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Robert Docherty

Robert Docherty

Scottish footballer and manager

Robert John Docherty (born 11 September 1965) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a left winger, making nearly 300 appearances in the Scottish Football League. After retiring as a player, Docherty became a coach, managing Celtic Youth Academy teams and Celtic Ladies First Team. He is currently the manager of Ashfield in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region.

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Career

Playing career

Born in Glasgow, Docherty began his career at St Mirren in 1982, and also played for Hamilton Academical, Dundee, East Stirlingshire, Hibernians, Partick Thistle, Kilmarnock, Dumbarton, Stirling Albion, Stranraer and Albion Rovers.[1]

Coaching career

After working for the SFA as a youth development officer and tutor, Docherty joined Celtic in 2003. His role included Community Development Manager, Youth Academy Coach, and Head of the academy's Development Centers. In 2006, he was promoted to Head of the Celtic Foundation. Docherty introduced the Celtic Girls' Academy and Senior Teams in 2007 and was manager of the Ladies First Team from 2009 to 2013.[2]

Docherty became manager of Junior side Ashfield in the summer of 2015.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database.
  2. [2]
    "Profile". Celtic F.C. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012.
  3. [3]
    O'Donnell, Jim (15 July 2015). "Steven Reilly was set to quit Yoker as a player - then manager offer came out of the blue". Evening Times. Retrieved 9 February 2016.


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