| Steve Archibald | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven Archibald | |
| Date of birth | September 27, 1956 | |
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Fernhill Athletic | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1974–77 1977–80 1980–84 1984–88 1987–88 1988–90 1990 1990–91 1992 1992 1994–96 1996 |
Clyde Aberdeen Tottenham Hotspur Barcelona Blackburn Rovers (loan) Hibernian RCD Espanyol St Mirren Clyde Fulham East Fife Home Farm Everton |
65 (7) 76 (30) 131 (58) 55 (24) 20 (6) 44 (15) 0 (0) 16 (2) 1 (0) 2 (0) 49 (7) 1 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1980–86 | Scotland | 27 (4) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1994–96 2000–01 |
East Fife Airdrieonians |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Playing career
He first came to prominence playing in midfield for Scottish First Division side Clyde, but was converted to striker when he signed for Aberdeen, forging a prolific partnership with Joe Harper. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Sponsorship On July 20, 2007, it was announced that Scottish Football League would be sponsored by Scottish soft drink Irn-Bru Clyde Football Club are a Scottish professional football team currently playing in the First Division of the Scottish Football League. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Aberdeen Football Club (also known as The Dons, The Reds and The Dandies) is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen For other people called Joe Harper see Joseph Harper. Joseph Montgomery Harper (born January 11 1948, in Greenock After winning the Scottish Premier Division title in 1980, he had a four year spell with London club Tottenham Hotspur, where he won FA Cup winners medals in 1981 and 1982 and the UEFA Cup in 1984. The Scottish Premier League, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank Premier League for sponsorship reasons and often known as the Premier League or SPL Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.
Archibald scored 77 goals in 189 appearances for Spurs between 1980 and 1984, forming successful striking partnerships with Garth Crooks and Mark Falco. Garth Anthony Crooks OBE (born 10 March 1958 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is a retired English football Mark Peter Falco (born 22 October 1960 in Bethnal Green, London) is a former professional footballer with a number of clubs including Tottenham He was a member of the Scottish national team at the 1982 and 1986 World Cups. The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th staging of the World Cup was held in Spain from June 13 to July 11. The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. In 1984 he joined Barcelona, where he was a popular figure until restrictions on fielding foreign players led to him being excluded from the squad in favour of Gary Lineker and Mark Hughes. Fútbol Club Barcelona ( Catalan fudˈbɔɫ ˌklup bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish ˈfutβol ˌkluβ baɾθeˈlona known familiarly as Barça (Spanish ˈbaɾsa Catalan Gary Winston Lineker, OBE (born 30 November 1960 in Leicester) is a former English international football Striker who scored Leslie Mark Hughes (born 1 November 1963 in Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales) nicknamed Sparky, is a former Welsh international football He was loaned out to Blackburn Rovers for a spell prior to a surprise return to Scottish football with Hibernian. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. Hibernian Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. After a brief return to Spanish Liga with RCD Espanyol, he joined St Mirren and was influential in bringing former Barça teammate Victor Muñoz to the club. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona (Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona is a Sports club based in Barcelona. Saint Mirren Football Club (commonly known by the shortening St Víctor Muñoz Manrique (born in Zaragoza, 15 March 1957) is a former Spanish football midfield player during the 80's and early 90's
Archibald's later career saw him make a handful of appearances at a number of clubs in Scotland, England and Ireland, including a nostalgic return to Clyde.
Management and the Airdrie experiment
Archibald's time at East Fife saw the club gain promotion to the First Division, and was also notable for the acquisition of Trinidad and Tobago internationalists Arnold Dwarika and Craig Demmin. The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is controlled by the Trinidad Arnold Dwarika (born 23 February, 1973 in Upper Santa Cruz Trinidad) is a Trinidad and Tobago football player who plays as a Craig Demmin (born May 21, 1971) is a Soccer defender currently playing for Mississippi Brilla in the USL Premier Development League However, he was sacked in 1996 and retired to his home in Spain for the next few years, working on a number of business interests, including as a football agent. A sports agent is a person who procures and negotiates employment and Endorsement deals for an athlete.
In 2000 Archibald re-emerged in Scottish football when he mounted a bid to buy financially troubled First Division club Airdrieonians. Airdrieonians Football Club, more commonly known as 'Airdrie' were a Scottish professional football team from the town of Airdrie, in the Monklands Archibald was allowed to take over the running of the club after being awarded preferred bidder status by the administrators. He installed himself as manager and, using his contacts in Europe, introduced a contingent of Spaniards and other foreign players to the squad. Although Airdrie supporters were impressed by Archibald and the skills of the imports, he ultimately failed to conclude the purchase of the club, leading to the departure of himself and the foreign players in March 2001 and contributing to the demise of the club the following year.
Since then, Archibald has continued to live and work in Spain.
Music Career
Archibald appeared twice on the same episode of Top of the Pops in 1982, firstly singing "We have a Dream" with the Scotland World Cup squad starring B. A. Robertson and then alongside his Tottenham Hotspur team mates and Chas & Dave singing "Tottenham Tottenham". Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart Television programme, made and broadcast B A Robertson (born Brian Alexander Robertson 12 September 1956, Glasgow) is a Scottish Musician, Actor, Composer Chas & Dave (often billed as Chas 'n' Dave) are English Pop rock musicians who are most notable as creators and performers of a musical style labelled "rockney"
Honours
As a player
- Spanish League winner: 1985
External links
- Steve Archibald — at Sporting Heroes
- Profile from The Scotsman, focusing mainly on the Airdrie situation
- International statistics from SFA website
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Phil Boyer |
First Division top scorer 1980–81 (shared with Peter Withe) |
Succeeded by Kevin Keegan |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Alex Totten |
East Fife FC manager 1994-1996 |
Succeeded by Jimmy Bone |
| Preceded by Gary MacKay |
Airdrieonians FC manager 2000-2001 |
Succeeded by Don Mackay |
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