Dom Sullivan

Dom Sullivan

Personal information
Full name	Dominick Sullivan
Date of birth	(1951-04-01) 1 April 1951 (age 72)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1976	Clyde	184	(16)
1976–1979	Aberdeen	97	(11)
1979–1983	Celtic	84	(12)
1983	Manchester City	1
1983–1985	Morton	52	(6)
1985–1988	Alloa Athletic	59	(4)
Total		477	(49)
International career
1974–1975	Scotland U23	2	(0)
Managerial career
1986–1987	Alloa Athletic
1989–1990	Falkirk (Caretaker) [1]
1990–1992	East Stirlingshire
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dominick Sullivan (born 1 April 1951 in Glasgow), is a Scottish former football midfielder.

Playing career

Sullivan began his career with Clyde, making 176 league appearances in 6 years before moving to Aberdeen. He moved to Celtic in 1979 and had spells with Greenock Morton and Alloa Athletic before retiring.

Management career

Dom Sullivan was appointed as player-manager of Alloa Athletic in the 1986–87 season. After retiring as a player, he later managed East Stirlingshire in the early 1990s. Whilst a coach at Falkirk Dom was twice made caretaker manager in between the spells of Jim Duffy and Billy Lamont, then Billy Lamont and Jim Jefferies.

Post-football career

After retiring from football, Sullivan ran the Railway Hotel pub in Denny. ^[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Club	Seasons	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Clyde	1970-71	Scottish Division One	29	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
	1971-72		29	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	35	3
	1972-73	Scottish Second Division	33	7	0	0	6	3	-	-	39	10
	1973-74	Scottish Division One	34	1	1	0	11	2	0	0	46	3
	1974-75		34	4	1	0	6	0	0	0	41	4
	1975-76	Scottish First Division	25	1	0	0	6	0	-	-	31	1
	Total		184	16	6	0	34	5	0	0	224	21
Aberdeen	1976–77	Scottish Premier Division	32	3	2	0	11	0	0	0	45	3
	1977–78		29	3	6	0	3	0	1	0	39	3
	1978–79		31	5	4	0	6	3	4	0	45	8
	1979–80		5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
	Total		97	11	12	0	21	3	7	0	137	14
Celtic	1979-80	Scottish Premier Division	15	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	5
	1980-81		30	3	5	0	6	1	4	1	45	5
	1981-82		31	3	1	0	6	1	2	0	40	4
	1982-83		8	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	12	1
	Total		84	12	9	0	13	2	7	1	113	15
Greenock Morton	1983-84	Scottish First Division	25	3	3	1	2	2	-	-	30	6
	1984-85	Scottish Premier Division	27	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	30	4
	Total		52	6	5	2	3	2	0	0	60	10
Alloa Athletic	1985-86	Scottish First Division	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1986-87	Scottish Second Division	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1987-88		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total		59	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	59+	4+
Career total			476	49	33+	2+	71+	12+	14	1	593	64

Managerial record

^{[6] [7] [8]}

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	L	D	Win %
Alloa Athletic	1986	1987	68	23	31	14	33.82%
Falkirk (caretaker)	1989	1989	3	1	1	1	33.33%
East Stirlingshire	1990	1992	89	27	38	24	30.34%
Total			160	51	70	39	32.50%

Honours

Clyde

• Scottish Division Two: 1972–73 ^[9]

Aberdeen

• Scottish Premier Division: Runner-up 1977–78 ^[10]
• Scottish League Cup: 1976–77 ^[11]
• Scottish Cup: Runner-up 1977–78 ^[12]

Celtic

• Scottish Premier Division: 1980–81, 1981–82 ^[13]
  • Runner-up: 1979–80, 1982–83

Morton

• Scottish First Division: 1983–84 ^[14]
• Renfrewshire Cup: Runner-up 1983–84 ^[15]

References

1. "Falkirk FC Managers". Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
2. "Knifed to death - the man who owed too much to too many". The Scotsman. 8 June 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
3. "Match | Report | Clyde 1 v 1 Raith Rovers | Clyde Football Club". Official Clyde Football Club Website. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
4. "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
5. "Celtic Player Dom Sullivan Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
6. "Alloa Athletic Manager Dom Sullivan Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
7. "Falkirk Manager Dom Sullivan Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
8. "East Stirlingshire Manager Dom Sullivan Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
9. "PREVIEW: Clyde v Stirling Albion". Clyde FC. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
   "PREVIEW: Clyde v Annan Athletic". Clyde FC. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
10. "Players: Dom Sullivan". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
11. "The Dons must have belief we had, says cup winner Dom Sullivan". Evening Express . 25 November 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
    "Aberdeen League Cup Final heroes of 1976". Daily Record . 25 November 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
12. "Wallace, Greig make history". Glasgow Herald . 8 May 1978. p. 16. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
13. "UNSUNG HERO – DOM SULLIVAN". Celtic Underground. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
14. "Caught in time: Morton win the First Division title, 1984". The Times . 11 June 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
15. "Renfrewshire Cup Final 1983/84". SMFC Programmes. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

External links

• Dom Sullivan at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database