Wiley Scot Strachan began his managerial life at Coventry after a highly successful playing career as an international midfielder. He pulled off a memorable survival from relegation in his first few months in charge and fought a continuous battle against the forces of change in the premiership - namely money and highly skilled foreign players - managing to keep Coventry in the top flight without either of those precious commodities. He won plaudits for his record. A spell at Southampton followed, where Strachan was very successful in tranforming relegation candidates into a mid-table side. The following year he finished 8th and reached an FA cup final, qualifying for the UEFA cup. A break from management followed before a return to a management post at Celtic. Strachan took over from Martin O'Neil and won 3 successive SPL titles, a Scottish cup and 2 Scottish league cups. He also managed to guide Celtic into the last 16 of the champions' league on 2 occasions. After being beaten to the title by an under-resourced Walter Smith at Rangers in 08-09, Strachan resigned. He is now manager of second tier Middlesbrough.
British league champions: 3
Foreign league champions: 0
European cup: 0
No comments:
Post a Comment