Eddie May (born 30 August 1967) is a Scottish former football player and coach.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward Skillion May[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 August 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hibernian (head of academy coaching) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hutchison Vale | |||
| 1984–1985 | Dundee United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1989 | Hibernian | 109 | (10) |
| 1989–1990 | Brentford | 47 | (10) |
| 1990–1994 | Falkirk | 153 | (22) |
| 1994–1999 | Motherwell | 109 | (5) |
| 1999–2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | 30 | (2) |
| 2001 | Airdrieonians | 6 | (0) |
| 2001 | Western Knights | ||
| 2001–2002 | Berwick Rangers | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Falkirk | 5 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1989 | Scotland U21[2] | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Falkirk[3] | ||
| 2019 | Hibernian (caretaker) | ||
| 2019 | Hibernian (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editHe played as a midfielder and full back for several clubs, including Hibernian, Falkirk and Motherwell during the 1980s and 1990s. When he joined Brentford in July 1989, May's £167,000 transfer fee was a then-club record.[4]
Coaching career
editAfter retiring as a player, May became a coach, developing young players for Falkirk.[5] May was appointed as the manager of Falkirk in June 2009, with former player Steven Pressley and Alex Smith assisting him.[5][6] His first competitive game was a 1–0 victory over FC Vaduz in the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds, although Falkirk eventually lost their first ever European tie 2–1 on aggregate, becoming the first British club to lose a European tie to a club from Liechtenstein.[7] May developed a reputation for being brutally honest during his spell in charge at Falkirk.[7] May resigned as Falkirk manager soon afterwards, however, with the team bottom of the SPL.[8]
May returned to football in June 2010, becoming a youth coach with Rangers.[9] He was appointed high performance coach at the University of Stirling in August 2012.[10][11] May returned to boyhood club Hibernian in August 2014 when he became their academy coaching manager.[12] He was put in caretaker charge of the Hibernian first team in January 2019, after Neil Lennon was suspended by the club.[13] After his first game in charge, May said that he was not interested in becoming a manager again because he had not enjoyed that role at Falkirk.[14] May took charge of four games until Paul Heckingbottom was appointed head coach.[15] May was again placed in caretaker charge in November 2019, after Heckingbottom was sacked.[16] He managed one game during this spell, a 4–1 win at St Johnstone.
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 9 November 2019
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Falkirk | 
|
23 June 2009 | 11 February 2010 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 14.81 | [3] |
| Hibernian (caretaker) |
|
26 January 2019 | 13 February 2019 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 50.00 | [17][15] |
| Hibernian (caretaker) |
|
4 November 2019 | 15 November 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 | |
| Career Total | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 21.88 | — | |||
Acting role
editMay appeared for a brief goal in Rangers colours in the movie A Shot at Glory which also starred Robert Duvall, Ally McCoist, Brian Cox, Michael Keaton and Owen Coyle.
Honours
editFalkirk
References
edit- ^ "Eddie May". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Scotland U21 Player Eddie May Details
- ^ a b "Falkirk FC Managers". Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ Brentford Football Club Official Matchday Magazine versus Hull City 07/05/05. 2005. p. 46.
- ^ a b "Falkirk to name May new manager". BBC Sport. 18 June 2009.
- ^ "May is new Bairns boss". Eurosport. 23 June 2009.
- ^ a b Grahame, Ewing (11 February 2010). "Falkirk manager Eddie May pays the price for defeat at Kilmarnock". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010.
- ^ "Steven Pressley succeeds Eddie May as Falkirk manager". BBC Sport. 11 February 2010.
- ^ Wright, Angus (25 June 2010). "Eddie May to coach Rangers youngsters". The Scotsman. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
- ^ "Former Falkirk boss takes up Stirling University role". Central FM. 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ Strachan, Colleen (27 September 2012). "Ex-Hibs man Eddie May: Playing football and studying should be the goal". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ^ "May and Mathie Join Hibernian". hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian FC. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ McLaughlin, Chris (26 January 2019). "Neil Lennon: Head coach suspended by club & unlikely to take charge again". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "St Mirren 1-3 Hibernian: Eddie May not interested in taking over from Neil Lennon". BBC Sport. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Hibernian: Paul Heckingbottom appointed as head coach". BBC Sport. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ McLauchlin, Brian (4 November 2019). "Hibernian: Paul Heckingbottom sacked as head coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "2018–19 Hibernian Fixtures & Results". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ McKinney, David (13 December 1993). "Football: Falkirk find their fire". The Independent. London. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- Jeffrey, Jim (2005). The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3091-2.
External links
edit- Eddie May at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database