Greig McDonald

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Greig McDonald
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-05-12) 12 May 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland
Position(s) Right back, Defender
Youth career
–2002 Dunfermline Athletic [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003 Brechin City [1] 2 (0)
2003–2009 East Fife [2] 159 (33)
2010–2014 Stirling Albion 11 (0)
2015–2016 Annan Athletic 9 (2)
Total181(35)
Managerial career
2011–2014 Stirling Albion
2022–2024 East Fife
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Greig McDonald (born 12 May 1982 in Dunfermline) [3] is a Scottish football player and manager.

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Playing career

McDonald was part of the East Fife team that won the 2007–08 Scottish Third Division.

On 14 August 2015 McDonald sign for Annan Athletic [4]

Coaching career

McDonald was appointed caretaker manager of Stirling Albion after Jocky Scott left the club in December 2011. [5] [6] He became the youngest manager of a senior league club in the UK when he was appointed Stirling Albion manager on a permanent basis on 22 January 2012. [7] McDonald missed a league victory against Rangers in October 2012 as he was getting married on the same day. [8] He led the Binos to promotion to Scottish League One via the play-offs the following season by beating his former club East Fife in the final of that playoffs that year, but left the club in October 2014 with them sitting bottom of League One.

On 8 December 2021, McDonald joined East Fife as assistant manager. McDonald became their manager on 25 October 2022, [9] but he resigned in February 2024 and was replaced by Dick Campbell. [10] [11]

Managerial statistics

As of 3 February 2024

TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Stirling Albion Flag of Scotland.svg December 2011October 2014121422851034.71
East Fife Flag of Scotland.svg 25 September 20226 February 202469211929030.43
Total190634780033.16


Honours

East Fife
Stirling Albion

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  9. Stirling Albion: Greig McDonald leaves manager's post, BBC Sport
  10. Kearney, Ben (5 February 2024). "East Fife FC: Manager Greig McDonald departs 'with heavy heart' after Elgin City defeat". Fife Today. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  11. "Dick Campbell Appointed Manager". East Fife FC. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.