Paul Sturrock

Paul Whitehead Sturrock (born 10 October 1956) is a Scottish former football coach and former player. He has played for Dundee United and Scotland national team.

Paul Sturrock

Personal information
Full name	Paul Whitehead Sturrock[1]
Date of birth	(1956-10-10) 10 October 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth	Ellon, Scotland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Grandtully Vale
1972–1973	Vale of Atholl
1973–1974	Bankfoot Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1989	Dundee United	385	(109)
International career
1977–1982	Scotland under-21	9	(0)
1981–1987	Scotland	20	(3)
Managerial career
1993–1998	St Johnstone
1998–2000	Dundee United
2000–2004	Plymouth Argyle
2004	Southampton
2004–2006	Sheffield Wednesday
2006–2007	Swindon Town
2007–2009	Plymouth Argyle
2010–2013	Southend United
2015	Yeovil Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dundee United	1974–75	Division One	12	6	–		–		1	0	13	6
	1975–76	Premier Division	17	3	2	0	–		5	1	27	5
	1976–77		36	15	1	1	5	1	–		42	17
	1977–78		33	3	4	1	8	3	2	1	47	8
	1978–79		33	6	1	0	2	1	2	0	38	7
	1979–80		33	4	2	1	9	6	4	0	48	11
	1980–81		35	13	7	1	11	9	4	0	57	23
	1981–82		31	15	5	2	11	6	7	1	54	24
	1982–83		28	8	1	0	9	7	7	1	45	16
	1983–84		17	4	3	2	2	0	5	0	27	6
	1984–85		30	14	6	2	6	2	6	2	48	20
	1985–86		31	8	5	2	5	0	5	3	46	13
	1986–87		30	6	6	0	3	0	11	0	50	6
	1987–88		9	3	–		3	2	3	2	15	7
	1988–89		9	1	5	0	–		–		14	1
Career total			384	109	48	12	79	38	60	11	571	170

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1981	4	1
	1982	6	1
	1983	3	0
	1984	2	1
	1986	4	0
	1987	1	0
Total		20	3

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sturrock goal.

List of international goals scored by Paul Sturrock

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	18 November 1981	Estadio da Luz, Lisbon	Portugal	1–0	1–2	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	[1]
2	13 October 1982	Hampden Park, Glasgow	East Germany	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying	[1]
3	12 September 1984	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Yugoslavia	4–1	6–1	Friendly match	[1]

Managerial record

Research by football economists Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski found Sturrock to be among the highest performing managers in English football. The measure was based on game success after allowing for the clubs’ wage bills.^[2]

As of 1 December 2015^[3]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
St Johnstone		1 August 1993	5 September 1998	197	90	56	51	045.69
Dundee United		5 September 1998	7 August 2000	85	27	19	39	031.76
Plymouth Argyle		31 October 2000	4 March 2004	178	85	47	46	047.75
Southampton		4 March 2004	23 August 2004	13	5	2	6	038.46
Sheffield Wednesday		23 September 2004	19 October 2006	104	35	29	40	033.65
Swindon Town		7 November 2006	27 November 2007	52	26	11	15	050.00
Plymouth Argyle		27 November 2007	10 December 2009	99	28	22	49	028.28
Southend United		5 July 2010	24 March 2013	161	67	43	51	041.61
Yeovil Town		9 April 2015	1 December 2015	30	6	8	16	020.00
Total				919	369	237	313	040.15

Honours

As a player

Dundee United

• Scottish Football League Premier Division: 1982–83
• Scottish League Cup: 1979–80, 1980–81; runner-up: 1981–82, 1984–85
• UEFA Cup runner-up: 1986–87
• Scottish Cup runner-up: 1980–81, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88

Scotland

• The Rous Cup: 1985^[4]

As a manager

St Johnstone

• Scottish League First Division (second tier): 1996–97

Plymouth Argyle

• Football League Third Division: 2001–02
• Football League Second Division: 2003–04

Sheffield Wednesday

• Football League One play-offs: 2004–05

Swindon Town

• Football League Two promotion: 2006–07

Individual

• Football League Third Division Manager of the Year: 2001–02^[5]
• Football League Second Division Manager of the Year: 2003–04^[6]
• LMA Managers Performance League: January 2004^[7]

Awards

• Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductee: 2019^[8]