Davie Whiteford

For the rugby player, see Dave Whiteford.

Davie Whiteford
Personal information
Full name David Whiteford
Date of birth (1944-08-09) 9 August 1944 (age 80)[1]
Place of birth Shotts, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1973 Motherwell 197 (13)
1973–1976 Falkirk 63 (1)
1976–1979 East Stirlingshire 83 (1)
Rutherglen Glencairn
Total 343 (15)
Managerial career
1985–1987 East Stirlingshire
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Whiteford (born 9 August 1944) is a Scottish former footballer who played mainly as a right back. The greater part of his senior career (which did not begin until his early 20s once he had completed his education in order to become a schoolteacher)[2] was spent with Motherwell where he played for eight years and made over 200 appearances, experiencing a relegation from the top division in 1967–68 followed by promotion as winners of Division Two the following season, as well as taking part in a Scottish League Cup semi-final later in 1969[3] and eliminating Tottenham Hotspur from the Texaco Cup in 1970.[4]

He moved to Falkirk in 1973, spending three seasons with the Bairns,[5][1] then a further three with local rivals East Stirlingshire.[6] Now well into his 30s, he had a spell at junior level with Rutherglen Glencairn before retiring.[2] In 1985 he returned to East Stirlingshire as manager, but the part-time club failed to improve on their status as one of the weaker teams in the bottom division and he was dismissed in 1987.[7][8]

His father Jock,[9][10] younger brother Jocky (a teammate at Falkirk and Glencairn, and coaching colleague at East Stirlingshire) and cousin Derek Whiteford were also footballers.[2][11]

Managerial statistics

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
East Stirlingshire[7] May 1985 February 1987 71 16 14 41 022.54

Honours

Motherwell

Falkirk Scottish Football League Division Two Champions 1974-75

References

  1. ^ a b Davie Whiteford, Better Meddle...
  2. ^ a b c d Davie Whiteford, MotherWELLnet
  3. ^ First League Cup final for Saints, The Glasgow Herald, 7 October 1969
  4. ^ When the Spurs Got Sent Marching Home, Motherwell FC, 29 November 2020
  5. ^ Falkirk: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  6. ^ East Stirlingshire: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  7. ^ a b (East Stirlingshire manager) Whiteford, David, FitbaStats
  8. ^ Retro Nostalgia 1987: Bairns and East Stirling move to appoint new managers, Falkirk Herald, 16 February 2020
  9. ^ Whiteford, John (1940), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  10. ^ Stirling Albion: 1947/48 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  11. ^ Sporting Whitefords, The Whiteford Web Resource Centre. Retrieved 26 August 2021