Craig McPherson

Craig McPherson is a former Scottish professional footballer, who retired in 2006. He played as a left-back or left-sided midfielder.

For the American politician in Kansas, see Craig McPherson (politician).
Craig McPherson
Personal information
Full name Craig McPherson
Date of birth (1971-03-27) 27 March 1971
Place of birth Greenock, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Gourock Amateurs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2000 Greenock Morton 158 (6)
2000–2001 Clyde 3 (0)
2001–2002 Airdrieonians 39 (4)
2002–2006 Falkirk 122 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

McPherson started his career with his home town club Greenock Morton, where he played mainly on the left hand side of midfield, occasionally being played as a full-back by then manager Allan McGraw. McPherson then played for Clyde and Airdrieonians. He followed manager Ian McCall in moving to Falkirk after the Airdrieonians club closed in 2002. He won promotion with Falkirk in 2005 and retired after one season in the Scottish Premier League.

McPherson returned to Falkirk, in 2009, as academy technical director.[1]

In 2014, McPherson became assistant manager of his old club Morton,[2] and signed a two-year extension in May 2016.[3] After leaving Morton following Jim Duffy's sacking, McPherson became first team coach at Scottish League One side Dumbarton in September 2018,[4] but left the club following Stephen Aitken's sacking. He then returned a fortnight later as assistant manager following Jim Duffy's appointment as Aitken's successor.[5]

Honours
Airdrieonians

References
  1. Tait, Chris (14 November 2011). "Academy bairns are the future at Falkirk Stadium". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  2. Mitchell, Jonathan (2 June 2014). "McPherson seals assistant's deal". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. Mitchell, Jonathan (23 May 2015). "McPherson: Assistant agrees to stay at Morton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. Galloway, Andy (8 September 2018). "'HAGI' JOINS COACHING STAFF". Dumbarton Football Club.
  5. Galloway, Andy (22 October 2018). "HAGI RETURNS AS ASSISTANT". Dumbarton Football Club.
  6. "Airdrie retain Challenge Cup". BBC Sport. 14 October 2001. Retrieved 14 April 2020.}}
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