Jimmy Crease

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Jimmy Crease
Personal information
Full name James Crease
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
1970–1972 Berwick Rangers 39 (12)
1972 Albion Rovers 1 (0)
Arniston Rangers
Managerial career
1992–1994 Berwick Rangers
1995 Albion Rovers
2007 Berwick Rangers (caretaker)
2008 Berwick Rangers (caretaker)
2008–2011 Berwick Rangers
2017 Linlithgow Rose (caretaker)
2019 Linlithgow Rose (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Crease (born 1949) is a Scottish football manager and former player.

Crease played for Berwick Rangers [1] and Albion Rovers [2] in the Scottish Football League. He has since managed Albion Rovers, [3] Arniston Rangers, Fauldhouse United, Linlithgow Rose and he has had four spells as manager of Berwick Rangers. [4]

Crease first managed Berwick between 1992 and 1994. He then managed Albion Rovers, but resigned from that position in December 1995. [3] Following a spell managing Junior teams in the East of Scotland Junior League, he returned to Berwick in 2005 as general manager. Following the resignation of John Coughlin in October 2007, Michael Renwick in April 2008 and Alan McGonigal in November 2008, he acted as caretaker manager. Following the resignation of McGonigall he said that he would only act as a caretaker but it was announced on 20 December 2008 that he would retain the managers position until the end of the 2008–09 season. [5] Berwick reached the fourth round of the 2010–11 Scottish Cup, where they lost 2–0 to eventual winners Celtic. [6] They also defeated Partick Thistle in the 2011–12 Scottish League Cup, [6] but Crease left the club in October 2011 after Berwick was beaten in a 2011–12 Scottish Cup tie by Deveronvale. [4]

Crease has twice returned to Linlithgow Rose as a caretaker manager, following the sackings of Todd Lumsden in May 2017 [7] and Mark Bradley in October 2019. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ BERWICK RANGERS : 1955/56 - 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
  2. ↑ ALBION ROVERS : 1946/47 - 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
  3. 1 2 FOOTBALL ROUND UP, The Independent , 23 December 1995.
  4. 1 2 "Jimmy Crease steps down as manager of Berwick Rangers". BBC Sport. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Crease takes over as manager". Berwick Today. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  6. 1 2 "No ill will to Berwick, says former boss Jimmy Crease". BBC Sport. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Thomson, Scott (8 May 2017). "Jimmy Crease is a man on a mission at Linlithgow Rose". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Goldthorp, Craig (3 October 2019). "Linlithgow Rose: Jimmy Crease gets role as interim manager following Mark Bradley dismissal". Linlithgow Gazette. Retrieved 20 June 2021.


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