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Jocky Scott

Jocky Scott

Scottish footballer (born 1948)


John Alexander "Jocky" Scott (born 14 January 1948) is a Scottish football coach and former player.

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During his playing career he played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Seattle Sounders and Scotland.

An extensive management career followed with spells at Aberdeen, Dundee (three separate spells), Arbroath, Dunfermline Athletic, Notts County, Raith Rovers and Stirling Albion. He also had coaching jobs at other various clubs in both Scotland and England.

Club career

Scott played club football for Dundee and Aberdeen,[1] winning the Scottish League Cup with both clubs. He memorably scored a hat-trick when Aberdeen beat Rangers 5–1 in the competition's semi-final in [2] He was capped twice for the Scotland national team in 1971. He was Soccer Bowl 1977 finalist with the Seattle Sounders (lost 1–2 to the New York Cosmos) in the North American Soccer League.

Managerial career

After his playing career, Scott moved into management. He managed Aberdeen, Dundee (on three separate occasions), Arbroath, Dunfermline Athletic,[2] Notts County, Raith Rovers and Stirling Albion.

He also had coaching roles at Sunderland, Plymouth Argyle and Hibernian. The latter two he also had spells as manager on a caretaker basis.

Aberdeen appointed Scott to their coaching team in September 2012.[3]

Personal life

His father Willie played for Aberdeen and Newcastle United in the 1930s.[4][5][6]

Managerial stats

As of 24 February 2013 (UTC)[7]
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  • Caretaker spells not included.
  • Jocky Scott co-managed with Alex Smith at Aberdeen.
  • Statistics based on soccerbase information.

Honours

Player

Dundee

Aberdeen

Manager

Aberdeen (as co-manager with Alex Smith)

Dunfermline Athletic

Dundee


References

  1. Jocky Scott, AFC Heritage Trust
  2. Jocky Scott 1991-93, Dunfermline Athletic FC
  3. "Former manager Jocky Scott has been named as coach at Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  4. Willie Scott, AFC Heritage Trust
  5. Willie Scott, 11v11.com
  6. Managers | Jocky Scott, AFC Heritage Trust
  7. "Drunk on success – how free-scoring Dundee won the Tennent's Sixes in 1988". The Courier. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

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