Gerry Collins (football)

Gerry Collins (football)

Gerry Collins is a Scottish football coach who is best known for his role as assistant to John Lambie. Collins and Lambie first teamed up in 1985 when the former was a player with Hamilton and the pair have been together ever since. Success quickly followed as Lambie and Collins led the Accies to the First Division title in 1985-86 and a shock Scottish Cup defeat of Rangers at Ibrox the following season.

Lambie and Collins successful partnership saw Partick Thistle secure promotion to the Premier Division in 1992, the pair kept Thistle there over the next three seasons despite meagre financial resources. In 1995 Lambie parted company with Thistle, looking for a fresh challenge, and took over at his old club Falkirk. Unfortunately, this proved to a be a disastrous move for him. Poor results were compounded by the fans' unfavorable comparisons of Lambie's pragmatic tactical style with the entertaining football played under his predecessor, Jim Jefferies. Gerry Collins took over as caretaker manager briefly, improving Falkirk's form in a short spell.

In March 1999 Collins and Lambie teamed up again after receiving another offer from Partick Thistle, who had plummeted spectacularly since the duos departure. Having already been relegated twice, the club were in danger of going down again, to the Third Division, when Lambie and Collins arrived. In arguably his greatest managerial feat, Lambie kept Thistle up, then went on to guide them to the Scottish Premier League following successive promotions. This period also saw the club reach the Scottish Cup semi-finals. Having once again kept Thistle in the top flight, Lambie retired as manager in 2003, allowing Collins to take over as manager.

Gerry Collins took over at a time when Partick Thistle were hampered by severe financial restrictions. They were victims of their own success as the core of their successful team was transferred to rival Premier League clubs who could offer higher wages and longer contracts. Even Motherwell who were in administration were able to offer double wages for key players Stephen Craigan and Alex Burns. This left Collins going for broke, he signed young players from Chelsea reserves and brought in experienced players like Derek Whyte and Andy Thompson who had been a prolific goalscorer in the lower leagues in England.

Thistle's new look side struggled to cope at this level and were bottom of the league with no wins when Collins was sacked as manager. The sacking came at a time when Thistle were gradually improving in performances if not results. Collins was sacked after an impressive performance at Parkhead where Thistle bravely went down 3-1. Collins was only given 14 weeks as manager, scant reward for many years service as a successful assistant.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Collins (surname) — The surname Collins has a variety of likely origins in Britain and Ireland: Anglo Saxon: A patronymic surname based on the name Colin, an English diminutive form of Nicholas. In England, Collins usually signified son of Colin. Irish: cuilein =… …   Wikipedia

  • Gerry Byrne (footballer) — Football player infobox| playername = Gerry Byrne fullname = Gerry Byrne nickname = dateofbirth = birth date and age|1938|8|29 cityofbirth = Liverpool countryofbirth = England currentclub = position = Left Back youthyears = 1953 ndash;57… …   Wikipedia

  • Gerry Adams — Infobox President honorific prefix = name = Gerry Adams honorific suffix = MLA, MP caption = office= President of Sinn Féin term start = 1983 term end = predecessor = Ruairí Ó Brádaigh successor = constituency AM2 = Belfast West assembly2 =… …   Wikipedia

  • Football Club Twente '65 — Infobox club sportif FC Twente …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Partick Thistle Football Club — Partick Thistle Voller Name Partick Thistle Football Club Gegründet 1876 Stadion Firhill Stad …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Death of Gerry Ryan — Gerry Ryan at the opening of the Grand Canal Theatrein March 2010 The sudden death of RTÉ broadcaster Gerry Ryan occurred on 30 April 2010. He was 53. Ryan had been presenting The Gerry Ryan Show since 1988 and at the time of his death had the… …   Wikipedia

  • List of American Football League players — The following is a list of men who played for the American Football League (AFL, 1960 1969), as well as AFL coaches, administrators, and contributors. Players A*Bud Abell *Ray Abruzzese *Ken Adamson *Tom Addison (Born 1936 4 year All Star… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Fitzroy Football Club players — This is a complete list of players to have represented the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian/Australian Football League. Players are listed by the date of their VFL/AFL debut with the club. In cases of players debuting in the same game, they …   Wikipedia

  • Dublin Senior Football Championship 2011 — Dublin Champions St. Brigid s (2nd win) Winning Captain ? Winning Manager Gerry McEntee Promoted team(s) Skerries Harps The 20 …   Wikipedia

  • List of retired professional American football players — This is a list of individuals who formerly played professional American football in the NFL, AFL, AAFC and other major leagues. See also one of the other lists of American football players for more names.A* Joe Abbey, End, [1948 1949] * Fay… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”