Gavin Beith
{{short description|Scottish footballer and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gavin Beith
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1981|10|7}}
| birth_place = Dundee, Scotland
| height =
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Hearts Women
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Dundee
| years1 = 1999–2003
| clubs1 = Dundee
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2001
| clubs2 = → East Fife (loan)
| caps2 = 15
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2003
| clubs3 = → Peterhead (loan)
| caps3 = 11
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2003–2004
| clubs4 = Brechin City
| caps4 = 3
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2004–2005
| clubs5 = Arbroath
| caps5 = 6
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2005–2006
| clubs6 = East Fife
| caps6 = 35
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2006–2008
| clubs7 = Forfar Athletic
| caps7 = 16
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2008–2011
| clubs8 = Carnoustie Panmure
| caps8 =
| goals8 =
| totalcaps = 90
| totalgoals = 6
| manageryears1 = 2015–2021
| managerclubs1 = Dundee United Women
| manageryears2 = 2021–2023
| managerclubs2 = Aberdeen Women (joint with Emma Hunter)
| manageryears3 = 2023–
| managerclubs3 = Hearts Women (Assistant)
}}
Gavin Beith (born 7 October 1981) is a Scottish football coach and former player, who played as a midfielder. He is currently co-assistant coach of Scottish Women's Premier League team Hearts Women, having previously been head coach of Aberdeen Women and Dundee United Women.
As a player, he began his career with Dundee, from where he was loaned to East Fife and Peterhead. He later played for Brechin City, Arbroath, East Fife again, Forfar Athletic and Carnoustie Panmure.
Early life
Beith was born in Dundee on 7 October 1981. He grew up supporting Rangers F.C. He left school at the age of 16 and signed for Dundee F.C. as a professional.{{cite news|title=Lifelong Dundee fan became 'lost soul' after admin axe|url=https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/2013/11/20/lifelong-dundee-fan-became-lost-soul-after-admin-axe/|accessdate=29 February 2016|work=Evening Telegraph|date=20 November 2013|location=Dundee}}
Playing career
During his youth career at Dundee, Beith played for the club in the Scottish Youth Cup final. He made a few first team appearances and spent time on loan to East Fife and Peterhead. In November 2003, Beith was one of the players whose contracts were cancelled when Dundee entered administration. He went on to have spells as a part-time footballer with Brechin City, Arbroath, East Fife, Forfar Athletic and junior club Carnoustie Panmure before retiring from playing in 2011.
Coaching career
Beith entered football coaching, obtaining UEFA B Licence and Scottish Football Association (SFA) Advanced Youth Licence qualifications. He began his coaching career at Arbroath, where he was appointed youth coach in 2009,{{cite news|title=Gilzean switches to Carnoustie post|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/gilzean-switches-to-carnoustie-post-1-1042040|accessdate=29 February 2016|work=The Scotsman|date=11 June 2009|location=Edinburgh}} before working as a Player and Coach Development Officer at the SFA East Region office in Dundee.{{cite web|title=Regions – East – Contacts|url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_football.cfm?page=3047|publisher=Scottish Football Association|accessdate=29 February 2016}}
In June 2015, Beith was appointed as the first head coach of Dundee United's newly formed women's team.{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Craig|title=Dundee United appoint Gavin Beith as head coach of women's team|url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/football/dundee-united/dundee-united-appoint-gavin-beith-as-head-coach-of-women-s-team-1.882811|accessdate=29 February 2016|work=The Courier|date=10 June 2015|location=Dundee|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121751/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/football/dundee-united/dundee-united-appoint-gavin-beith-as-head-coach-of-women-s-team-1.882811|archivedate=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}} During six years at the club, he won the Scottish Women's Football League (SWFL) Division 2 East and the SWFL Second Division Cup in his first season, then promotion from SWFL Division 1 North in 2018. He stepped down in July 2021, having narrowly missed out on promotion to the top flight of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) in the 2020–21 season.{{cite news |title=Club Statement: Gavin Beith |url=https://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/news/6916/CLUB-STATEMENT-GAVIN-BEITH.html |access-date=23 July 2021 |publisher=Dundee United F.C. |date=23 July 2021}}
In September 2021, Beith joined Aberdeen Women, newly promoted to the top division of the SWPL, as joint co-manager alongside Emma Hunter.{{cite news |last1=Law |first1=Danny |title=Aberdeen FC Women appoint new co-manager ahead of SWPL 1 opener against Celtic |url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/sport/football/aberdeen-fc/donsnews/aberdeen-fc-women-appoint-new-co-manager-ahead-of-swpl-1-opener-against-celtic/ |access-date=5 September 2021 |work=Evening Express |date=3 September 2021 |location=Aberdeen}} He has also assisted Pauline MacDonald with coaching the Scotland women's under-17 team.{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Mark |title=AFC Women: Gavin Beith joins as Co-Manager |url=https://www.afc.co.uk/2021/09/03/afc-women-gavin-beith-joins-as-co-manager/ |access-date=5 September 2021 |publisher=Aberdeen F.C. |date=3 September 2021}}
In January 2023, Beith was appointed assistant coach at Hearts Women, working alongside Sean Burt and first-team manager Eva Olid.{{Cite web |title=Gavin Beith joins Hearts Women {{!}} Heart Of Midlothian Football Club |url=https://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/article/gavin-beith-joins-hearts-women |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=www.heartsfc.co.uk}}
Career statistics
| 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"|Scottish Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|EuropeIncludes UEFA Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup !colspan="2"|OtherIncludes Scottish Challenge Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="2" valign="center"|Dundee
|1999–2000 |rowspan="2"|Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2000–01
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | |||
| valign="center"|East Fife (loan)
|2000–01{{Soccerbase season|16905|2000|name=Gavin Beith|access-date=29 February 2016}} |15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="4" valign="center"|Dundee
|2001–02{{Soccerbase season|16905|2001|name=Gavin Beith|access-date=29 February 2016}} |rowspan="3"|Premier League |3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03{{Soccerbase season|16905|2002|name=Gavin Beith|access-date=29 February 2016}}
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2003–04
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| valign="center"|Peterhead (loan)
|2003–04{{Soccerbase season|36074|2003|name=Beith|access-date=29 February 2016}} |11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
| valign="center"|Brechin City
|2003–04{{Soccerbase season|16905|2003|name=Gavin Beith|access-date=29 February 2016}} |3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| valign="center"|Arbroath
|2004–05{{Soccerbase season|16905|2004|name=Gavin Beith|access-date=29 February 2016}} |6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3" valign="center"|East Fife
|rowspan="2"|Third Division |12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06{{Soccerbase season|16905|2005|name=Gavin Beith|access-date=29 February 2016}}
|23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| rowspan="3" valign="center"|Forfar Athletic
|2006–07{{Soccerbase season|16905|2006|name=Gavin Beith|access-date=29 February 2016}} |9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08{{Soccerbase season|16905|2007|name=Gavin Beith|access-date=29 February 2016}}
|7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!90 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 102 | 6 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{NeilBrownPlayers|player9/gavinbeith}}
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Category:Footballers from Dundee
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Scottish football managers
Category:East Fife F.C. players
Category:Peterhead F.C. players
Category:Brechin City F.C. players
Category:Arbroath F.C. players
Category:Forfar Athletic F.C. players
Category:Carnoustie Panmure F.C. players
Category:Scottish Premier League players
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:Scottish Junior Football Association players
Category:Dundee United W.F.C. managers
Category:Scottish Women's Premier League managers