Gus MacPherson as St Mirren manager
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Angus Ian MacPherson | ||
Date of birth | 11 October 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Queen's Park (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1984–1989 | Rangers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1990 | Rangers | 0 | (0) |
1989–1990 | → Exeter City (loan) | 11 | (1) |
1990–2001 | Kilmarnock | 354 | (15) |
2001–2003 | Dunfermline Athletic | 39 | (0) |
2003–2004 | St Mirren | 9 | (0) |
Total | 413 | (16) | |
Teams managed | |||
2003–2010 | St Mirren | ||
2011–2012 | Queen of the South | ||
2014– | Queen's Park | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Angus Ian MacPherson (born 11 October 1968) is a Scottish former football player and current manager of Scottish League One side Queen's Park.
MacPherson's playing career saw spells at Rangers, Exeter City, Kilmarnock, Dunfermline Athletic and St Mirren.
His management career began at his final playing club St Mirren (initially player-manager for his first season) and Queen of the South before his current role.
MacPherson started his career as a youth player with Rangers, but was unable to break into the first team, spending a period on loan to English side Exeter City.
In 1991, he moved to Kilmarnock, where he would enjoy the most successful period of his career becoming a regular fixture in the Rugby Park first team. He went on to play over 350 games at Kilmarnock and also was in the side that won the Scottish Cup with a 1–0 win over Falkirk at Ibrox Stadium.
MacPherson left Kilmarnock in 2001 to join Dunfermline Athletic for two seasons before moving to St Mirren as player/assistant manager in 2003.
MacPherson was then appointed as player/manager on 18 December 2003 after the resignation of John Coughlin. He retired from playing to concentrate solely on management at the end of the 2003–04 season.
MacPherson guided St Mirren to second in 2004–05 finishing behind Falkirk. This was a significant improvement for the club having finished seventh the previous season. In the following season MacPherson guided St Mirren back to the Scottish Premier League having finished top of the First Division. He also guided the team to a 2–1 win in the Scottish League Challenge Cup final against Hamilton Academical with Simon Lappin and John Sutton netting the goals, becoming the only St Mirren manager to win a domestic double.