Paul Sturrock
Paul Whitehead Sturrock (born 10 October 1956) is a Scottish former football coach and former player. He has played for Dundee United and Scotland national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Whitehead Sturrock[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1956 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of birth | Ellon, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Grandtully Vale | |||
| 1972–1973 | Vale of Atholl | ||
| 1973–1974 | Bankfoot Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1989 | Dundee United | 385 | (109) |
| National team | |||
| 1977–1982 | Scotland under-21 | 9 | (0) |
| 1981–1987 | Scotland | 20 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1993–1998 | St Johnstone | ||
| 1998–2000 | Dundee United | ||
| 2000–2004 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| 2004 | Southampton | ||
| 2004–2006 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 2006–2007 | Swindon Town | ||
| 2007–2009 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| 2010–2013 | Southend United | ||
| 2015 | Yeovil Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dundee United | 1974–75 | Division One | 12 | 6 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | ||
| 1975–76 | Premier Division | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | 27 | 5 | ||
| 1976–77 | 36 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 42 | 17 | |||
| 1977–78 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 8 | ||
| 1978–79 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 7 | ||
| 1979–80 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 11 | ||
| 1980–81 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 23 | ||
| 1981–82 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 24 | ||
| 1982–83 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 16 | ||
| 1983–84 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 6 | ||
| 1984–85 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 20 | ||
| 1985–86 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 13 | ||
| 1986–87 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 50 | 6 | ||
| 1987–88 | 9 | 3 | – | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 1988–89 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 384 | 109 | 48 | 12 | 79 | 38 | 60 | 11 | 571 | 170 | ||
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1981 | 4 | 1 |
| 1982 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1984 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 3 | |
- Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sturrock goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 November 1981 | Estadio da Luz, Lisbon |  Portugal |
1–0 | 1–2 | 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification | [1] |
| 2 | 13 October 1982 | Hampden Park, Glasgow |  East Germany |
2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying | [1] |
| 3 | 12 September 1984 | Hampden Park, Glasgow |  Yugoslavia |
4–1 | 6–1 | Friendly match | [1] |
Managerial record
Research by football economists Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski found Sturrock to be among the highest performing managers in English football. The measure was based on game success after allowing for the clubs’ wage bills.[2]
- As of 1 December 2015[3]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| St Johnstone | 
|
1 August 1993 | 5 September 1998 | 197 | 90 | 56 | 51 | 45.69 |
| Dundee United |
|
5 September 1998 | 7 August 2000 | 85 | 27 | 19 | 39 | 31.76 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 
|
31 October 2000 | 4 March 2004 | 178 | 85 | 47 | 46 | 47.75 |
| Southampton |
|
4 March 2004 | 23 August 2004 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 38.46 |
| Sheffield Wednesday |
|
23 September 2004 | 19 October 2006 | 104 | 35 | 29 | 40 | 33.65 |
| Swindon Town |
|
7 November 2006 | 27 November 2007 | 52 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 50.00 |
| Plymouth Argyle |
|
27 November 2007 | 10 December 2009 | 99 | 28 | 22 | 49 | 28.28 |
| Southend United |
|
5 July 2010 | 24 March 2013 | 161 | 67 | 43 | 51 | 41.61 |
| Yeovil Town |
|
9 April 2015 | 1 December 2015 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 20.00 |
| Total | 919 | 369 | 237 | 313 | 40.15 | |||
Honours
As a player
Dundee United
- Scottish Football League Premier Division: 1982–83
- Scottish League Cup: 1979–80, 1980–81; runner-up: 1981–82, 1984–85
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 1986–87
- Scottish Cup runner-up: 1980–81, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88
Scotland
As a manager
St Johnstone
- Scottish League First Division (second tier): 1996–97
Plymouth Argyle
Sheffield Wednesday
Swindon Town
Individual
- Football League Third Division Manager of the Year: 2001–02[5]
- Football League Second Division Manager of the Year: 2003–04[6]
- LMA Managers Performance League: January 2004[7]
Awards
- Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductee: 2019[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (17 October 2019). "Scotland - International Matches 1981-1985". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ↑ Kuper, Simon (27 January 2012). "Football's best managers". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022.
- ↑ "Paul Sturrock's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ↑ "Rous-ing win for makeshift Scots". Glasgow Herald. 27 May 1985. p. 15 – via Google News Archive.
- ↑ "The tenth annual LMA Awards dinner winners" Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. League Managers Association. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ↑ "LMA honour for Wenger" Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. League Managers Association. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ↑ "Sturrock receives prize from Ranieri" Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. League Managers Association. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ↑ "Six former players added to Scotltish football's hall of fame". BBC Sport. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
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