Scots offer McAllister coach post

[ian1964 10,666]

Former captain Gary McAllister has been asked to join Scotland manager George Burley's coaching set-up.

 

Capped 57 times for his country, the 44-year-old would replace Steven Pressley in Burley's backroom team.

 

Pressley stood down to concentrate on his assistant's role at Falkirk and Burley wants McAllister in place before next month's friendly trip to Japan.

 

McAllister has management experience from brief spells in charge at Coventry and Leeds.

 

McAllister skippered Scotland at the 1996 European Championship, famously missing a penalty against England at Wembley.

 

His international career ended on a sour note, with fans booing him during the defeat by the Czech Republic at Parkhead in March 1999.

 

He has some experience of coaching Scotland, having helped out manager Walter Smith in 2006.

 

McAllister had been the early favourite to take the Scotland manager's job when Burley's predecessor Alex McLeish left but ruled himself out of the running in favour of a return to club football.

 

However, his time at Leeds was not a success and he lost his job in December 2008, just 11 months after his appointment.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8266665.stm

[johnnyk 158]

It would be a much better appointment that the likes of Pressley, Butcher.

[Gazza_8 233]

Has Butcher left the national scene too?

[Super_Ally 0]

Why not ask him in the first place?