Davie Kirkwood

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Davie Kirkwood
Personal information
Full name David Kirkwood
Date of birth (1967-08-27) 27 August 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth St. Andrews, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1987 East Fife 110 (12)
1987–1989 Rangers 7 (0)
1988–1989East Fife (loan) 5 (2)
1989–1990 Heart of Midlothian 28 (1)
1990–1994 Airdrieonians 104 (21)
1994–2000 Raith Rovers 90 (4)
International career
1989 Scotland U21 [1] 1 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Wick Academy
2012–2015 Brora Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Davie Kirkwood (born 27 August 1967 in St. Andrews) is a Scottish former professional football player and former manager of Brora Rangers.

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Playing career

Kirkwood started his career with East Fife and joined Rangers under Graeme Souness in 1987 as a 19-year-old. After a disappointing spell in Glasgow he re-joined The Fifers on loan and signed for Hearts. He played with Airdrieonians and Raith Rovers before retiring. Kirkwood was among the players at Raith to win a League Cup winners medal in 1994. [2]

Coaching career

Kirkwood was involved in youth development at Raith Rovers, Rangers and Ross county where he was Head of Youth Development for 5 years.[ citation needed ]

On 8 June 2011, Kirkwood was appointed manager of Scottish Highland League side Wick Academy. [3] His first competitive game in charge ended in defeat against local amateur side Halkirk United and were knocked out of the North of Scotland Cup in the first round, in which the previous season Wick were losing finalists. In his first Scottish Cup appearance as manager, Wick thumped Coldstream 9-1 but fell foul to fellow HL side Keith in the 2nd round. Wick finished the season in 8th place which was enough to qualify for the following season Scottish Challenge Cup.

2012-13 kicked off against Kirkwood's former side Raith Rovers in the Scottish Challenge Cup, a tightly contested game where Raith ran out 4-2 winners. Wins at home to Halkirk United and away to Clach saw Wick into the North Cup Semi Finals as well as a Scottish Cup first round win away to Spartans. His time at Wick was to end controversially as he resigned to join arch rivals Brora Rangers, who had been subject to investment from a local business man. [4]

Kirkwood's first three games with Brora ended in defeat; a 2–1 win away to Keith marked his first victory. [5] Kirkwood left Brora in July 2015 and was replaced by Richard Brittain.

Managerial statistics

ClubNatFromToCompetitive Record
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Wick Academy Flag of Scotland.svg 26 July 201131 August 2012452281511177+34048.89
Brora Rangers Flag of Scotland.svg 13 September 2012Present33173139250+42051.52

Updated 18 May 2013

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References

  1. "Scotland U21 Player David Kirkwood Details".
  2. "Career Stats". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  3. "Kirkwood becomes manager at Wick Academy". scottishfootballleague.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. "Kirkwood finally takes Brora Rangers' job". The Northern Times. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  5. "First win for Davie Kirkwood". The Northern Times. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2021.