James Crease (born 1949) is a Scottish

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and former player. Crease played for

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and

Albion Rovers Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of the Scotti ...

in the

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. He has since managed

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'', 23 December 1995. Arniston Rangers, Fauldhouse United,

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and he has had four spells as manager of

. Crease first managed Berwick between 1992 and 1994. He then managed Albion Rovers, but resigned from that position in December 1995. Following a spell managing Junior teams in the East of Scotland Junior League, he returned to Berwick in 2005 as general manager. Following the resignation of John Coughlin in October 2007, Michael Renwick in April 2008 and Alan McGonigal in November 2008, he acted as caretaker manager. Following the resignation of McGonigall he said that he would only act as a caretaker but it was announced on 20 December 2008 that he would retain the managers position until the end of the 2008–09 season. Berwick reached the fourth round of the

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, where they lost 2–0 to eventual winners

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. They also defeated

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in the

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, but Crease left the club in October 2011 after Berwick was beaten in a

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tie by

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. Crease has twice returned to

as a

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, following the sackings of

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in May 2017 and

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in October 2019.

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