Andy Roxburgh

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Andy Roxburgh (born 1 August 1943 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish football player and coach. He has been UEFA Technical Director since 1994.

Playing career

In his playing days Roxburgh appeared for Queen's Park, East Stirlingshire, Partick Thistle, Falkirk and Clydebank. Andy attended Bellahoustion Academy and played for Glasgow Schools.

Management

Following his retirement as a player, Roxburgh was appointed as the Scottish Football Association's Technical Director in 1975.

Roxburgh coached the Scotland Under-19 team to victory in the final of the UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship in 1982, where his team beat Czechoslovakia 3-1 in Helsinki.

The way for Roxburgh to become Scotland national team manager was paved on 10 September 1985, when the legendary national coach Jock Stein collapsed and died at the end of the 1-1 draw against Wales at Ninian Park, Cardiff - a result which saw Scotland reach the playoff stage for World Cup qualification. Stein's assistant Alex Ferguson (the Aberdeen manager) was put in temporary charge and oversaw victory in the playoff against Australia and book Scotland's place in the World Cup finals in Mexico. Scotland failed to progress beyond the group stages and after Ferguson rejected the offer to become Scotland manager on a permanent basis, Roxburgh was named as his successor on 1 July 1986 - ahead of more experienced and distinguished candidates including Billy McNeill, Jim McLean, Kenny Dalglish and Tommy Docherty.^[1] He would remain in the role for more than seven years.^[2]

He guided Scotland to qualification for the 1990 World Cup and the 1992 European Football Championship, and left in 1993 after failing to achieve qualification for the 1994 World Cup. He was succeeded by his assistant, Craig Brown, who remained in charge until 2001.

In between his playing and managerial career, Roxburgh was employed as a Primary school teacher, a profession also occupied by Brown at one stage.

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v t e Scotland squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Leighton 2 McLeish 3 Aitken (c) 4 Gough 5 McStay 6 Malpas 7 Johnston 8 Bett 9 McCoist 10 MacLeod 11 Gillespie 12 Goram 13 Durie 14 McInally 15 Levein 16 McCall 17 McKimmie 18 Collins 19 McPherson 20 McAllister 21 Fleck 22 Gunn Coach: Roxburgh

v t e Scotland squad – UEFA Euro 1992 1 Goram 2 Gough (c) 3 McStay 4 Malpas 5 McCoist 6 McClair 7 Durie 8 McPherson 9 McKimmie 10 McCall 11 McAllister 12 Smith 13 Nevin 14 Gallacher 15 Boyd 16 McInally 17 Whyte 18 Bowman 19 McLaren 20 Ferguson Coach: Roxburgh