire Football Club comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of East Stirlingshire F.C. since the position was created in 1966. The club's first ever manager was Lawrence Binnie in 1966, prior to then all management roles were assigned to the board of directors at the club.[1] Sir Alex Ferguson's first ever managerial job was with East Stirlingshire. He managed the club during 1974 before moving to St Mirren. No manager has ever won a league title with the club, however, Billy Lamont managed the club to a runners-up spot in the 1979–80 Scottish Second Division. To date, every person to have managed the club has been from Scotland.

Managers[edit]

Picture Name Nationality From To Matches Won Drawn Lost Win%[2] Honours Notes
Lawrence Binnie  Scotland 1966 1966 [1]
Ian Crawford  Scotland 1966 1970
Jim Rowan  Scotland 1970 1971
Bob Shaw  Scotland 1971 1974
Alex Ferguson  Scotland June 1974 October 1974 17 9 2 6 052.94 [3]
Ian Ure  Scotland 1974 1975
Dan McLindon  Scotland 1975 1977
Billy Lamont  Scotland 1977 1981 1 Second Division runners-up [3]
Martin Ferguson  Scotland 1981 1982 [3]
Billy Little  Scotland 1983 1985 [3]
Davie Whiteford  Scotland May 1985 February 1987 71 16 14 41 022.54
Dennis Lawson  Scotland 1987 1988
David Connell  Scotland 1988 1989
Alan Mackin  Scotland 1989 1990 [3]
Dom Sullivan  Scotland 1990 1992
Bobby McCulley  Scotland 1992 1993
Billy Little  Scotland 1993 1997 [3]
John Brownlie  Scotland 1997 1998 [3]
Hugh McCann  Scotland 1998 1999
George Fairley  Scotland 2000 2001
Brian Ross  Scotland February 2001 February 2002 43 9 13 21 020.93
Gordon Russell  Scotland February 2002 July 2002 17 7 2 8 041.18
Danny Diver  Scotland July 2002 March 2003 35 2 9 24 005.71 [4]
Steve Morrison  Scotland March 2003 May 2004 46 2 3 41 004.35 [4]
Dennis Newell  Scotland March 2004 December 2005 [4]
Gordon Wylde  Scotland January 2006 February 2008 [4]
Jim McInally  Scotland March 2008 May 2011 141 58 21 62 041.13 [4]
John Coughlin  Scotland May 2011 May 2014 122 30 20 72 024.59 [5]
Craig Tully  Scotland June 2014 May 2016 80 23 10 47 028.75 [5]
John Sludden  Scotland May 2016 August 2018 0 0 0 0 ! [5]

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