Brian Fairley (born 18 April 1959 in

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

) is a Scottish former

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manager. His coaching career began at Whitburn Juniors before going on to manage

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, however after a dispute with the board over a signing he resigned in October 2001. He then took over at Scottish Junior club

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, but controversially resigned on the eve of a

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semifinal in March 2003 to become the manager at

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, along with assistant Allan McGonigal. At the time Dumbarton were in relegation trouble in the

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, but with only 6 games to go of the season he turned fortunes around and kept the club in the league, including a 4-1 win over league winners

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. Fairley led the club to 3rd place in the same league the following season in his only full season in charge. Narrowly missing out on automatic promotion on the last day of the season to 2nd placed

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by 2 points. Dumbarton were unable to repeat that success the following season and Fairley resigned in December 2004. He joined league rivals

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, and kept the

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club in the

at the end of season 2004-05 but resigned shortly into the next season citing work and family commitments. In May 2008 he was appointed as manager of

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. He resigned from his position at the end of February 2009 following a poor run of results.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fairley, Brian 1959 births Living people Sportspeople from Falkirk Scottish football managers Dumbarton F.C. managers Forfar Athletic F.C. managers Stenhousemuir F.C. managers Scottish Football League managers Scottish Junior Football Association managers Whitburn F.C. non-playing staff