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Gary Irvine

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{for-multi|the Australian rules footballer|Gary Irvine (Australian footballer)|the basketball player|Gary Ervin}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gary Irvine

| fullname = Gary Irvine

| image = Gary Irvine (3496273115).jpg

| image_size = 200

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|3|17}}

| birth_place = Bellshill, Scotland

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 2003–2006

| youthclubs1 = Celtic

| years1 = 2006–2007

| clubs1 = Celtic

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2006

| clubs2 = → Ross County (loan)

| caps2 = 17

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2007–2010

| clubs3 = St Johnstone

| caps3 = 85

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2010–2016

| clubs4 = Dundee

| caps4 = 166

| goals4 = 6

| years5 = 2016–2018

| clubs5 = St Mirren

| caps5 = 56

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2019–2022

| clubs6 = Forfar Athletic

| caps6 = 57

| goals6 = 2

| club-update = 9 November 2022 (UTC)

| nationalyears1 = 2006

| nationalteam1 = Scotland U21

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| ntupdate = 19:27, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

| manageryears1 = 2021–2022

| managerclubs1 = Forfar Athletic

}}

Gary Irvine (born 17 March 1985) is a Scottish professional footballer and manager. He has previously played for Celtic, Ross County, St Johnstone, Dundee and St Mirren and Forfar Athletic, the last of which he also performed the role of player-manager for.

Career

=Celtic & Ross County=

Irvine started his career at Celtic, but failed to make an appearance for the club during his time there.

At the start of the 2006–07 season, he moved on loan to Ross County. During his time at County, he was involved as they won the 2006–07 Scottish Challenge Cup, beating Clyde on penalties.{{cite web|title=Ross County 1-1 Clyde (aet)|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/6137982.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=12 November 2006|accessdate=2 December 2013}}

=St Johnstone=

After leaving Celtic, Irvine signed for Scottish First Division side St Johnstone.{{cite web|title= Saints secure Celtic's Irvine|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_johnstone/6962935.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=24 August 2007|accessdate=2 December 2013}} In his first season at McDiarmid Park, he won the 2007–08 Scottish Challenge Cup, his second winners medal in that competition in successive seasons, with St Johnstone winning 3–2 against Dunfermline Athletic.{{cite web|title=Dunfermline Ath 2-3 St Johnstone|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7110899.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=25 November 2007|accessdate=2 December 2013}} The following season, he was part of the squad as St Johnstone won the Scottish First Division. At the end of the 2009–10 season he was one of eight players released by the club.{{cite web|title=Eight players head for the exit at St Johnstone|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_johnstone/8676550.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=11 May 2010|accessdate=2 December 2013}} Irvine scored once during his spell at the club; his goal coming in a 3–1 win over Dunfermline Athletic in April 2009.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/7993120.stm|title=Dunfermline Ath 1-3 St Johnstone |date=11 April 2009|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|accessdate=9 November 2015}}

=Dundee=

On 24 July 2010, Irvine signed for Dundee, of the Scottish First Division.{{cite web|title=Dundee capture ex-Saints defender Gary Irvine|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/8851490.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=24 July 2010|accessdate=2 December 2013}} In July 2012, with Dundee having been promoted to the Scottish Premier League after the demotion of Rangers, he signed a new deal with the club,{{cite web|title=IRVINE SIGNS|url=http://www.dundeefc.co.uk/news_detail.asp?h=IRVINE-SIGNS&newsid=2379|publisher=dundeefc.co.uk|date=3 July 2012|accessdate=2 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204024600/http://www.dundeefc.co.uk/news_detail.asp?h=IRVINE-SIGNS&newsid=2379|archivedate=4 December 2013}} despite interest from several Scottish Premier League clubs including his former team, Ross County.{{cite web|title='Love for the club' kept Gary Irvine on Tayside|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/gary-irvine-could-have-moved-from-dundee-1490086|publisher=Daily Record|date=14 December 2012|accessdate=2 December 2013}} After Dundee's relegation from the Scottish Premier League, Irvine agreed terms on a new contract for the 2013–14 season.{{cite web|title=GARY AGREES TERMS|url=http://www.dundeefc.co.uk/news_detail.asp?h=GARY-AGREES-TERMS&newsid=3081|publisher=dundeefc.co.uk|date=24 June 2013|accessdate=2 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204022117/http://www.dundeefc.co.uk/news_detail.asp?h=GARY-AGREES-TERMS&newsid=3081|archivedate=4 December 2013}}

=St Mirren=

On 29 January 2016 Saints signed Irvine from Dundee until the end of the season, with the option of a further year.{{cite web|title=St Mirren add Gary Irvine and Alex Cooper|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35446628|publisher=BBC|date=29 January 2016|accessdate=29 January 2016}} He was released by St Mirren at the end of the 2017–18 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.stmirren.com/news/club/all-news/1849-players-depart-club |title=Players Depart Club |publisher=St Mirren FC |date=30 April 2018 |accessdate=30 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430181942/https://www.stmirren.com/news/club/all-news/1849-players-depart-club |archive-date=30 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}

=Forfar Athletic=

Irvine joined Forfar Athletic in February 2019, until the end of the season.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/ForfarAthletic/status/1092052927248764928 |title=Welcome to Station Park Gary Irvine |publisher=Forfar Athletic FC |date=3 February 2019 |accessdate=4 February 2019}} On 9 April 2021, Irvine agreed to take charge of the Loons after manager Stuart Malcolm and his assistants resigned from their positions.{{Cite web|date=9 April 2021|title=Club Update|url=https://www.forfarathletic.co.uk/item/4464-club-update-13|access-date=9 April 2021|website=forfarathletic.co.uk}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56688892 |title=Forfar Athletic management team resigns with club 'disappointed by the timing' |website=BBC Sport |date=9 April 2021 |accessdate=10 April 2021}} Irvine was announced as the club's new manager on 4 May.{{Cite web|date=4 May 2021|title=Club Statement|url=https://www.forfarathletic.co.uk/item/4494-club-statement-18|access-date=4 May 2021|website=forfarathletic.co.uk}} Despite coming close to promotion in the 2021–22 season, a very disappointing start to the following season which left the Loons bottom of the table led to Forfar releasing Irvine on 9 November 2022.{{Cite web |last=Coutts |first=Christopher |title=Gary Irvine |url=https://www.forfarathletic.co.uk/item/5161-gary-irvine |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=www.forfarathletic.co.uk |language=en-gb}}

Career statistics

{{Updated|match played 24 September 2022}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Other{{ref label|Other|A

}

!colspan="2"|Total

|-

!Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

|-

|Celtic

|2006–07

|Scottish Premier League

|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0

|-

|Ross County (loan)

|2006–07{{soccerbase season|44351|2006|accessdate=13 November 2017}}

|First Division

|17||0||0||0||2||0||5Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup|||0||24||0

|-

|rowspan="4"|St Johnstone

|2007–08{{soccerbase season|44351|2007|accessdate=13 November 2017}}

|rowspan="2"|First Division

|33||0||5||0||1||0||4||0||43||0

|-

|2008–09{{soccerbase season|44351|2008|accessdate=13 November 2017}}

|35||1||1||0||2||0||1||0||39||1

|-

|2009–10{{soccerbase season|44351|2009|accessdate=13 November 2017}}

|Scottish Premier League

|17||0||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||22||0

|-

!colspan="2"|Total

!85!!1!!8!!0!!6!!0!!5!!0!!104!!1

|-

|rowspan="7"|Dundee

|2010–11{{soccerbase season|44351|2010|accessdate=13 November 2017}}

|rowspan="2"|First Division

|31||1||1||0||2||0||2||0||36||1

|-

|2011–12{{soccerbase season|44351|2011|accessdate=13 November 2017}}

|35||1||3||0||2||0||2||0||42||1

|-

|2012–13{{soccerbase season|44351|2012|accessdate=13 November 2017}}

|Scottish Premier League

|34||0||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||39||0

|-

|2013–14{{soccerbase season|44351|2013|accessdate=13 November 2017}}

|Championship

|33||0||1||0||2||0||3||0||39||0

|-

|2014–15{{soccerbase season|44351|2014|accessdate=13 November 2017}}

|rowspan="2"|Premiership

|26||4||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||30||4

|-

|2015–16{{soccerbase season|44351|2015|accessdate=13 November 2017}}

|7||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||7||0

|-

!colspan="2"|Total

!166!!6!!9!!0!!11!!0!!7!!0!!193!!6

|-

|rowspan="4"|St Mirren

|2015–16

|rowspan="3"|Championship

|16||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||16||0

|-

|2016–17{{soccerbase season|44351|2016|accessdate=13 November 2017}}

|33||0||3||0||3||0||5||0||44||0

|-

|2017–18

|7||0||0||0||4||0||1||0||12||0

|-

!colspan="2"|Total

!56!!0!!3!!0!!7!!0!!6!!0!!72!!0

|-

| rowspan="6" |Forfar Athletic

|2018–19{{soccerbase season|44351|2019|accessdate=4 February 2019}}

| rowspan="3" |Scottish League One

|12||2||0||0||0||0||2Appearances in Scottish Championship play-offs||0||14||2

|-

|2019–20{{Soccerbase season|44351|2019|name=Gary Irvine|accessdate=9 April 2021}}

|25

|0

|1

|0

|5

|0

|0

|0

|31

|0

|-

|2020–21{{Soccerbase season|id=44351|season=2020|accessdate=9 April 2021}}

|17

|0

|3

|0

|3

|0

|0

|0

|23

|0

|-

|2021–22{{Soccerbase season|id=44351|season=2021|accessdate=17 August 2021}}

| rowspan="2" |Scottish League Two

|2

|0

|0

|0

|2

|0

|2

|0

|6

|0

|-

|2022–23{{Soccerbase season|id=44351|season=2022|accessdate=24 September 2022}}

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|-

! colspan="2" |Total

!57

!2

!4

!0

!10

!0

!4

!0

!75

!2

|-

! colspan="3" |Total

!381!!9!!24!!0!!36!!0!!27!!0!!468!!9

|}

{{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

=Managerial record=

{{updated|match played 5 November 2022}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan="2" |Team

! rowspan="2" |Nat

! rowspan="2" |From

! rowspan="2"|To

! colspan="5" |Record

!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

align="left"|Forfar Athletic

|align="center"|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|align="center"|9 April 2021

|align="center"|9 November 2022

{{WDL|75|26|17|32}}

|

colspan=4|Total

{{WDLtot|75|26|17|32|decimals=2}}

!—

  • initially caretaker.
  • includes League Cup forfeit win over Ross County on 8 July 2021 after the club cancelled scheduled fixture due to Co-vid.

International career

Irvine was capped twice for the Scotland under–21s, against Iceland{{cite web|title=Scotland U21 4-0 Iceland U21|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4756832.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=28 February 2006|accessdate=2 December 2013}} and Turkey{{cite web|title=Scotland U21 1-1 Turkey U21|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4991114.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=20 May 2006|accessdate=2 December 2013}}

in 2006.

Honours

;Ross County

;St Johnstone

;Dundee

;St. Mirren

References

https://www.rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk/news-items/covid-19-update-2

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20131204024354/http://www.dundeefc.co.uk/profile.asp?p=GARY-IRVINE&playerid=1078 Gary Irvine profile] Dundee official website
  • {{soccerbase|id=44351|name=Gary Irvine}}
  • {{soccerbase|id=3818|name=Brian Irvine}} 1 Ross County appearance in 2006–07

{{Forfar Athletic F.C. managers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Irvine, Gary}}

Category:1985 births

Category:Celtic F.C. players

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Bellshill

Category:Ross County F.C. players

Category:Scotland men's under-21 international footballers

Category:Scottish Football League players

Category:Scottish men's footballers

Category:St Johnstone F.C. players

Category:Dundee F.C. players

Category:Scottish Premier League players

Category:Scottish Professional Football League players

Category:St Mirren F.C. players

Category:Forfar Athletic F.C. players

Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen