Ian Stewart (Scottish footballer)
Scottish footballer and manager
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Ian Stewart (born 1946)[6] is a Scottish former football player and manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Perth Celtic[1] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1965 | Arbroath[1] | 9 | (3) |
| 1965–1966 | Dundee United[2] | 1 | (1) |
| 1966–1967 | Arbroath[1] | 6 | (0) |
| 1967–1974 | Forfar Athletic[3] | 162 | (37) |
| 1974–1978 | Montrose[4] | 109 | (20) |
| 1978–1980 | Brechin City[5] | 17 | (1) |
| 1983–1987 | Montrose[4] | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 306 | (62) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1978–1980 | Brechin City | ||
| 1980–1983 | Arbroath | ||
| 1983–1990 | Montrose | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stewart worked as a civil servant while being involved in football on a part-time basis.[7] He was player/manager of Brechin City in the late 1970s, but left that position in January 1980 to become manager of Arbroath.[7] Stewart was sacked by Arbroath in November 1983, despite losing only 39 out of 132 league matches in charge.[8] Arbroath had narrowly missed out on promotion in each of the previous two seasons.[9]
Soon after leaving Arbroath, he was appointed manager of Montrose.[10][11] He guided Montrose to promotion in 1984–85.[12] He made a surprising appearances as a player for Montrose in September 1984, aged 38, when two players were unable to travel to an away match against Berwick Rangers.[6] Montrose produced a surprise victory against Hearts at Tynecastle in a 1986–87 Scottish League Cup tie.[13][14] It was the first time any visiting team had won at Tynecastle in fifteen months.[13]