Alex Totten

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alex Totten

| image =

| fullname = Alexander Totten

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|2|12|df=y}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19800508&id=SPs9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=OkkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1574,1872001 |work=The Herald |publisher=Herald & Times Group |title=Totten new Alloa manager |date=8 May 1980 |access-date=23 September 2012}}

| birth_place = Dennyloanhead, Scotland

| currentclub =

| position = Full-back

| youthyears1 = 1960–1964

| youthclubs1 = Liverpool

| clubs1 = Dundee{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player11/alextotten.htm |title=Alex Totten |publisher=Neil Brown |access-date=15 August 2015}} | clubs2 = Dunfermline Athletic | clubs3 = Falkirk | clubs4 = Queen of the South | clubs5 = Alloa Athletic

| manageryears1 = 1980–1982

| manageryears2 = 1982–1984

| manageryears3 = 1986

| manageryears4 = 1986–1987

| manageryears5 = 1987–1992

| manageryears6 = 1992–1993

| manageryears7 = 1994–1996

| manageryears8 = 1996–2002

| managerclubs1 = Alloa Athletic

| managerclubs2 = Falkirk{{Cite web |url=http://falkirkfchistorian.blogspot.com/p/falkirk-fc-managers.html |title=Falkirk FC Managers |access-date=13 July 2011 |archive-date=13 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313060527/http://falkirkfchistorian.blogspot.com/p/falkirk-fc-managers.html |url-status=dead }}

| managerclubs3 = Rangers (caretaker)

| managerclubs4 = Dumbarton

| managerclubs5 = St Johnstone

| managerclubs6 = East Fife

| managerclubs7 = Kilmarnock

| managerclubs8 = Falkirk

}}

Alexander Totten (born 12 February 1946) is a Scottish former football player and manager.

Playing career

Growing up in Dennyloanhead, Stirlingshire, he signed for Liverpool straight from school in 1960 before signing for top division Dundee back in Scotland in 1964. After a season, he moved onto Dunfermline Athletic where he made nearly 30 top division league appearances over four seasons. In 1969, he moved on to Falkirk, racking up another 20 starts over his two seasons at Brockville and also scoring his first Senior goal.

In July 1971 Totten transferred to Dumfries side Queen of the South and became a first team regular for the first time his career in the lower division. His final transfer came in July 1973 with a move to Alloa Athletic where he wound down his on-field career and became manager in 1980.

Managerial career

Three years as a manager for Alloa Athletic ended when he became manager at previous club Falkirk after leading Alloa Athletic to the Scottish First Division and a 6th-place finish. He then moved to Rangers to become Jock Wallace's assistant, expecting to – in time – become manager.{{cite web |url= http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/16062944.Alex_Totten___I_missed_out_on_managing_Rangers_when_Graeme_Souness_was_appointed_-_but_Murty_can_take_his_chance_/|title=Alex Totten: 'I missed out on managing Rangers when Graeme Souness was appointed – but Murty can take his chance' |work=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=3 March 2018|access-date=13 August 2018|author=Matthew Lindsay}} However, when Graeme Souness was appointed in 1986, Totten left to manage Dumbarton. He then took St Johnstone from the old Second Division to the Premier Division in the space of three seasons. He also led St Johnstone to Scottish Cup semi-final appearances in 1989 and 1991. Totten's role in St Johnstone's progress was rewarded when he was made SFWA Manager of the Year for 1991, but Geoff Brown sacked Totten in 1992 for demanding too much money for new players.Forsyth, Paul. [http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Main-leg-break-adds-to.2264624.jp Main leg break adds to woes], Scotland on Sunday, 30 September 2001.

Totten then managed East Fife and Kilmarnock, before returning to Falkirk as a manager in 1996. He guided Falkirk to the 1997 Scottish Cup Final, having defeated Celtic in the semi-final. Falkirk lost 1–0 to Kilmarnock, who had sacked Totten earlier that season,{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/youth-is-name-of-the-game-as-totten-is-pushed-out-by-kilmarnock-nicholl-the-favourite-to-take-over-at-rugby-park-1.423601|title=Youth is name of the game as Totten is pushed out by Kilmarnock Nicholl the favourite to take over at Rugby Park|last=Sinclair|first=Paul|date=4 December 1996|work=The Herald (Glasgow)|access-date=11 January 2015}} in the final. Totten was eventually moved into a director of football role by Falkirk in 2002.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/scotland/1950800.stm Totten takes new role at Falkirk], BBC Sport, 25 April 2002. Falkirk played Rangers in a testimonial match for Totten on 21 July 2007 at the Falkirk Stadium. The match ended 1–1 with Lee McCulloch scoring for Rangers and Pedro Moutinho scoring for Falkirk.