Duncan McDowell

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Duncan McDowell
Personal information
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Managerial career
YearsTeam
IBV
FH
1972 Iceland
IBV
1975 Caroline Hill
1978–1986 Brunei

Duncan McDowell is a Scottish former football manager.

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Career

McDowell's early career was spent in Scotland, where he was a coach with Morton, before becoming manager of Icelandic club IBV. [1] McDowell then moved to FH, [2] and also took charge of the Icelandic national team for four matches between May and July 1972. [3] [4] McDowell then went back to Scotland to become assistant to Eric Smith at Hamilton Academical, before returning to IBV in Iceland. [1] McDowell later spent time in the United States and Canada, before taking charge of Hong Kong club Caroline Hill in 1975. [1] McDowell later became the manager of the Brunei national team, a job he held for eight years. [5] After spending time in Canada and Scotland, McDowell joined the Missionaries of Charity in London in the late 1980s. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Jim Reynolds (16 January 1975). "McDowell - football's happy wanderer". The Glasgow Herald.
  2. "Not such a Dandy finish; DIARY ON THE RECORD". The Free Library.
  3. "Profile". eu-football.info.
  4. "Trivia on Iceland's national coaches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  5. 1 2 James McKillop (27 February 1989). "McDowell's mission in India". The Glasgow Herald.