Davie Whiteford

Scottish footballer

For the rugby player, see Dave Whiteford.

Davie WhitefordPersonal information

Full name|  David Whiteford
Date of birth|  (1944-08-09) 9 August 1944 (age 80)[1]
Place of birth|  Shotts, Scotland
Height|  5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s)|  Right back
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1965–1973|  Motherwell|  197|  (13)
1973–1976|  Falkirk|  63|  (1)
1976–1979|  East Stirlingshire|  83|  (1)
|  Rutherglen Glencairn|  |
Total|  |  343|  (15)
Managerial career
1985–1987|  East Stirlingshire
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Whiteford (born 9 August 1944) is a Scottish former footballer who played mainly as a right back. The greater part of his senior career (which did not begin until his early 20s once he had completed his education in order to become a schoolteacher)[2] was spent with Motherwell where he played for eight years and made over 200 appearances, experiencing a relegation from the top division in 1967–68 followed by promotion as winners of Division Two the following season, as well as taking part in a Scottish League Cup semi-final later in 1969[3] and eliminating Tottenham Hotspur from the Texaco Cup in 1970.[4]

He moved to Falkirk in 1973, spending three seasons with the Bairns,[5][1] then a further three with local rivals East Stirlingshire.[6] Now well into his 30s, he had a spell at junior level with Rutherglen Glencairn before retiring.[2] In 1985 he returned to East Stirlingshire as manager, but the part-time club failed to improve on their status as one of the weaker teams in the bottom division and he was dismissed in 1987.[7][8]

His father Jock,[9][10] younger brother Jocky (a teammate at Falkirk and Glencairn, and coaching colleague at East Stirlingshire) and cousin Derek Whiteford were also footballers.[2][11]

## Managerial statistics

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Team  | From  | To  | Record

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G | W | D | L | Win %
East Stirlingshire[7] | May 1985  | February 1987  | 71 | 16 | 14 | 41 | 022.54

## Honours

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Motherwell

* Scottish Football League Division Two: 1968–69

Falkirk Scottish Football League Division Two Champions 1974-75

## References

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1. ^ a b Davie Whiteford, Better Meddle...
2. ^ a b c d Davie Whiteford, MotherWELLnet
3. ^ First League Cup final for Saints, The Glasgow Herald, 7 October 1969
4. ^ When the Spurs Got Sent Marching Home, Motherwell FC, 29 November 2020
5. ^ Falkirk: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
6. ^ East Stirlingshire: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
7. ^ a b (East Stirlingshire manager) Whiteford, David, FitbaStats
8. ^ Retro Nostalgia 1987: Bairns and East Stirling move to appoint new managers, Falkirk Herald, 16 February 2020
9. ^ Whiteford, John (1940), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
10. ^ Stirling Albion: 1947/48 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
11. ^ Sporting Whitefords, The Whiteford Web Resource Centre. Retrieved 26 August 2021

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East Stirlingshire F.C. – managers

* Binnie (1966)
* Crawford (1966–70)
* Rowan (1970–71)
* Shaw (1971–74)
* A. Ferguson (1974)
* I. Ure (1974–75)
* McLindon (1975–77)
* Lamont (1977–81)
* M. Ferguson (1981–82)
* Little (1983–85)
* Whiteford (1985–87)
* Lawson (1987–88)
* Connell (1988–89)
* Mackin (1989–90)
* Sullivan (1990–92)
* McCulley (1992–93)
* Little (1993–97)
* Brownlie (1997–98)
* McCann (1998–99)
* Fairley (2000–01)
* Ross (2001–02)
* Russell (2002)
* Diver (2002–03)
* Morrison (2003–04)
* Newall (2004–06)
* Wylde (2006–08)
* McInally (2008–11)
* Coughlin (2011–14)
* Tully (2014–16)
* Sludden (2016–18)
* D. Ure (2018–22)
* Clark (2022–23)
* Scullion (2023–)

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals
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