Useless SPL Trivia

[TomCaleyJag]

Just read a piece of useless trivia...

Can anyone name the only manager to manage full-time 3 SPL clubs?

ie. caretakers dont count

they have to have managed the club in the SPL. ie you cant say steve paterson has two (ict and aberdeen) cos he never managed ict in the spl.

This is SPL (since it was formed in 1998).

have a go. or a guess. :004:

[Yngwie]

Got it, but let's not post the answer for a while until others have had a look.

[Govan Jaggie]

Can we name him yet? He was rumoured on the Hibs job for about 5 seconds which would have been his 4th.

[Yngwie]

Ah. I'm clearly thinking of someone different from you! Suddenly doubt sets in.....

[Scotty]

Can we name him yet? He was rumoured on the Hibs job for about 5 seconds which would have been his 4th.

indeed it would have been ... but he reportedly is a supporter of them despite his record against them

[The Mantis]

Is this chappy normally of a sunny disposition? You know, happy to lose to a better team etc  :023:

[Johnboy]

He looked far from happy to me when I last saw him walking up the tunnel after a match here, a couple of weeks or so ago.....  :008:

[SMEE]

I think i know who this is

[Yngwie]

Enough of the cryptic comments, cards on the table!

I thought it was Alex McLeish (Motherwell, Hibs and Rangers), but that doesnt fit with what others are saying.

[SMEE]

I was thinking the same as Yngwie. At first I thought of Jim Jeffries but the third club he would have managed (Falkirk) was prior to 1998

[SMEE]

If it turned out not to be Mcleish...it would be because he he left Motherwell to take over at hibs in 1998. So..... if that took place pre season, that would discount him from managing 3 teams since SPL was formed.

[KingBeastie]

Does Brewster count if you consider he's had 2 spells with us?!  :016:

[Scotty]

I was thinking Robbo - Livi (asst), ICT, Hearts, Livi (mgr) but now know I am wrong as I had forgotten that Lambert got them relegated before Robbo took over.

[TomCaleyJag]

The correct answer is.... Robbo!

Managed ICT between August-October (maybe November not sure) 2004, (2/3 months)

Managed Hearts between November-May 2005 (7 months)

Managed Livi between February-May 2006 (2 and a half months)

So Scotty, he did manage Livi in the SPL but only for a couple of months. Lambert left in February and replaced by Robbo, then they went down in May.

McLeish's reign at Well was pre-SPL, so he doesnt count.

And no Brew having two spells doesnt count lol.

Good effort. Scotty came closest, but changed his mind. tut tut! lol

[Johnboy]

Hmmm...

I was thinking Jim Jeffries....

Didn't realise he left Falkirk as long ago as 1995... (as Smee has pointed out)

Time flies when you're enjoying yourself....  :023:

[TomCaleyJag]

Right then... 8 managers (excluding Robbo) have managed 2.

Name them...

[Scotty]

Craig Brewster - ICT / DUFC

Jim Jefferies - Killie / Hearts

Jimmy Calderwood - Dunfermline / Aberdeen

Craig Levein - Hearts / DUFC

Bobby Williamson - Killie / Hibs

Alex McLeish - Hibs / Rangers

Jim Leishman - Livi / Dunfermline

David Hay - Livi / Dunfermline

[TomCaleyJag]

correct.. theres acutally 9 though.. my mistake.. anyone no the other 1?

[Scotty]

Paul Hegarty Aberdeen / DUFC

[CaleyD]

I would have answered earlier...but as my mother always told me...nobody likes a smart@rse  :015:

[The Mantis]

OK now name all who have managed 1 club  :023:

[TomCaleyJag]

yup hegarty is correct...

Now.... name the 17 foreign managers?

ie. not scottish. English counts as foreign...

[CaleyD]

Did you get some kind of Scottish Football Trivia book for your xmas or something?

[TomCaleyJag]

Yes incidentally...

After today, the number has risen to 18...

[TomCaleyJag]

Btw u dont have to say all 18 at once, u can just put the ones u no and hopefully collectively u'll get them all!