Billy Stark

Billy Stark
Strong as the Scottish U-21 coach (2009)
Personnel
Surname	William Stark
birthday	1st December 1956
place of birth	Glasgow ,  Scotland
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1975-1983	FC St. Mirren	255 (60)
1983-1987	Aberdeen FC	109 (41)
1987-1990	Celtic Glasgow	64 (17)
1990-1992	FC Kilmarnock	22 0(6)
1992-1993	Hamilton Academical	14 0(0)
1993-1994	FC Kilmarnock	36 0(3)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1994-1997	Celtic Glasgow (assistant coach)
1997-2000	Greenock Morton
2001-2004	St. Johnstone FC
2004-2008	FC Queen's Park
2008–	Scotland U-21
2012	Scotland (Interim)
1 Only league games are given.

Wiliam "Billy" Stark (born December 1, 1956 in Glasgow ) is a former Scottish football player and current coach .

Career

player

Stark was born in Glasgow. His first professional station was FC St. Mirren , a club from Paisley , which is about eight miles from his birthplace. On August 30, 1975, Stark made his debut for St. Mirren in the 2-2 draw with Queen of the South , a week later he scored his first goal for his club in the same final against Greenock Morton . In the 1976/77 season, the Scot was first with his club in the Scottish Football League First Division and rose to the Scottish Premier League , which was then called Scottish Premier Division. The following year St. Mirren finished the first division season in 8th place, which meant the non-relegation. In 1983 he moved to league rivals FC Aberdeen , which was not his longest stop, but his most successful time. In his first year at Aberdeen, he won the double , the Scottish Championship and the Scottish FA Cup . He also won the European Supercup in his first season at FC Aberdeen. The following year Stark won the Scottish Championship again, which is the last championship of a club other than Celtic Glasgow or the Glasgow Rangers . In 1985/86 he also won the Scottish League Cup . In 1987 he was signed by Celtic Glasgow, where he was able to win the double again in his first year. In 1990 he moved to FC Kilmarnock , he left the club in 1992 to be active as a coach and player at Hamilton Academical . After only one year he left Hamilton Academical again and played another year at FC Kilmarnock before he ended his career as an active player in 1994.

Trainer

In 1994 he became assistant coach to Tommy Burns at Celtic Glasgow . After Tommy Burns resigned from Celtic, Stark took over the club for three games and then also left the club. Between 1997 and 2000 he coached Greenock Morton and between 2001 and 2004 St. Johnstone FC . In 2004, Stark took over the traditional Scottish club FC Queen's Park . Stark celebrated a great success with Queen's Park in the League Cup in August 2006, when the first division club Aberdeen FC was eliminated. The second round match went to penalties after a 0-0 draw, in which Queen's Park prevailed 5-3. In the third round, the club then failed at Motherwell FC .

In 2008 he left Queen's Park FC and succeeded interim coach Maurice Malpas , who had replaced Archie Knox , in the Scottish U-21 national team . After Craig Levein's dismissal at the beginning of November 2012, Stark took over the post of Scottish national coach for a friendly against Luxembourg on an interim basis .

successes

• Scottish Football League First Division : 1977 (with FC St. Mirren)
• UEFA Supercup : 1983 (with FC Aberdeen)
• Scottish Cup Winner : 1984 , 1986 (with FC Aberdeen) 1988 , 1989 (with Celtic Glasgow)
• Scottish champions : 1984 , 1985 (with FC Aberdeen) 1988 (with Celtic Glasgow)
• Scottish League Cup Winner : 1986 (with FC Aberdeen)

Web links

• Billy Stark

Individual evidence

1. ↑ scottishfa.co.uk: Scottish FA Board Statement: Craig Levein , November 5, 2012, accessed November 5, 2012