Bobby Williamson

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Bobby Williamson
Bobby Williamson
Personal information
Full name Robert Williamson
Date of birth 13 August 1961 (1961-08-13) (age 46)
Place of birth    Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position Striker (retired)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1980–1984
1983–1986
1986–1988
1988–1991
1990–1995
 Clydebank
Rangers
West Bromwich Albion
Rotherham United
Kilmarnock		 070 (28)
041 (12)
053 (11)
093 (49)
145 (38)[1]   
Teams managed
1996–2002
2002–2004
2004–2005
2007–2008		 Kilmarnock
Hibernian
Plymouth Argyle
Chester City

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Robert "Bobby" Williamson (born 13 August 1961 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a former Scottish footballer-turned-manager.

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[edit] Football career

[edit] Playing career

As a player, Williamson was a striker. He began his career at Clydebank and his 35 goals in 85 matches earned him a move to Rangers. However, after an injury-hit spell with the Glasgow club he moved to England, where he had spells with West Bromwich Albion and Rotherham United. He returned to Scotland in 1990 to join Kilmarnock Football Club, which proved to be his last club as a player.

[edit] Managerial career

Williamson became the manager of Kilmarnock in 1997 following the departure of Alex Totten. He had a quick impact and in his first season guided them to a Scottish Cup win beating Falkirk 1-0 in the final, the club's record signing Paul Wright scoring the goal. Kilmarnock finished highly in the Scottish Premier League and he guided them into Europe, playing sixteen ties. He also attracted high profile players such as former Scotland internationals, Ally McCoist and Ian Durrant as well as former French international, Christophe Cocard.

In February 2002 the Scottish Premier League's longest serving manager took up a new challenge at Hibernian. He was again under huge financial constraints but produced several excellent young players and Hibernian became known throughout the UK for developing talented youngsters; with many top English clubs sending scouts to Hibs on a weekly basis.

In the 2003/04 season, he guided his young team to the Scottish League Cup final, beating both Old Firm clubs, Rangers and Celtic, along the way. They were, however, beaten by Livingston 2-0 in the final.

Williamson moved to Plymouth Argyle on 20 April 2004, and won his first match in charge of them, which gave Argyle promotion to the Football League Championship and the Division Two title, having built on the success of previous manager, Paul Sturrock. However, a poor run of results at the start of the 2005-06 season led to his dismissal on 6 September 2005. Financial constraints at Plymouth Argyle resulted in a number of signings which contributed to his demise, most notibly Taribo West. He was replaced by Tony Pulis, who had recently been sacked by fellow Championship side Stoke City.

He appeared as a football pundit on BBC Scotland radio in the meantime. He was appointed as Chester City manager on 11 May 2007.[2]

Williamson's first Football League match in charge of Chester ended in a 0-0 draw with Chesterfield on August 11, 2007 and has established them as a promotion contender in the opening months of the season.

After mid-season, Chester's form began to drop rapidly, winning only 1 out of 14 games since Boxing Day. Williamson was sacked on March 2, 2008.[3]

[edit] Managerial honours

[edit] Kilmarnock F.C. 1996-2002

[edit] Hibernian F.C. 2002-2004

[edit] Manager awards

[edit] Managerial stats

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Kilmarnock Flag of Scotland December 7, 1996 February 25, 2002 242 89 67 86 36.77
Hibernian Flag of Scotland February 25, 2002 April 20, 2004 93 34 21 38 36.55
Plymouth Argyle Flag of England April 20, 2004 September 6, 2005 58 19 12 27 32.75
Chester City Flag of England May 11, 2007 March 2, 2008 39 11 10 18 28.20

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Bobby Williamson. Brown, Neil. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  2. ^ "Bobby is the new Blue for City", Chester City FC, 2007-05-11. Retrieved on 2007-05-11. 
  3. ^ "Chester manager Williamson sacked" - BBC Sport

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Franck Sauzée		 Hibernian manager
2002-04		 Succeeded by
Tony Mowbray
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