Darren Jackson

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Other people". Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Darren Jackson (born 25 July 1966) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played predominantly as a forward. Jackson played for several clubs in Scotland and England, including Newcastle United, Dundee United, Hibernian, Celtic and Heart of Midlothian. Jackson played 28 times for Scotland and was selected in their 1998 FIFA World Cup squad.

Since retiring as a player, Jackson has worked as a football agent and coach.

Playing career

Club

Jackson began his career with Broxburn Athletic and in 1985 joined Meadowbank Thistle in Edinburgh, while he worked full-time as a printer for George Stewarts in Edinburgh. Twenty-two league goals won him a move south. After 9 games at the outset of Meadowbank's 1986–87 league campaign he joined Newcastle United in October 1986.[1] Jackson made his Newcastle debut as a substitute for Ian Stewart in a 2–1 defeat at home to Arsenal on Saturday 18 October 1986, in which he won a penalty for his side.[2][3] In two years with the Magpies, Jackson scored seven goals.

He returned to Scotland in late 1988 with Dundee United. After being ruled out for six months of his first campaign with a broken ankle which initially went undetected,[2] Jackson spent four years at Tannadice, picking up a 1990–91 Scottish Cup runners-up medal and finishing that season as the club's top scorer with 18 goals.

Jackson joined Hibernian in 1992.[2] During his five years at Easter Road, he was a runner-up again, this time in the 1993–94 Scottish League Cup.

He moved to Celtic in 1997 as Wim Jansen's first signing,[4] but soon had to be treated for hydrocephalus[5] that required surgery in September 1997.[2] He was playing again within three months[6] as Celtic went on to win both the League and League Cup.[2] The following season, Jackson fell out of favour and had a spell on loan with Coventry City. He scored Celtic's first official goal in the revamped UEFA Champions League competition in 1998.[7]

He next joined his boyhood heroes Hearts.[2] In July 2000, Jackson revealed he intended to move into management once his playing career finished.[8] In October, he was barred from playing for Hearts due to the impending trigger of a clause enforcing a one-year extension to his contract,[9] seeing him discuss a possible return to former club Dundee United.[10] After United signed Charlie Miller instead,[11] Jackson negotiated a deal to return to first-team action at Hearts,[12] only to find himself surplus to requirements when Craig Levein was appointed three weeks later.[13]

In January, Jackson joined Livingston on a month's loan,[14] subsequently extending it until the end of the season.[15] During this time, Hearts released him from his contract.[16] After winning the First Division title with Livi,[17] scoring one goal in the process against Falkirk,[18] Jackson was not offered a permanent contract. He returned to the Premier League with St Johnstone on a one-year deal.[19] Jackson made nine league appearances for Saints, scoring once against Dundee,[20] before being allowed to join Clydebank on loan in January 2002, where scored a début goal in a 1–0 win.[21]

International

Jackson won 28 caps for Scotland, scoring four goals. Making his début in March 1995, Jackson was also in the starting line-up for a fixture against Estonia in Tallinn in October 1996, but a scheduling dispute meant the home team did not adhere to a quickly-rearranged afternoon kick-off time, and the match was abandoned at kick-off with no caps awarded to the Scotland players; the fixture was re-arranged for the following February, but Jackson was not selected.[22][23]

He was part of the Scotland squads for UEFA Euro 96 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup,[2] playing in two of the World Cup matches. Jackson played two further games after the tournament, appearing in the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying matches against Lithuania and Estonia.

Agent and coach

Despite Jackson's earlier vow to move into management,[8] he became an SFA agent[24] representing players including fellow Scots Jackie McNamara, Mark Wilson and Steven Thompson.[25] In February 2013, Jackson relinquished his agent status to join client and former Celtic teammate McNamara – recently appointed as manager of Dundee United – as a coach.[26] While at the club, United lost the 2014 Scottish Cup and 2015 Scottish League Cup Finals.[27] Jackson left Dundee United in September 2015, following McNamara's departure.[28][2] Three months later he was declared bankrupt.[29] He then served as assistant manager to Gary Locke at Raith Rovers, until both were sacked by the club in February 2017.[30]

Jackson was appointed first team coach at St Mirren in June 2018,[31] but left in September following the departure of manager Alan Stubbs.[32]

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup Lg Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Meadowbank Thistle 1985–86 39 17 1 1 3 1 – – 43 19
1986–87 9 5 – – 1 0 – – 10 5
Total 48 22 1 1 4 1 – – 53 24
Newcastle United[33] 1986–87 23 3 2Template:Efn 0 – – 1 0 26 3
1987–88 31 2 3 1 3 1 – – 37 4
1988–89 15 2 – – 2 0 3Template:Efn 0 20 0
Total 69 7 5 1 5 1 4 0 83 9
Dundee United[34] 1988–89 1 0 – – – – – – 1 0
1989–90 25 7 5 1 1 0 1Template:Efn 0 32 8
1990–91 33 12 6 2 4 3 3Template:Efn 1 46 18
1991–92 28 11 2 0 1 0 – – 31 11
Total 87 30 13 3 6 3 4 1 110 37
Hibernian[35] 1992–93 36 13 4 1 1 0 2Template:Efn 1 43 15
1993–94 40 7 2 0 4 1 – – 46 8
1994–95 30 10 5 1 3 0 – – 38 11
1995–96 36 9 1 0 2 2 – – 39 11
1996–97 30 11 4 1 3 0 2Template:Efn 2 33 12
Total 173 50 16 3 13 3 4 3 206 59
Celtic[36] 1997–98 23 3 3 1 2 1 3Template:Efn 1 31 6
1998–99 6 0 – – 1 0 7Template:Efn 1 14 1
Total 29 3 3 1 3 1 10 2 45 7
Coventry City (loan) 1998–99 3 0 – – – – – – 3 0
Total 3 0 – – – – – – 3 0
Heart of Midlothian[37] 1998–99 9 1 – – – – – – 9 1
1999–00 35 6 3 1 3 2 0 0 41 9
2000–01 11 0 0 0 1 0 2Template:Efn 1 14 1
Total 55 7 3 1 4 2 2 1 64 11
Livingston (loan) 2000–01 9 1 4 0 – – 0 0 13 1
St Johnstone 2001–02 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 1
Clydebank (loan) 2001–02 13 2 0 0 – – 0 0 13 2
Career total 495 123 45 10 36 11 24 7 600 151

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International

Scotland national team[38]
Year Apps Goals
1995 9 0
1996 5 1
1997 6 2
1998 8 1
Total 28 4

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 October 1996 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia {{ Template:Yesno alias = Latvia flag alias = Flag of Latvia.svg flag alias-pantone = Flag of Latvia (Textile).svg flag alias-air force = Flag of the Latvian Air Forces.svg link alias-air force = Latvian Air Force flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Latvia.svg link alias-naval = Latvian Naval Forces link alias-army = Latvian Land Forces flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Latvia.svg link alias-navy = Latvian Naval Forces size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || 1998 WC Qualifying

2 1 June 1997 Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta {{ Template:Yesno alias = Malta flag alias = Flag of Malta.svg flag alias-1875 = Flag of Malta (1875–1898).svg flag alias-1898 = Flag of Malta (1898–1923).svg flag alias-1923 = Flag of Malta (1923–1943).svg flag alias-1943 = Flag of Malta (1943–1964).svg flag alias-unofficial-1943 = Flag of Malta (1943).svg flag alias-colonial = Flag of Malta (1943-1964).svg flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Malta.svg link alias-naval = Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta link alias-navy = Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta flag alias-navy =Naval Jack of Malta.svg flag alias-1814 = 19th Century Flag of Malta.svg size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|3–2 || rowspan=2|Friendly

3 3–2
4 22 April 1998 Easter Road, Edinburgh, Scotland {{ Template:Yesno alias = Finland flag alias = Flag of Finland.svg flag alias-grand duchy = Flag of Russia.svg flag alias-1809 = Flag of Russia.svg flag alias-1917 = Flag of Finland 1918 (state).svg flag alias-1918 = Flag of Finland (1918-1920).svg flag alias-1920 = Flag of Finland.svg flag alias-state = Flag of Finland (state).svg flag alias-state-1918 = Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (State).svg flag alias-state-1920 = Flag of Finland 1920-1978 (State).svg flag alias-naval = Military Flag of Finland.svg border-naval = flag alias-naval-1918 = Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (Military).svg border-naval-1918 = flag alias-naval-1920 = Flag of Finland 1920-1978 (Military).svg border-naval-1920 = link alias-naval = Finnish Navy flag alias-navy = Naval Jack of Finland.svg link alias-navy = Finnish Navy link alias-air force = Finnish Air Force flag alias-military = Military flag of Finland.svg link alias-military = Finnish Defence Forces flag alias-army = Military flag of Finland.svg link alias-army = Finnish Army size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || Friendly

Honours

Dundee United

Hibernian

Celtic

Livingston

References

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  1. ↑ Darren Jackson, Sporting Heroes
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Darren Jackson: Illness and success were extremes of career, BBC Sport, 20 December 2015
  3. ↑ Stats 1986-87, nufc.com
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  33. ↑ Newcastle United players: Darren Jackson, Toon1892
  34. ↑ a b Darren Jackson player profile, Arab Archive
  35. ↑ a b Hibernian player Jackson, Darren, FitbaStats
  36. ↑ a b Celtic player Jackson, Darren, FitbaStats
  37. ↑ Darren Jackson Template:Webarchive, London Hearts Supporters Club
  38. ↑ National Football Teams profile
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