Paul Sturrock

Paul Whitehead Sturrock (born 10 October 1956) is a Scottish former football coach and former player. He has played for Dundee United and Scotland national team.

Paul Sturrock
Personal information
Full name Paul Whitehead Sturrock[1]
Date of birth (1956-10-10) 10 October 1956
Place of birth Ellon, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Grandtully Vale
1972–1973 Vale of Atholl
1973–1974 Bankfoot Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1989 Dundee United 385 (109)
National team
1977–1982 Scotland under-21 9 (0)
1981–1987 Scotland 20 (3)
Teams managed
1993–1998 St Johnstone
1998–2000 Dundee United
2000–2004 Plymouth Argyle
2004 Southampton
2004–2006 Sheffield Wednesday
2006–2007 Swindon Town
2007–2009 Plymouth Argyle
2010–2013 Southend United
2015 Yeovil Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dundee United 1974–75 Division One 126––10136
1975–76 Premier Division 17320–51275
1976–77 36151151–4217
1977–78 333418321478
1978–79 336102120387
1979–80 3342196404811
1980–81 351371119405723
1981–82 311552116715424
1982–83 2881097714516
1983–84 174322050276
1984–85 30146262624820
1985–86 3185250534613
1986–87 3066030110506
1987–88 93–3232157
1988–89 9150––141
Career total 384109481279386011571170

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Scotland 198141
198261
198330
198421
198640
198710
Total203
Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sturrock goal.
List of international goals scored by Paul Sturrock
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
118 November 1981Estadio da Luz, Lisbon Portugal1–01–21982 FIFA World Cup qualification[1]
213 October 1982Hampden Park, Glasgow East Germany2–02–0UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying[1]
312 September 1984Hampden Park, Glasgow Yugoslavia4–16–1Friendly match[1]

Managerial record

Research by football economists Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski found Sturrock to be among the highest performing managers in English football. The measure was based on game success after allowing for the clubs’ wage bills.[2]

As of 1 December 2015[3]
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
St Johnstone Scotland 1 August 1993 5 September 1998 197905651045.69
Dundee United Scotland 5 September 1998 7 August 2000 85271939031.76
Plymouth Argyle England 31 October 2000 4 March 2004 178854746047.75
Southampton England 4 March 2004 23 August 2004 13526038.46
Sheffield Wednesday England 23 September 2004 19 October 2006 104352940033.65
Swindon Town England 7 November 2006 27 November 2007 52261115050.00
Plymouth Argyle England 27 November 2007 10 December 2009 99282249028.28
Southend United England 5 July 2010 24 March 2013 161674351041.61
Yeovil Town England 9 April 2015 1 December 2015 306816020.00
Total 919369237313040.15

Honours

As a player

Dundee United

  • Scottish Football League Premier Division: 1982–83
  • Scottish League Cup: 1979–80, 1980–81; runner-up: 1981–82, 1984–85
  • UEFA Cup runner-up: 1986–87
  • Scottish Cup runner-up: 1980–81, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88

Scotland

As a manager

St Johnstone

Plymouth Argyle

Sheffield Wednesday

  • Football League One play-offs: 2004–05

Swindon Town

Individual

Awards

  • Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductee: 2019[8]

References
  1. Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (17 October 2019). "Scotland - International Matches 1981-1985". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. Kuper, Simon (27 January 2012). "Football's best managers". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022.
  3. "Paul Sturrock's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  4. "Rous-ing win for makeshift Scots". Glasgow Herald. 27 May 1985. p. 15 – via Google News Archive.
  5. "The tenth annual LMA Awards dinner winners" Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. League Managers Association. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
  6. "LMA honour for Wenger" Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. League Managers Association. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
  7. "Sturrock receives prize from Ranieri" Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. League Managers Association. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
  8. "Six former players added to Scotltish football's hall of fame". BBC Sport. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.




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