Ernie Merrick
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ernest Merrick | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Wellington Phoenix (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Shettleston | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1978 | Frankston City | ||
| 1979–1984 | Doveton | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1979–1984 | Doveton (Asst.) | ||
| 1986 | Frankston Pines (Asst.) | ||
| 1987–1988 | Preston Lions FC | ||
| 1989–1991 | Sunshine George Cross | ||
| 1992–2004 | VIS | ||
| 2005–2011 | Melbourne Victory | ||
| 2011–2012 | Hong Kong | ||
| 2013–2016 | Wellington Phoenix | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ernest 'Ernie' Merrick OAM (born 15 January 1953) is a Scottish-Australasian coach, who most recently managed New Zealand football club Wellington Phoenix. He was the former head coach of the Hong Kong national football team and A-League football club Melbourne Victory. He is the most successful coach in A-League history.
In his first season at Melbourne Victory in 2005/06, the club failed to live up to its championship aspirations. With Socceroos Archie Thompson and Kevin Muscat in the squad, and the experience of 2 European internationals in Geoffrey Claeys and Richard Kitzbichler, expectations from the Melbourne fans were high. But they were left disappointed when the club finished the season 7th out of the 8 teams. After a promising start which saw them 1st after round 8, when they beat eventual champions Sydney FC 5–0, the team then won only 3 of the last 13 games.
During the second season, The Victory won the 2006–07 A-League Premiership, 12 points clear of second placed Adelaide United. Melbourne faced Adelaide in the A-League Grand Final at the Telstra Dome on 18 February, winning the match 6–0 with Archie Thompson scoring an incredible five goals.
The 2007–2008 season was a return to the disappointment of Merrick's first year in charge however, with the team finishing outside the Top 4 spots and thus failing to progress to the Finals Series.
Melbourne Victory finished second in the group phase of the 2008 Asian Champions League. Gamba Osaka won the group and went on to win the Asian Champion's league.
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