Allan Maitland
| Teams managed | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Team | ||
| 1999–2002 | Clyde | ||
| 2003–2005 | Hamilton | ||
| 2006–2011 | Alloa Athletic | ||
Allan Maitland is a Scottish football manager recently in charge of Alloa Athletic.
Maitland became the manager of Clyde in 1999 where he guided them to the Scottish Second Division title in his first season on charge, winning Clyde promotion to the Scottish First Division. He left Clyde in February 2002.
Maitland was then appointed manager of Hamilton in 2003.
When he took over the reins at New Douglas Park, they had narrowly avoided relegation to the Scottish Third Division. Maitland managed to turn the team around and gained promotion to the Scottish First Division in his first season in charge finishing second behind Airdrie United. Hamilton finished a respectable seventh in the first season on the Scottish First Division but Maitland and Hamilton parted ways after the 2004-2005 season.
Maitland was appointed successor to Tom Hendrie as Alloa Athletic manager on 9 January 2006, with Alloa sitting eight points adrift at the bottom of the Scottish Second Division. Maitland's first game in charge of Alloa was not an easy game, a midweek Scottish Cup Third round replay away to SPL opposition, Livingston. Alloa fell behind to a Paul Dalglish penalty before half time but rallied in the second half with great goals from Robert Sloan and Ross Hamilton to win 2-1. Maitland then needed to turn this kind of gritty performance to the league to save Alloa from relegation. He managed to steer the club to a ninth place finish meaning entry into the playoffs to decide relegation from/promotion to the Scottish Second Division. Alloa met Arbroath in the semi-final where they won through 2-1 on aggregate. This meant a play-off final showdown with Berwick Rangers. Alloa basically put the tie out of Berwick's reach with a 4-0 home win in the first leg which was following by a 2-1 Berwick win in the return fixture ensured Alloa's Second Division future.
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