Terry Christie

Terry Christie (born 16 December 1942) is a Scottish former football player and manager. He last managed Alloa Athletic.^[2]

Terry Christie

Personal information
Date of birth	(1942-12-16) 16 December 1942 (age 82)[1]
Position(s)	Winger, midfielder
Youth career
1960-1065	Dundee
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1966	Raith Rovers	12	(2)
1966-1968	Hawick Royal Albert
1968–1974	Stirling Albion	142	(5)
1974-1978	Newtongrange Star
Total		154	(7)
Managerial career
1974–1978	Newtongrange Star
1980–1992	Meadowbank Thistle
1992–1999	Stenhousemuir
1999–2003	Alloa Athletic
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Christie played as a full back and winger for Dundee, Raith Rovers, Hawick Royal Albert, Stirling Albion and Newtongrange Star.^[3][4]

He later became a manager and was in charge of Newtongrange Star, Meadowbank Thistle, Stenhousemuir and Alloa Athletic.^[5][6] Christie won the 1995 Scottish Challenge Cup Final while manager of Stenhousemuir.^[7]

Playing and managing in football part-time through his whole career, Christie worked as a chemistry teacher and was later headteacher of Ainslie Park High School between 1982 and 1987, and later Musselburgh Grammar School from 1987 until his retirement in 2003.^[8] He also retired from football in 2003 and published his autobiography, The Head Teacher of Football in 2015.^[9]

Honours

Manager

Meadowbank Thistle

• East of Scotland "City" Cup 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990 ^[10]
• Scottish Second Division promotion 1982-83
• Scottish Second Division champions 1986-87
• Scottish First Division runner-up 1987-88

Stenhousemuir

• Scottish Challenge Cup 1995–96^[7]

Alloa Athletic

• Scottish Challenge Cup 1999–2000^[11][12]