| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward Skillion May [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 August 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hibernian (head of academy coaching) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hutchison Vale | |||
| 1984–1985 | Dundee United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1989 | Hibernian | 109 | (10) |
| 1989–1990 | Brentford | 47 | (10) |
| 1990–1994 | Falkirk | 153 | (22) |
| 1994–1999 | Motherwell | 109 | (5) |
| 1999–2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | 30 | (2) |
| 2001 | Airdrieonians | 6 | (0) |
| 2001 | Western Knights | ||
| 2001–2002 | Berwick Rangers | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Falkirk | 5 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1989 | Scotland U21 [2] | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Falkirk [3] | ||
| 2019 | Hibernian (caretaker) | ||
| 2019 | Hibernian (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Eddie May (born 30 August 1967) is a Scottish former football player and coach.
He played as a midfielder and full back for several clubs, including Hibernian, Falkirk and Motherwell during the 1980s and 1990s. When he joined Brentford in July 1989, May's £167,000 transfer fee was a then-club record. [4]
After retiring as a player, May became a coach, developing young players for Falkirk. [5] May was appointed as the manager of Falkirk in June 2009, with former player Steven Pressley and Alex Smith assisting him. [5] [6] His first competitive game was a 1–0 victory over FC Vaduz in the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds, although Falkirk eventually lost their first ever European tie 2–1 on aggregate, becoming the first British club to lose a European tie to a club from Liechtenstein. [7] May developed a reputation for being brutally honest during his spell in charge at Falkirk. [7] May resigned as Falkirk manager soon afterwards, however, with the team bottom of the SPL. [8]
May returned to football in June 2010, becoming a youth coach with Rangers. [9] He was appointed high performance coach at the University of Stirling in August 2012. [10] [11] May returned to boyhood club Hibernian in August 2014 when he became their academy coaching manager. [12] He was put in caretaker charge of the Hibernian first team in January 2019, after Neil Lennon was suspended by the club. [13] After his first game in charge, May said that he was not interested in becoming a manager again because he had not enjoyed that role at Falkirk. [14] May took charge of four games until Paul Heckingbottom was appointed head coach. [15] May was again placed in caretaker charge in November 2019, after Heckingbottom was sacked. [16] He managed one game during this spell, a 4–1 win at St Johnstone.
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Falkirk |  | 23 June 2009 | 11 February 2010 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 14.81 | [3] |
| Hibernian (caretaker) | | 26 January 2019 | 13 February 2019 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 50.00 | [17] [15] |
| Hibernian (caretaker) | | 4 November 2019 | 15 November 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 | |
| Career Total | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 21.88 | — | |||
May appeared for a brief goal in Rangers colours in the movie A Shot at Glory which also starred Robert Duvall, Ally McCoist, Brian Cox, Michael Keaton and Owen Coyle.
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