Billy McEwan (footballer born 1951)

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Billy McEwan
Personal information
Full name	William Johnston McGowan McEwan
Date of birth	20 June 1951 (1951-06-20) (age 58)
Place of birth	Cleland, Scotland
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1969–1973 1973 1974 1974–1975 1976–1977 1977–1979 1979–1983	Hibernian Blackpool Brighton & Hove Albion Chesterfield Mansfield Town Peterborough United Rotherham United	60 0(2) 04 0(0) 27 0(3) 80 0(7) 32 0(3) 63 0(3) 95 (10)
Teams managed
1986–1988 1988–1991 1992–1993 1995 2002 2005–2007 2008	Sheffield United Rotherham United Darlington Derby County (caretaker) Derby County (caretaker) York City Mansfield Town
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

William Johnston McGowan "Billy" McEwan (born 20 June 1951) is a Scottish former footballer and manager, who last worked at Mansfield Town.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial career 3 Honours 3.1 As a player 3.2 As a manager 4 Managerial statistics 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Playing career

Born in Cleland, North Lanarkshire, McEwan started his playing career as a midfielder with Scottish non-League side Pumpherston Juniors before joining Hibernian in 1969, making 60 appearances and scoring two goals for the Edinburgh club. McEwan left Hibernian in May 1973 to join Blackpool, and went on to play for Brighton & Hove Albion, Chesterfield, Mansfield Town, Peterborough United and Rotherham United whom he left in the 1982–83 season.

[edit] Managerial career

McEwan's first coaching appointment was at Sheffield United after he replaced Ian Porterfield as manager on 27 March 1986. The following season Sheffield United finished ninth in Second Division after an unspectacular season. More disappointing performances in the 1987–88 season followed, and McEwan was forced to resign before taking over as manager of Rotherham United and guided them to the Fourth Division Championship in the 1988–89 season. McEwan later had a spell as manager at Darlington, but he was replaced by Alan Murray midway through his second season.

McEwan then spent nine years on the coaching team at Derby County. He was caretaker manager there twice in April to June 1995 and in January 2002, after the sackings of Roy McFarland and Colin Todd respectively. In 2003 he was sacked by the then manager John Gregory, but was restored into the post when he was found to have been unfairly dismissed.^[1] Altogether he was on the coaching staff under five managers at Derby. He left Derby on 19 October 2004, saying "I am looking for a new challenge. The time was right for me to move on".^[2]

McEwan was appointed as manager of York City on 10 February 2005,^[3] where in his first full season he achieved a position of 8th in the Conference National. McEwan said that he rejected an offer from an unnamed Football League club to take over as their manager in October 2005.^[4] During October 2006, he threatened to walk out on the club if the fans were not satisfied with his efforts.^[5]

In December 2006 McEwan branded Clayton Donaldson's agent Andy Sprott "an amateur" as he was concerned that the Winchester-based agent might have an unsettling effect on the player. He said: "I can trust reputable agents that have a good name and respect in the game but I can't deal with amateurs.^[6] McEwan issued a public apology to York City's supporters and on loan West Bromwich Albion striker Rob Elvins after the teams home defeat to Conference bottom club Tamworth on 3 February 2007.^[7]

McEwan was named Conference Manager of the Month for April 2007. He was sacked by York on 19 November 2007.^[8] He was linked with the managerial vacancy at Mansfield Town in March 2008.^[9] He was appointed as their manager on a three-year contract on 4 July 2008 after the sacking of Paul Holland.^[10] McEwan was sacked by the club on 10 December.^[11]

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

Hibernian

• Drybrough Cup winner: 1971–72, 1972–73
• Scottish Cup runner-up: 1971–72
• Scottish League Cup winner: 1971–72

Mansfield Town

• Second Division title winner: 1976–77

[edit] As a manager

Rotherham United

• Fourth Division winner: 1988–89

York City

• Conference National Manager of the Month Award winner: April 2007

[edit] Managerial statistics

As of 10 December 2008.^[12]

Team	Nation	From	To	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Sheffield United	England	27 March 1986	2 January 1988	86	27	34	25	31.4
Rotherham United	England	1 April 1988	1 January 1991	141	52	49	40	36.9
Darlington	England	1 May 1992	4 October 1993	57	13	25	19	22.8
Derby County (caretaker)	England	29 April 1995	15 June 1995	1	0	1	0	00.0
Derby County (caretaker)	England	14 January 2002	30 January 2002	2	0	2	0	00.0
York City	England	10 February 2005	19 November 2007	131	52	48	31	39.7
Mansfield Town	England	4 July 2008	10 December 2008	26	8	6	12	30.8

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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• Billy McEwan management career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Sheffield United F.C. – Managers Wostinholm (1889–99s) · Nicholson (1899–1932s) · Davison (1932–52) · Freeman (1952–55) · Mercer (1955–58) · Clark (1958–59c) · Harris (1959–68) · Rowley (1968–69) · Harris (1969–73) · Furphy (1973–75) · Coldwell (1975c) · Sirrel (1975–77) · Coldwell (1977–78c) · Haslam (1978–81) · Peters (1981) · Porterfield (1981–86) · McEwan (1986–88) · Bassett (1988–95) · Kendall (1995–97) · Spackman (1997–98) · Thompson (1998c) · Bruce (1998–99) · Heath (1999) · Warnock (1999–2007) · Robson (2007–08) · Blackwell (2008–) (s) secretary (c) caretaker

v • d • e Rotherham United F.C. – Managers Heald (1925–29) · Davies (1929–30) · Heald (1930–33) · Freeman (1934–52) · Smailes (1952–58) · Johnston (1958–62) · Williams (1962–65) · Mansell (1965–67) · Docherty (1967–68) · McAnearney (1968–73) · McGuigan (1973–79) · Porterfield (1979–81) · Hughes (1981–83) · Kerr (1983–85) · Hunter (1985–87) · Breckin (1987) · Cusack (1987–88) · McEwan (1988–91) · Henson (1991–94) · Gemmill and McGovern (1994–96) · Bergara (1996–97) · Moore (1997–2005) · Knill (2005) · Harford (2005) · Knill (2005–07) · Robins (2007–)

v • d • e Darlington F.C. – Managers McIntosh (secretary) (1902–11) · Lane (secretary) (1911–12) · Jackson (1912–19) · English (player) (1919–21) · English (1921–28) · Fairless (1928–33) · Collins (1933–36) · Brown (player) (1936–38) · J. Carr (1938–42) · Surtees (1942) · English (1945–46) · Forrest (1946–50) · Irwin (1950–52) · Gurney (1952–57) · Duckworth (1957–60) · E. Carr (1960–64) · Morgan (player) (1964–66) · Greenhalgh (1966–68) · Yeoman (1968–70) · Richley (1970–71) · Brennan (1971–72) · Hale (1972) · Jones (1972) · Brand (1972–73) · Conner (1973–74) · Horner (1974–75) · Madden (1975–78) · Walker (1978–79) · Elliott (1979–83) · Knowles (1983–87) · Booth (1987–89) · Little (1989–91) · F. Gray (1991–92) · Hankin (1992) · McEwan (1992–93) · Murray (1993–95) · Futcher (1995) · Hodgson and Platt (joint managers) (1995) · Platt (1995–96) · Hodgson (1996–2000) · Bennett (2000–01) · Taylor (2001–02) · Tait (caretaker) (2002–03) · Tait (2003) · Hodgson (2003–06) · M. Gray and Maddison (joint caretakers) (2006) · Penney (2006–09) · M. Gray (caretaker) (2009) · Liddle and Maddison (joint temporary caretakers) (2009) · Todd (2009–)

v • d • e Derby County F.C. – Managers Newbould (1896–1906) · Methven (1906–22) · Potter (1922–25) · Jobey (1925–41) · Magner (1944–46) · McMillan (1946–53) · Barker (1953–55) · Storer, Jr. (1955–62) · Ward (1962–67) · B. Clough (1967–73) · Mackay (1973–76) · Murphy (1976–77) · Docherty (1977–79) · Addison (1979–82) · Newman (1982) · Taylor (1982–84) · McFarland (1984) · Cox (1984–93) · McFarland (1993–95) · Smith (1995–2001) · Todd (2001–02) · Gregory (2002–03) · Burley (2003–05) · Brown (2005–06) · Westley (2006) · Davies (2006–07) · Jewell (2007–08) · N. Clough (2009–)

v • d • e York City F.C. – Managers Collier (1928–30) · Sherrington (1930–33) · Collier (1933–37) · Mitchell (1937–50) · Duckworth (1950–52) · Spencer (1952–53) · McCormick (1953–54) · Bartram (1956–60) · Lockie (1960–67) · Shaw (1967–68) · Johnston (1968–75) · McGuinness (1975–77) · Wright (1977–80) · Lyons (1980–81) · Randall (1981–82) · Swallow (1982) · Smith (1982–87) · Saxton (1987–88) · Swallow (1988) · Bird (1988–91) · Ward (1991–93) · Little (1993–99) · Thompson (1999–2000) · Dolan (2000–03) · Brass (2003–04) · Busby (2004–05) · McEwan (2005–07) · Walker (2007–08) · Redfearn (2008) · Foyle (2008–)

v • d • e Mansfield Town F.C. – Managers Baynes (1922–25) · Davison (1926–28) · Hickling (1928–33) · Martin (1933–35) · Bell (1935) · Wightman (1936) · Parkes (1936–38) · Poole (1938–44) · Barke (1944–45) · Goodall (1945–49) · Steele (1949–51) · Jobey (1952–53) · Mercer (1953–55) · Mitten (1956–58) · Weaver (1958–60) · Carter (1960–63) · Cummings (1963–67) · Eggleston (1967–70) · Basford (1970–71) · Williams (1971–74) · Smith (1974–76) · Morris (1976–78) · Bingham (1978–79) · Jones (1979–81) · Boam (1981–83) · Greaves (1983–89) · Foster (1989–93) · King (1993–96) · Parkin (1996–99) · Dearden (1999–2002) · Watkiss (2002) · Curle (2002–04) · Palmer (2004–05) · Shirtliff (2005–06) · Holland (2006c) · Dearden (2006–08) · Holland (2008) · McEwan (2008) · Moses and Stallard (2008c) · Holdsworth (2008–) (c) = caretaker manager

Persondata
NAME	McEwan, William Johnston McGowan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	McEwan, Billy
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer and manager
DATE OF BIRTH	20 June 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cleland, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH