Billy Stark

William "Billy" Stark ( born December 1, 1956 in Glasgow ) is a former Scottish footballer and current coach.

Career

Player

Stark was born in Glasgow. His first professional stop was St. Mirren FC, ​​a club based in Paisley, which is about 13 miles from his birthplace. On August 30, 1975 Stark was in a 2-2 draw against Queen of the South make his debut for St. Mirren, a week later, he scored the same Final against Greenock Morton scored his first goal for the club. In the 1976/77 season, the Scot was with his first club in the Scottish Football League First Division and rose in the Scottish Premier League, which was then called Scottish Premier Division, on. The following year, St. Mirren closed the Erstligasaison from 8th place, what the non-relegation meant. In 1983 he moved to league rivals FC Aberdeen which, although not his longest station, but was his most successful period. In his first year at Aberdeen he won the Double, so the Scottish Cup and the Scottish FA Cup. Also, the European Super Cup he won in his first season at FC Aberdeen. The following year, Stark again won the Scottish Cup, which is the last championship of any other club than Celtic or Rangers. 1985/86 he also won the Scottish League Cup. In 1987 he was engaged by Celtic Glasgow, in his first year he was able to once again win the Double. In 1990 he moved to FC Kilmarnock, he left the club in 1992 to serve as coaches and players at Hamilton Academical to be active. After only one year, he left Hamilton Academical but again and still played one year in the FC Kilmarnock, before he ended his career as a player in 1994.

Coach

In 1994 he was assistant coach of Tommy Burns at Celtic Glasgow. After Tommy Burns had resigned from his position at Celtic, Stark took over the club for three games and then left the club also. Between 1997 and 2000 he coached Greenock Morton and between 2001 and 2004 the FC St. Johnstone. In 2004, Stark took over the Scottish tradition FC Queen's Park. A major success celebrated Stark with Queen's Park in the League Cup in August 2006, when they turned off the first division club FC Aberdeen. The second-round match had gone to a 0-0 draw in the penalty shootout, in the Queen's Park prevailed 5-3. In the third round of the club then failed at FC Motherwell.

In 2008 he left FC Queen 's Park, and was the successor to the interim coach Maurice Malpas, who had Archie Knox replaced, at the Scottish U-21 national team. After the dismissal of Craig Levein early November 2012 Stark took over on an interim basis, the Office of the Scottish National A- trainer for a friendly match against Luxembourg.

Achievements

• Scottish Football League First Division: 1976 /77 ( with FC St. Mirren )
• UEFA Super Cup: 1983 ( with FC Aberdeen)
• Scottish Cup Winners: 1983 /84 1985/86 ( with FC Aberdeen) 1987/88, 1988/89 ( with Celtic Glasgow )
• Scottish champions: 1983 /84 1984/85 ( with FC Aberdeen) 1987/88 ( with Celtic Glasgow )
• Scottish League Cup Winners: 1985 /86 ( with FC Aberdeen)