Dougie Freedman
Douglas " Dougie " Freedman ( born May 25, 1974 in Glasgow ) is a former Scottish footballer and current coach of the English second division club Bolton Wanderers. Between 2001 and 2002 he played twice ( a hit ) for the Scottish national team.
- 2.1 Crystal Palace
- 2.2 Bolton Wanderers
Playing career
Barnet FC and Crystal Palace
After Freedman emergency times received at the Queens Park Rangers in the first team, he moved in 1994 to the English fourth division FC Barnet. In Barnet, he quickly advanced as a more accurate attacker and scored until the end of season 24 league goals. On 8 September 1995 it undertook the second division side Crystal Palace. Also, two leagues higher was the 21 -year-old Freedman ( 20 league goals) put his marksmanship and evidence and moved with Palace in third place in the play-offs of the Football League First Division in 1995/96. In the final, the club but Leicester City defeated with 1:2 and thus missing out on promotion to the Premier League. In the following season reached Freedman ( eleven league goals ) and his team with a 1-0 victory in the play-off final of the Sheffield United promoted to the top flight. After he was not as they had hoped to advantage in the first round of the Premier League 1997/98, he moved on 17 October 1997 on loan to second division club Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest
After two hits in the first two games, the Wolves committed him already on 21 October 1997 on a firm contractual basis. Freedman scored until the end of the season 1997/98 a further nine league goals, but missed as a table Ninth promotion to the first division and therefore joined the second division champions Nottingham Forest.
The climber could, however, build in 1998/99 only rarely to the good performance of the ascent season in the Premier League and rose as Table in the second division from. Dougie Freedman scored in his first full season in the Premier League with nine goals. Under the new coach David Platt missed Forest 1999/2000 clearly the resurgence. Also Freedman was not as they had hoped to bear with again nine league matches.
Crystal Palace and Southend United
In October 2000, Freedman returned after three years returned to Crystal Palace. With his team from the London borough of Croydon, he reached after four years of promotion to the Premier League. Palace was drafted as a table sixth in the play-offs of the Football League First Division 2003/ 04 and had prevailed for a Erstrundenerfolg over the AFC Sunderland in the final with a 1-0 win over West Ham United. As with Nottingham Forest was limited stay in the Premier League 2004 /05 to one year. Freedman scored Meanwhile, only a hit in twenty league games. In the three subsequent seasons in the newly formed Football League Championship he could not find his old marksmanship. In March 2008 he joined on loan until the end of the season to the third division Leeds United. On 2 September 2008, he signed a contract with Southend United in the third-tier Football League One after one and a half years in Southend Freedman broke his contract in March 2010 to early and ended his playing career.
Coaching career
Crystal Palace
In March 2010, Freedman took over the post of assistant coach at Crystal Palace. After the dismissal of coach Paul Hart at the end of the season 2009/10 he retained this position under new coach George Burley. After the dismissal of Burley on 1 January 2011 Dougie Freedman first took over as interim head coach of the items at second-bottom. On 11 January 2011 he was officially introduced as the new coach. During the Football League Championship 2010/11 he secured with his team just to avoid relegation. After he had established his team in the season 2011 /12 in lower mid-table, he led Palace in the first round of the Football League Championship 2012/13 on a promotion place.
Bolton Wanderers
Despite this success, Dougie Freedman decided on 25 October 2012 at a move to Bolton Wanderers. The Premier League relegation had separated on 9 October 2012 from his coach Owen Coyle as the team was significantly retarded under him short of expectations.