Gavin Price

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Gavin Price
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-01-29) 29 January 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth Perth, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
North Muirton U18s, Breadalbane U14s
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1992 Forfar Athletic 21 (1)
1992–1993 Kinnoull
1993–1994 Meadowbank Thistle 15 (1)
1994–1995 Brechin City 24 (8)
1995–1997 ADO Den Haag 44 (17)
1997 St Johnstone 0 (0)
1997–1999 Stirling Albion 43 (9)
1999 Brechin City 6 (0)
1999–2000 Altrincham
Total153(36)
Managerial career
2010–2013 Kinnoull
2013–2017 Jeanfield Swifts
2017–2023 Elgin City
2023–2024 Brechin City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gavin Gilbert Price MBE (born 29 January 1974 in Perth) [1] is a Scottish professional football coach and former player, who most recently managed Scottish Highland Football League club Brechin City. [2]

He played as a forward for Forfar Athletic, Kinnoull, Meadowbank Thistle, Brechin City, ADO Den Haag, St Johnstone, Stirling Albion and Altrincham. [1]

After retiring as a player, Price managed junior clubs Kinnoull and Jeanfield Swifts. [3] Elgin City manager Jim Weir, who had played with Price at St Johnstone, appointed him as his assistant in November 2014. [3] After Weir left Elgin during the 2017–18 season, Price was appointed caretaker manager, [4] and was given the position permanently on 12 October 2017. [5] Price remained manager for six seasons, and was sacked in April 2023. [6]

Price was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for his services to the community in Aberfeldy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland. [7]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 20 April 2024
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Elgin City 1 October 20178 April 20232328740105037.50
Brechin City 20 November 202320 May 2024231625069.57
Total25510342110040.39

References

  1. 1 2 "Gavin Price". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Former Elgin City manager Gavin Price is appointed as boss at Highland League champions Brechin City". The Northern Scot . 20 November 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Elgin boss brings in Price as number 2". The Northern Scot . 1 December 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "City begin life without Weir against Welsh champs". The Northern Scot. Scottish Provincial Press. 7 October 2017. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Directors announcement". Elgin City FC. 12 October 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Law, Danny. "Elgin City part company with manager Gavin Price following sixth successive defeat". Press and Journal. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  7. ↑ Saunderson, Chris (10 October 2020). "1982 feldy gala ping pong champion Gavin Price MBE". The Northern Scot. Retrieved 23 April 2022.


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