Jocky Scott

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John Alexander Scott (born 14 January 1948) is a Scottish football coach and former player.

During his playing career he played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Seattle Sounders and Scotland.

An extensive management career followed with spells at Aberdeen, Dundee (three separate spells), Arbroath, Dunfermline Athletic, Notts County, Raith Rovers and Stirling Albion. He also had coaching jobs at other various clubs in both Scotland and England.

Club career

Scott played club football for Dundee and Aberdeen,[1] winning the Scottish League Cup with both clubs. He memorably scored a hat-trick when Aberdeen beat Rangers 5–1 in the competition's semi-final in October 1976.[2] He was capped twice for the Scotland national team in 1971. He was Soccer Bowl 1977 finalist with the Seattle Sounders (lost 1–2 to the New York Cosmos) in the North American Soccer League.

Managerial career

After his playing career, Scott moved into management. He managed Aberdeen, Dundee (on three separate occasions), Arbroath, Dunfermline Athletic,[2] Notts County, Raith Rovers and Stirling Albion.

He also had coaching roles at Sunderland, Plymouth Argyle and Hibernian. The latter two he also had spells as manager on a caretaker basis.

Aberdeen appointed Scott to their coaching team in September 2012.[3]

Personal life

His father Willie played for Aberdeen and Newcastle United in the 1930s.[4][5][6]

Managerial stats

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Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Dundee[8] Template:Flagicon August 1986 May 1988

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Aberdeen[9] Template:Flagicon August 1988 September 1991

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Dunfermline[10] Template:Flagicon 23 September 1991 31 May 1993

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Arbroath[11] Template:Flagicon January 1994 April 1994

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Dundee Template:Flagicon 8 February 1998 28 June 2000

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Notts County Template:Flagicon 28 June 2000 10 October 2001

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Raith Rovers Template:Flagicon 2 January 2002 1 May 2002

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Dundee Template:Flagicon 30 October 2008 20 March 2010

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Stirling Template:Flagicon 19 January 2011 5 December 2011

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Total

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  • Caretaker spells not included.
  • Jocky Scott co-managed with Alex Smith at Aberdeen.
  • Statistics based on soccerbase information.

Honours

Player

Dundee

Aberdeen

Manager

Aberdeen (as co-manager with Alex Smith)

Dunfermline Athletic

Dundee

References

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  1. Jocky Scott, AFC Heritage Trust
  2. a b Jocky Scott 1991-93, Dunfermline Athletic FC
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  4. Willie Scott, AFC Heritage Trust
  5. Player Profile: William "Willie" Scott, Toon1892
  6. Willie Scott, 11v11.com
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  8. (Dundee manager) Scott, Jocky, FitbaStats
  9. Managers | Jocky Scott, AFC Heritage Trust
  10. (Dunfermline manager) Scott, Jocky, FitbaStats
  11. (Arbroath manager) Scott, Jocky, FitbaStats
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External links

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