Greig McDonald

Greig McDonald
Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-05-12) 12 May 1982
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Scotland
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
–2002	Dunfermline Athletic^[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2003	Brechin City^[1]	2	(0)
2003–2009	East Fife^[2]	159	(33)
2010–2013	Stirling Albion	11	(0)
Teams managed
2011–2014	Stirling Albion
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Greig McDonald (born 12 May 1982 in Dunfermline)^[3] is a Scottish football player and manager.

McDonald was appointed caretaker manager of Stirling Albion after Jocky Scott left the club in December 2011.^[4]^[5] He became the youngest manager of a senior league club in the UK when he was appointed Stirling Albion manager on a permanent basis on 22 January 2012.^[6] McDonald missed a league victory against Rangers in October 2012 as he was getting married on the same day.^[7] He led the Binos to promotion to Scottish League One via the play-offs the following season, but left the club in October 2014 with them sitting bottom of League One.^[8]

Managerial statistics

As of 21 October 2014

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Stirling Albion		December 2011	October 2014	7002121000000000000♠121	7001420000000000000♠42	7001280000000000000♠28	7001510000000000000♠51	7001347100000000000♠34.71

Honours

Stirling Albion

Scottish League One play-offs (1): 2013-14

References

1 2 "BRECHIN CITY : 1954/55 - 2010/11". www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
↑ "EAST FIFE : 1946/47 - 2010/11". www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
↑ "Greig McDonald Interview". www.aftn.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
↑ "Stirling Albion part with Jocky Scott". BBC Sport (BBC). 5 December 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
↑ "Stirling Albion eye Greig McDonald for permanent manager role at Forthbank". Daily Record (Trinity Mirror). 5 January 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
↑ "Stirling Albion announce Greig McDonald as permanent boss". STV (STV Group). 22 January 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
↑ "Stirling 1 Rangers 0: Allison provides perfect wedding gift to absent Albion boss". Mail Online (Associated Newspapers). 6 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
↑ Stirling Albion: Greig McDonald leaves manager's post, BBC Sport

External links

Stirling Albion F.C. – managers

Fergusson (1945–51)
Paterson (1951–52)
Fergusson (1952–55)
Mathers (1955–56)
Fergusson (1956–60)
McCrae (1960)
McLennan (1960–61)
Forsyth (1961–63)
Baird (1963–68)
MacFarlane (1968–69)
Joyner (1969–70)
Shankly (1970–73)
Beattie (1973–74)
Smith (1974–86)
Peebles (1986–88)
Meaken (1988)
Fleeting (1988–89)
Brogan (1989–94)
Drinkell (1994–98)
Philliben (1998–00)
Stewart (2000–02)
Moore (2002–10)
O'Neill (2010–11)
Scott (2011)
McDonald (2011–14)
McLaren (2014–)

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