Gordon David Strachan /strɔ:n/ OBE (born 9 February 1957, in Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish football player, and is now a football manager. He is currently manager of Celtic. During his largely successful playing career he played for Dundee (1974-1977), Aberdeen (1977-1984), Manchester United (1984-1989), Leeds United (1989-1995) and Coventry City (1995-1997). He also won 50 international caps for Scotland and is a member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame. Gordon Strachan was an aggressive, skilful right-sided midfield player and is the father of Gavin Strachan, also a footballer. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... The head coach in sports coaching is the coach who is in charge of the other coaches. ... Celtic Football Club (pronounced seltik in IPA; AIM: CCP)[1] is a Scottish football club, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the highest form of competition in Scotland. ... Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football team based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. ... Aberdeen Football Club is a football team from Scotland, who compete in the Scottish Premier League. ... Manchester United Football Club are a world-famous English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and are one of the most popular sports clubs in the world, with over 50 million supporters worldwide. ... Leeds United Football Club is the only professional association football club in the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire. ... Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, is an English football club based in Coventry, UK. Coventry City were founding members of the FA Premier League in 1992. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Cap (sport). ... First international Scotland 0–0 England  (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win Scotland 11–0 Ireland  (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 February 1901) Biggest defeat  Uruguay 7–0 Scotland (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1954) Best result Round 1, all European Championship Appearances 2 (First... The Scottish Football Hall of Fame was set up in 1988 by the Scottish Football Association. ... Gavin Strachan (born December 23, 1978 in Aberdeen) is a professional footballer, who plays in midfield. ...

Career as a player

He started his career at Dundee F.C. where he was their youngest ever captain, but it wasn't until he was signed by Aberdeen that he came to prominence. With the famous Aberdeen team of the 1980s, one of the few sides to break the traditional dominance of the Old Firm in Scottish football, he won two Scottish League titles, three Scottish Cups, the European Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson. Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football team based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. ... Crowd at football match between Celtic F.C. and Rangers F.C. at Celtic Park. ... The Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, also known as The Scottish Cup, is the national cup knockout competition in Scottish football. ... The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic cup competitions. ... The European Super Cup (UEFA Super Cup) is at stake in an annual football game between the reigning champions of the UEFA Cup(formally UEFA Cup Winners Cup) and the Champions League. ... Look up sir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other persons named Alex Ferguson, see Alex Ferguson (disambiguation). ...

In 1984, Manchester United had shown a great deal of interest in the skillful star - with Ron Atkinson spending £500,000 to take him to Old Trafford in August. He was initially successful, contributing massively to their FA Cup victory over Everton in 1985, but gradually began to suffer a loss in form and eventually lost his place as a regular first team player. Ronald Frederick Big Ron Atkinson (born 18 March 1939 in Liverpool, England) is a British former football player and manager. ... Old Trafford (given the nickname The Theatre of Dreams by Sir. ...

Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson came to the rescue in 1989, when he paid £200,000 for Strachan's services. The transfer fee soon paid dividends as Strachan's strong form resulted in Leeds winning the Second Division title in 1990 and gaining promotion to the First Division after an eight-year exile. The following season he helped Leeds finish fourth in the First Division and Strachan was voted Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year. A year later, in 1992, he was instrumental in Leeds overtaking Manchester United to win the league title in the last ever season of the old Football League before the creation of the FA Premier League. Strachan continued to be a competent and regular first-team player as Leeds enjoyed mixed fortunes during their first three seasons of the Premiership, although he was sometimes kept out of the side by back problems. Howard Wilkinson (born 13 November 1943 in Sheffield) is a former English football manager. ... The Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year is an annual award presented by the Football Writers Association to whom its members deem the best football player in England. ... For the Scottish equivalent see Scottish Premier League The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in England and the Barclays English Premier League or just simply The EPL internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system...

Gordon Strachan remained at Leeds United until March 1995, when he moved to Coventry City to work as player-coach under new manager Ron Atkinson. Strachan was not a regular first-team player at Highfield Road, but he helped coach the club's players to a high enough standard to escape relegation from the Premiership in 1995-96. One of the entrances to Highfield Road Stadium (now demolished) The Highfield Road Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Coventry, England. ... The 1995-1996 season was the 116th season of competitive football in England. ...

Strachan had a fruitful International career which included 5 goals. He appeared in two FIFA World Cups - in 1982 and 1986 - and it was in the latter that he scored his most famous International goal, a cross shot against West Germany in Scotland's second match of the tournament in Queretaro, Mexico. His celebration was unique and comical too, as he attempted to vault the advertising hoarding, his relatively small height made it difficult if not impossible, so he merely rested his right leg on it as his team-mates joined him in celebrating. It was Scotland's only goal in another dismal tournament for them. For the club competition, see FIFA Club World Cup. ... Other Mexican States Capital Santiago de Querétaro Other major cities San Juan del Río list of municipalities Area 11,449 km² Ranked 27th Population (2000 census) 1,402,010 Ranked 24th Governor (2003-09) Francisco Garrido Patrón (PAN) Federal Deputies (4) PAN = 3 PRI/PVEM = 1 Federal...

Early career as a manager

Coventry City

When Ron Atkinson became Coventry City's Director of Football in November 1996, Gordon Strachan was promoted to the manager's seat. He finally retired as a player at the end of the season after making his last appearance at the age of 40, at the time a record in the English Premiership. Strachan also helped the Sky Blues pull off perhaps the most unlikely relegation survival in Premiership history. After losing their penultimate Premiership game, it looked as though their 30-year top flight tenancy had come to an end. But thanks to a victory on the final day, and defeats for Middlesbrough (who had been deducted 3 points by the F.A) and Sunderland, they pulled off a miracle survival. Strachan kept Coventry safe from relegation until 2001, when they finally went down after 34 years of top division football. He was sacked shortly after the start of the 2001-02 Division One campaign. Director of Football is a term describing a senior management figure at a football club, most commonly used in Europe. ... Middlesbrough Football Club (commonly known as Boro) are an English football club based in Middlesbrough. ... Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional football club, based at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in North-East England. ... The 2001-2002 season was the 122nd season of competitive football in England. ...

Southampton

Gordon Strachan returned to management within weeks, taking the manager's job at Premiership strugglers Southampton - who had sacked manager Stuart Gray after a terrible start to their first season at the new St Mary's Stadium. Most pundits had already written them off come Strachan's appointment in October 2001, but he turned round their Premiership fortunes and they finished 11th in the Premiership. The Saints progressed further in 2002-03 when they finished eighth and reached the FA Cup final, where they lost 1-0 to Arsenal. But since Arsenal had qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Southampton qualified for the 2003-04 UEFA Cup Southampton Football Club is a professional English football team, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton. ... Stuart Gray (born Withernsea, 19 April 1960) is an English former footballer and manager, who is currently manager of English League One side Northampton Town. ... St Marys Stadium is the home stadium of Southampton F.C.. The Saints have been in residence since August 2001 when they moved from the The Dell, which for the final years of its life, held just over 15,000 spectators - less than half the size of the new... The 2002-2003 season was the 123rd season of competitive football (soccer) in England, from August 2002 to July 2003: // England national team Key: ECQ = 2004 European Championship qualifiers, F = Friendly; scores are written England first European club competitions UEFA Champions League Manchester United - Quarter finals Arsenal - Second group phase... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ... The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... The UEFA Cup (also known as European Cup 3, CE3 or C3) is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). ...

A break from management

In March 2004, Gordon Strachan announced his resignation as Southampton manager. He had earlier announced his intention not to renew his contract when it expired at the end of the 2003-04 season, but resigned even earlier than intended because he wanted to spend time with his family.

Later that year, when Berti Vogts stepped down as Scottish national coach, Strachan was widely tipped to take over. But the job went to Walter Smith instead. He was even linked with the manager's job at Portsmouth, neighbours of his former club Southampton, but turned down the offer to take over. Hans Hubert (Berti) Vogts (born 30 December 1946 in Büttgen) is a former German international football player and manager. ... Walter Smith OBE (born February 24, 1948 in Lanark) is a Scottish former football player, but is better known as a football manager. ... Portsmouth Football Club are an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. ...

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Instead Strachan analysed football matches for the media, most notably alongside Adrian Chiles on the BBC's Match of the Day 2. Renowned for his deadpan humour as much as his shrewd tactical awareness, quotes attributed to Strachan have become legendary among football supporters [1]. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Wikiquote is one of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, running on MediaWiki software. ... Adrian Chiles (born 21 March 1967 in Birmingham, England) is a British television and radio presenter. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Match of the Day 2 (otherwise known as MotD2) is a football highlights programme shown on BBC Two in the United Kingdom. ... Deadpan is a form of comedic delivery in which humour is presented without exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression. ...

Return to Scotland

Gordon Strachan finally returned to management on 1 June 2005, when he succeeded Martin O'Neill as manager of Celtic in the Scottish Premier League (SPL). For 2005-06, his stated aim was to regain the SPL title from deadly rivals Rangers. He had an embarrassing start to his campaign as Celtic manager, however, losing 5-0 to Slovakian champions Artmedia Bratislava on 27 July 2005 and 3 days later only managing to draw 4-4 with Motherwell in his first SPL match in charge of the Glasgow club. The loss against Artmedia meant that Celtic suffered an early exit from European competition, despite winning the return match 4-0. is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Martin Hugh Michael ONeill, OBE, (born March 1, 1952 in Kilrea, Northern Ireland) is a former Northern Ireland national football team captain who has previously managed Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Leicester City and Celtic and is currently manager of Aston Villa. ... The Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League commonly known as the Scottish Premier League, Premier League or SPL is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top level of the Scottish football league system - above the Scottish Football League. ... For other uses, see Rangers F.C. (disambiguation). ... Anthem Nad Tatrou sa blýska Lightning over the Tatras Slovakia() – on the European continent() – in the European Union() [] Capital (and largest city) Bratislava Official languages Slovak Demonym Slovak Government Parliamentary republic  -  President Ivan GaÅ¡parovič  -  Prime Minister Robert Fico Independence due to dissolution of Czechoslovakia   -  Date January 1, 19931... FC Artmedia Bratislava, also known as FC Artmedia Petržalka, is a Slovak football club from the Petržalka district of the capital, Bratislava. ... is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motherwell Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ...

After this disastrous start, Celtic started to improve under Strachan, leading the SPL by as much as 20 points despite playing with a defence that came under regular criticism from the media and fans. A low-point was the shock defeat in the third round of the Scottish Cup to First Division Clyde on 8 January 2006. However, the following month his team made history when they beat Dunfermline Athletic 8-1, a record victory margin for the SPL. Clyde Football Club is a Scottish professional football team currently playing in the First Division of the Scottish Football League. ... is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. ...

Strachan's first season was ultimately successful as he coached Celtic to victory in the Scottish League Cup and, on 5 April 2006 his side clinched the SPL title in record time and with six matches remaining. Reflecting this achievement, Strachan was voted 'manager of the year' by the Scottish Football Writers' Association 8 days later [2]. The Scottish Football League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. ... is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Scottish football writers association is an association of Scottish football journalists and correspondents writing for newspapers and agencies. ...

The following year Strachan restructed the team and made a series of signings, bringing in players such as Hibernian's Derek Riordan, Chelsea's Jiri Jarosik, Lee Naylor from Wolverhampton, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink from PSV, Thomas Gravesen from Real Madrid and both Paul Hartley and Steven Pressley from Hearts. Celtic flourished, and by mid-January 2007 held a 17 point lead in the SPL standings. Derek George Riordan (born 16 January 1983 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer currently employed by Scottish Premier League club Celtic F.C, having signed in the summer of 2006 from Hibernian F.C. // Riordan signed for Hibs (his boyhood favourites) in 2000 and made his debut the following... Jiri Jarosik (born 27 October, 1977 in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic) is a Czech football player. ... Lee Martyn Naylor (born 19 March 1980) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Celtic. ... Jan Johannes Vennegoor of Hesselink ( (help· info)) (born November 7, 1978 in Oldenzaal) is a Dutch football player who currently plays for Scottish Premier League champions Celtic. ... Thomas Gravesen (born March 11, 1976) is a Danish professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Everton on loan from Celtic. ... Paul Hartley (born 19 October 1976, in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer, currently playing for Celtic in the Scottish Premier League. ... Steven John Pressley (born October 11, 1973 in Elgin, Moray) is a Scottish international footballer, currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Celtic. ...

Champions League football again returned to Celtic Park as well, the team having automatically qualified for the group stages and being drawn alongside Benfica, FC Kobenhavn and Manchester United. Home victories against Benfica and Manchester United saw the team progress to the final 16 of the Champions League for the first time since the competition was re-formatted in 1993. Celtic lost the tie, against A.C. Milan, missing out in a place in the quarter finals. Benfica is a civil parish of the Portuguese capital, Lisboa (Lisbon). ... F.C. Copenhagen (Danish: F.C. København, or FCK in short) is a Danish football team located in Copenhagen. ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ... Associazione Calcio Milan is an Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy. ...

On April 22, 2007 Strachan guided Celtic to their 41st league championship, and second in succession. A 2-1 victory against Kilmarnock ^[1] left Celtic 13 points clear of Rangers with four matches remaining. Later that day Strachan was recognised as the inaugural Scottish PFA Manager of the Year for 2007. is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Scottish PFA Manager of the Year is named at the end of every Scottish football season. ...

Management Style

Typically playing a traditional 4-4-2 formation, and very occasionally 4-5-1, Strachan is widely known for his rigorous management style, [3] and admits to watching video replays of his club's games two, sometimes three times.[4] He also places great emphasis on player health and fitness, forbidding his players to drink alcohol excessively or regularly, and often giving dietary advice to his players - attributing his own longevity as a player to a strict and somewhat unusual diet involving seaweed. Players such as Scotland international Gary Caldwell have attributed their success at Celtic to lifestyle changes enforced by Strachan.[5] Gary Caldwell, (born April 12, 1982, in Stirling), is a Scotland international football player who currently plays for Scottish Premier League team Celtic Primarily considered a central defender, Caldwell proved extremely versatile and had been deployed as a right-back, defensive midfielder and man-marker at various spells in his...

Under Strachan Celtic play a system of area marking, as opposed to man marking.

FIFA/SOS Ambassador for Scotland

Gordon Strachan was appointed as the official FIFA/SOS Ambassador for Scotland, joining Wayne Rooney (Ambassador for England), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), and fifty others in fund raising for the official 2006 FIFA World Cup Charity. SOS This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rutgerus Johannes Martinius van Nistelrooy (originally spelled Van Nistelrooij) (born 1 July 1976 in Oss, North Brabant) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a centre forward for Real Madrid and the Dutch national team. ... 2006 World Cup redirects here. ...

Quotes

Reporter: Welcome to Southampton Football Club. Do you think you are the right man to turn things around? Strachan: No. I was asked if I thought I was the right man for the job and I said, "No, I think they should have got George Graham because I'm useless."

Reporter: Is that your best start to a season? Strachan: Well I've still got a job so it's far better than the Coventry one, that's for sure.

Reporter: Are you getting where you want to be with this team? Strachan: We're not doing bad. What do you expect us to be like? We were eighth in the league last year, in the cup final and we got into Europe. I don't know where you expect me to get to. Do you expect us to win the Champions League?

Reporter: Gordon, you must be delighted with that result? Strachan: You're spot on! You can read me like a book.

Strachan: I've got more important things to think about. I've got a yogurt to finish by today, the expiry date is today. That can be my priority rather than Agustin Delgado.

Reporter: This might sound like a daft question, but you'll be happy to get your first win under your belt, won't you? Strachan: You're right. It is a daft question. I'm not even going to bother answering that one. It is a daft question, you're spot on there.

Reporter: Bang, there goes your unbeaten run. Can you take it? Strachan: No, I'm just going to crumble like a wreck. I'll go home, become an alcoholic and maybe jump of a bridge. Umm, I think I can take it, yeah.

Reporter: There's no negative vibes or negative feelings here? Strachan: Apart from yourself, we're all quite positive round here. I'm going to whack you over the head with a big stick, down negative man, down.

Reporter: Where will Marion Pahars fit into the team line-up? Strachan: Not telling you! It's a secret.

Reporter: You don't take losing lightly, do you Gordon? Strachan: I don't take stupid comments lightly either.

Reporter: So, Gordon, in what areas do you think Middlesbrough were better than you today? Strachan: What areas? Mainly that big green one out there...

Strachan was on Sky on Sunday morning. He saw John Terry's goal and said he was impressed that Terry goes up expecting to score. He contrasted this to Claus Lundekvam the Saints central defender who goes up for every dead ball and never ever looks remotely like scoring. He said if there was a dead body lying in the penalty area the ball would hit it on the head several times a season which he said is more than Lundekvam can manage. He said referees should book Lundekvam for timewasting every time he goes up for a corner. When the co-commentator said if Lundekvam was watching Strachan was only joking. Strachan assured him he was deadly serious.

Reporter: Gordon, Gordon, can we get a quick word? Strachan: Velocity!

Managerial stats

As of 24 May 2007.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Coventry City		November 5, 1996	September 10, 2001	215	70	89	56	32.55
Southampton		October 22, 2001	February 13, 2004	110	39	39	32	35.45
Celtic		May 25, 2005	Present	103	72	16	15	69.90

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Honours

Player:

• Scottish Premier League (2)
• Scottish Cup (3)
• English First Division (1)
• English Second Division (1)
• FA Cup (1)
• FA Charity Shield (1)
• UEFA Cup-Winners-Cup (1)
• UEFA Super Cup (1)

Manager: The Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League commonly known as the Scottish Premier League, Premier League or SPL is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top level of the Scottish football league system - above the Scottish Football League. ... The Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, also known as The Scottish Cup, is the national cup knockout competition in Scottish football. ... From 1889 until 1992, this was the highest division overall of organized football in England. ... From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football. ... This article is about the English FA Cup. ... The FA Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is an English association football trophy. ... The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic league cups. ... The European Super Cup is at stake in an annual football game between the reigning champions of the UEFA Cup and the Champions League. ...

• Scottish Premier League (2): 2005-2006, 2006-2007
• Scottish Cup (1): 2006-2007
• Scottish League Cup (1): 2005-2006
• UEFA Champion's League
  • Qualification for Round of 16: 2006-2007

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Trivia

• In all his management positions, Strachan has been assisted by Garry Pendrey.
• His son, Gavin Strachan, now plays for Peterborough United.

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