Bobby Williamson
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| Bobby Williamson | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Williamson | |
| Date of birth | 13 August 1961 | |
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Uganda (manager) | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1980–1984 1983–1986 1986–1988 1988–1991 1990–1995 |
Clydebank Rangers West Bromwich Albion Rotherham United Kilmarnock |
70 (28) 41 (12) 53 (11) 93 (49) 145 (38)[1] |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1996–2002 2002–2004 2004–2005 2007–2008 2008– |
Kilmarnock Hibernian Plymouth Argyle Chester City Uganda |
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Robert "Bobby" Williamson (born 13 August 1961 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a former association footballer who is currently manager of the Uganda national football team. He previously managed Kilmarnock and Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League and Plymouth Argyle in the Football League Championship.
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[edit] Football career
[edit] Playing career
As a player, Williamson was a striker. He began his career at Clydebank and his 35 goals in 85 matches earned him a move to Rangers. However, after an injury-hit spell with the Glasgow club he moved to England, where he had spells with West Bromwich Albion and Rotherham United. He returned to Scotland in 1990 to join Kilmarnock Football Club, which proved to be his last club as a player.
[edit] Managerial career
Williamson became the manager of Kilmarnock following the departure of Alex Totten. In his first season as manager, the club won the 1997 Scottish Cup by beating Falkirk 1–0 at Ibrox. Kilmarnock finished highly in the Scottish Premier League and he guided them into Europe, playing sixteen ties. He also attracted high profile players including former Scotland internationals Ally McCoist and Ian Durrant, and the former French international Christophe Cocard.
Williamson took up a new challenge at Hibernian in February 2002, where he inherited a team that had gone 18 league games without a win.[2] A win against St. Johnstone in Williamson's first match in charge effectively removed the danger of relegation.[2] Due to financial problems at the club, Williamson had to move on several senior players,[3] but he did not endear himself to the Hibs fans.[4][5] He lightheartedly joked about this relationship by referring to himself as a "weegie hun". [6] Nonetheless Hibs produced several excellent young players, including Scott Brown, Derek Riordan, Garry O'Connor, Kevin Thomson and Steven Whittaker. Williamson guided his young team to the 2004 Scottish League Cup final, but they were beaten 2–0 by Livingston.
Williamson moved to Plymouth Argyle on 20 April 2004, and by winning his first match in charge the club won promotion to the Football League Championship. A poor run of results at the start of the 2005–06 season led to his dismissal on 6 September 2005. Financial constraints at Plymouth Argyle resulted in a number of signings which contributed to his demise, most notably Taribo West. He was replaced by Tony Pulis, who had recently been sacked by fellow Championship side Stoke City.
He appeared as a pundit on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound before he was appointed as Chester City manager on 11 May 2007.[7] Williamson's first Football League match in charge of Chester ended in a 0-0 draw with Chesterfield on 11 August 2007 and has established them as a promotion contender in the opening months of the season. After mid-season, Chester's form began to drop rapidly, winning only 1 out of 14 games since Boxing Day. Williamson was sacked on 2 March 2008.[8]
On 19 August 2008 he was appointed by FUFA to be the coach of the Uganda national football team.[9] Williamson replaced Csaba László, who resigned in July 2008 to join Scottish Premier League side Hearts.[9] Within days of being appointed, Williamson was given the ultimatum of winning his first two games against Niger and Benin to earn a longer contract.[10]
[edit] Managerial honours
[edit] Kilmarnock
- Scottish Cup
- Winners (1): 1996-97
[edit] Hibernian
- Scottish League Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2003-04
[edit] Manager awards
SPL Manager of the Month (2): September 2000, October 2002
[edit] Managerial statistics
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Kilmarnock | |
7 December 1996 | 25 February 2002 | 242 | 89 | 67 | 86 | 36.77 |
| Hibernian | |
25 February 2002 | 20 April 2004 | 93 | 34 | 21 | 38 | 36.55 |
| Plymouth Argyle |  |
20 April 2004 | 6 September 2005 | 58 | 19 | 12 | 27 | 32.75 |
| Chester City | |
11 May 2007 | 2 March 2008 | 39 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 28.20 |
| Uganda |  |
19 August 2008 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | |
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Bobby Williamson". Brown, Neil. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/bobbywilliamson.htm. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
- ^ a b Hibs kill off St Johnstone, BBC Sport, 1 March 2002.
- ^ Moore, Richard. HIBERNIAN: MOVING FORWARD, Sunday Herald, 27 July 2003.
- ^ Bell, Ian. Hibs manager the wrong man in the wrong job, Sunday Herald, 13 April 2003.
- ^ Moffat, Colin. Few Hibees will mourn Williamson, BBC Sport, 20 April 2004.
- ^ Alexander, Douglas.Hibs manager tackles critics,The Times, 14 March 2004.
- ^ "Bobby is the new Blue for City". Chester City FC. 2007-05-11. http://www.chestercityfc.net/article/1041746/Bobby-is-the-new-Blue-for-City. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
- ^ "Chester manager Williamson sacked" - BBC Sport
- ^ a b Uganda name new coach, BBC Sport, 19 August 2008.
- ^ Walker, Mark. Williamson gets two-game chance, The Scotsman, 21 August 2008.
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