David McCreery
David McCreery ( born September 16, 1957 in Belfast ) is a former Northern Irish football player and coach. With the Northern Ireland national team, he participated in the World Championships in 1982 and 1986. After his playing career he coached Carlisle United and Hartlepool United.
Playing career
Manchester United (1974-1979)
David McCreery debuted in the season 1974/75 for Manchester United. After promotion to the first division at the end of the season United won third place in the table to McCreery ( 28 league games / 4 goals) in the Football League First Division 1975/76. Besides the good league placing the club reached the finals of the FA Cup 1975/76, lost the final game, however, against Southampton FC 0:1. The 18 -year-old McCreery came on in the 66th minute. Even better acted, the team coached by Tommy Docherty in the FA Cup 1976/77. After goals from Stuart Pearson and Jimmy Green Hoff with a goal from Jimmy Case United won 2-1 against Liverpool. David McCreery came back after Substitutes used.
QPR and Tulsa Roughnecks (1979-1982)
After last reduced operating times with United, he joined in the summer of 1979 to the Queens Park Rangers. In the second division, he quickly earned itself a regular place, but missed fifth promotion to the First Division. In 1981 he moved to the North American NASL Tulsa Roughnecks to. In two seasons, he played a total of forty-five league games, before he returned to England in October 1982.
Newcastle United (1982-1989)
With his teammates Kevin Keegan, Chris Waddle and Peter Beardsley, he led Newcastle United in the second year for promotion to the first division. After relegation in the Football League First Division 1984/85 the club was to regulars David McCreery in subsequent years, most commonly in mid-table again, before Newcastle 1988/89 relegation as Table in the second division.
He subsequently worked for GIF Sundsvall, Heart of Midlothian, Hartlepool United and Coleraine FC, he practiced in his last two clubs Carlisle United and Hartlepool United from the position of player-coach.
Northern Ireland national team (1976-1990)
David McCreery debuted on May 8, 1976 to the Northern Ireland national team in a 0-3 defeat to Scotland. In 1982 he was nominated by coach Billy Bingham in the Northern Ireland World Cup squad for the World Cup in Spain in 1982 and played in all three group games. After the surprising group victory against hosts Spain, he was also in the two group matches in the second round to use, left with his team after a 2-2 draw against Austria and a 1:4 defeat against France but from the tournament.
Four years later he was again nominated in the Northern Ireland World Cup squad and used in the three group matches. Northern Ireland resigned in third place after the group stage ( 1-1 against Algeria, 1-2 against Spain and 0-3 against Brazil ) from the 1986 World Cup from.
Coaching career
On September 29, 1992, he took over the post of coach players at fourth division club Carlisle United. In the 1994/95 season he coached the also in the Football League Third Division gambling club Hartlepool United.