Gregor Abel
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 April 1949 | ||
Position(s) | Defender[1] | ||
Youth career | |||
Bo'ness United[1] | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1969–1972 | Falkirk[1] | 70 | (0) |
1972–1980 | Clydebank[2] | 235 | (0) |
1980–1981 | Alloa Athletic[3] | 25 | (0) |
Total | 330 | (0) | |
Managerial career | |||
1983–1984 | Falkirk | ||
1987–1990 | Alloa Athletic | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gregor Abel (born 1949 or 1950)[4] is a Scottish former football player and manager. Abel played for Falkirk, Clydebank and Alloa Athletic.
After retiring as a player, he became a coach at Alloa Athletic and then Falkirk, assisting Alex Totten.[4][5] Abel was appointed Falkirk manager in November 1983, after Totten left the club to become assistant manager of Rangers.[5] He resigned in February 1984 due to the pressures of combining that job with working as a schoolteacher.[4] Abel assisted Jim Leishman as Dunfermline Athletic rose from the Scottish Second Division to the Scottish Premier Division with successive promotions in 1985–86 and 1986–87.[6] Abel left Dunfermline in July 1987 after the club converted to fully professional status, however, because he wanted to retain part-time status and continue his teaching career.[6]
After leaving Dunfermline, Abel became assistant manager of Forfar Athletic.[7] Later that year, Abel was appointed manager of Alloa Athletic. The club won a promotion under his management[8][9] and reached the quarter-finals of the 1988–89 Scottish Cup.[10] Abel was sacked by Alloa Athletic in February 1990 as the club struggled in the Scottish First Division, having won promotion the season before.[11]
Abel then worked as a reserve team and youth coach for Aberdeen for eight years.[8] He then had five years with Rangers as a youth coach.[8] He continued to teach at Alva Academy until his retirement in 2006.[8]
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- EngvarB from August 2013
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- Year of birth uncertain
- Living people
- Scottish footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- Bo'ness United F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Clydebank F.C. players
- Alloa Athletic F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish football managers
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. non-playing staff
- Falkirk F.C. managers
- Alloa Athletic F.C. managers
- Aberdeen F.C. non-playing staff
- Rangers F.C. non-playing staff
- Scottish Football League managers
- 1949 births