Harry Cairney

Harry Cairney

Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-09-01) 1 September 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Holytown, Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Fir Park Boys Club
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1983	Airdrieonians	49	(0)
1983–1992	Stenhousemuir	306	(15)
1992–2003	Brechin City	355	(3)
Total		710	(18)
Managerial career
2003–2004	Annan Athletic
2004–2005	Arbroath
2006–2012	Annan Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry "Harry" Cairney (born 1 September 1961) is a Scottish former football player and manager. He made over 700 appearances in the Scottish Football League for Airdrieonians, Stenhousemuir and Brechin City. Cairney has also managed Annan Athletic and Arbroath.

Career

Cairney was born in Holytown and began his senior career with Airdrieonians, making his senior debut in a match against Rangers at Ibrox.^[1] He then played for Stenhousemuir, where he made over 300 league appearances. In 1992, he joined Brechin City, where he stayed for 11 years and made over 350 appearances. He retired in 2003 and was appointed as manager of East of Scotland League side Annan Athletic.

Cairney moved to Arbroath in September 2004,^[2] but resigned just over a year later.^[3] Cairney subsequently rejoined Annan, and was manager at the time of their election to the Scottish League in July 2008.^[4] He won the Scottish Football League award for Third Division manager after his first month in the league.^[5] Cairney resigned his position as Annan manager in December 2012, citing family and health reasons.^[6]

Cairney also teaches Physics and Chemistry at Mearns Castle High School in Newton Mearns.

Managerial statistics

As of 20 December 2012^[update]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Annan Athletic		2003	2004
Arbroath		July 2004	September 2005	50	12	11	27	024.00
Annan Athletic		August 2005	December 2012	203	71	57	75	034.98

See also

• List of footballers in Scotland by number of league appearances (500+)

References

1. "Annan in no rush to replace Harry Cairney". sport.scotsman.com. Johnston Publishing. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
2. "Cairney in at Arbroath". BBC Sport. 10 September 2004. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
3. "Cairney resigns as Arbroath boss". BBC Sport. 24 September 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
4. "Annan voted into Scottish league". BBC Sport. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
5. "The IRN-BRU SFL Manager and Player of the Month Awards August, 2008". Scottifh Football League. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2008.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
6. "Annan Athletic: Harry Cairney resigns after six years as manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

External links

• Harry Cairney at Soccerbase