Paul Whitehead Sturrock (born 10 October 1956) is a Scottish former

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coach and former player. As a player, Sturrock spent his entire senior career with Dundee United, making more than five hundred appearances between 1974 and 1989. He won the

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title with United in 1982–83 and the

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twice, in

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and

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. He was named the

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in 1982. At international level, Sturrock played twenty times for

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and appeared at the

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and 1986 World Cups. Sturrock's managerial career began with St Johnstone in 1993, where he went on to win the

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title in 1996–97 before returning to Dundee United as manager. Since 2000, Sturrock has worked as a manager in English football, initially with

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where he helped the club to win two promotions before moving on to a brief spell with

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. He has subsequently also managed

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and

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as well as returning to Plymouth for a second spell. He became

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manager in April 2015, but left the club eight months later. According to an analysis by the ''

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'' he was among the country's best ever managers, even though he has mostly managed clubs at Championship level and below. He is known by fans as ''Luggy'' (from the

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word ''lugs'', Eng: ''ears''). Sturrock announced in July 2008 that he was suffering from a mild form of

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. His son, Blair, was also a professional footballer.

Early life

Sturrock was born in

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, and grew up in

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, where he was educated at the local primary and secondary schools and played for amateur side Grandtully Vale. In 1972, he joined Vale of Atholl of the Perthshire Amateur First Division (where he returned as coach in his latter days with Dundee United), and in the 1972–73 season he scored approximately 100 goals. He then moved on to Bankfoot Athletic, and in the 1973–74 season he scored 53 goals as they finished 2nd in the Scottish Junior FA First Division. He had trials with Morton and St Johnstone, but was signed for

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by then manager

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on 1 July 1974.

Club career

Sturrock made his debut in the

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match v Juil Petrosani of Romania on 18 September 1974 and his league debut on 28 December 1974 as a substitute against

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. In his first season at

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he made nine League appearances and came on from the substitutes' bench for three more and in the process he scored six goals. His first goal for Dundee United was one of two he scored in a 2–2 draw with Rangers at Tannadice on 5 April 1975. Dundee United finished fourth in the League that year. In the following season, he made 18 League appearances, eight as sub, and scored three times. He was also played as a substitute in two of the three

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games netting one in that competition, too. 1976–77 not only saw Dundee United consolidate their Premier League position but throughout the campaign Sturrock was an ever-present, playing in all 36 League games and scoring 15 times. Adding that total to one each in the Scottish Cup and League Cup he was top scorer at the Club that year. He played in United's only

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. His playing career ended in 1989. His final goal for United came on 8 April 1989 in a 2–1 victory over local rivals

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. In 385 league appearances from 1974 to 1989 he scored 109 goals for the club. His final tally of 171 goals in 576 games in all competitions makes him the second highest goalscorer in Dundee United's history. Sturrock stayed at Tannadice for the next five years, in the role of coach. He left the club in 1993 after twenty years continuous service.

International career

Sturrock made his first appearance for the Scotland under-21 team on 12 October 1976, in a goalless draw with

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. Four months later, he scored in a 3–2 win against Wales under-21s on 9 February 1977. Sturrock made his full international debut for

against

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on 16 May 1981, and on 8 November 1981, he scored his first goal for Scotland in the 2–1 World Cup qualifier defeat against

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. Sturrock won 20

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s for his country, scoring three goals. He was a non-playing member of the Scotland squad for the

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finals in Spain and appeared twice in Mexico in

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Managerial career

In a 2012 study by Stefan Szymanski, economics professor at the

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, Sturrock was rated as one of the best managers in English football.

St Johnstone

In 1993, Sturrock became the manager of First Division team St Johnstone, having been recommended by the outgoing manager, John McClelland. Despite some early poor form – which included a 4–0 Scottish Cup humbling at the hands of Stenhousemuir – Sturrock eventually guided the team to a comfortable promotion in 1996–97.

Dundee United

In September 1998 Sturrock was appointed manager at Dundee United. He made a bright start to his time as manager at Tannadice, where he was feted by the fans for his excellent spell as a player. His United team failed to recover from the sale of top scorer

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in December 1999, when they were lying third in the table. The team scored few goals following Dodds's departure, and Sturrock resigned after two games of the 2000–01 season.

Plymouth Argyle

In October 2000 Sturrock joined

, a club which had reached the lowest ebb in its history, struggling in the English

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. A shake-up at boardroom level took place, Sturrock began to build his own squad. The following season, he guided them to the Third Division title breaking numerous records in the process, including a club and league points total of 102. In October 2003, Sturrock had successfully taken Argyle back to the top of the

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and left when Plymouth had just 12 games to play in what would prove to be another season when they would finish as divisional champions and return to the

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, formerly known as the First Division. As a result of his success at

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he was named as the manager of Argyle's Team of the Century in a

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poll.

Southampton

Sturrock was named as the successor to

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as manager of

on 4 March 2004. On 23 August 2004 it was announced that Sturrock was leaving the club 'by mutual consent', after a disappointing run of form and rumours of player unrest and boardroom dissatisfaction with his management.

Sheffield Wednesday

Sturrock was then appointed by

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club

languishing in 14th place on 23 September 2004, and he guided the club to the League One play-offs. After beating

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in the semi-final with an aggregate score of 3–1, Sturrock took Wednesday to the play-off

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at the

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and beat

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4–2 after extra-time, winning promotion to the

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. Despite numerous injuries to key players he helped Wednesday to finish 10 points clear of relegation in their first season back in The Championship. A slow start to the 2006–07 season sparked rumours that Wednesday were about to sack Sturrock, but this speculation looked to be false when he agreed a new four-year contract on 14 September. But he was sacked on the evening of 19 October, just five weeks and three games after agreeing this new deal. The new contract was agreed while the club were at the bottom of the League, while he was sacked when they were fourth from bottom.

Swindon Town

In late October 2006,

allowed their management team of

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and

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to join

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. Swindon pounced at the opportunity to acquire the services of Sturrock and on 7 November 2006 Sturrock was confirmed as manager with Kevin Summerfield and

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following him from Wednesday. Sturrock's first season in charge at Swindon was a success, achieving promotion from

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. Swindon made a decent start to the 2007–08 season, maintaining their position in the top half of the league table after the first 8 games.

Return to Plymouth

On 27 November 2007, Sturrock resigned his post as Swindon Town manager after just over a year with the club to rejoin previous club

. Sturrock also brought back to the club assistants Kevin Summerfield and

, who were previously with him during his first successful spell as manager. Sturrock then proceeded to take the club to its highest league position in 20 years: tenth in the

. However, the team subsequently struggled and finished five points and one place outside the Championship relegation zone in the 2008–09 season. On 10 December 2009, Sturrock was removed as Plymouth Argyle manager and put into a business support role by chairman Sir Roy Gardner. On 22 April 2010, the Plymouth board confirmed that Sturrock had left his role within the club to pursue other managerial opportunities. Following Sturrock's departure, it emerged that the board had mis-managed the finances of the club and Argyle entered

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Southend United

On 5 July 2010, Sturrock was confirmed as manager of

. Former Salisbury City manager

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was named as Sturrock's assistant manager while one of Sturrock's former players at

and

, who served as captain at the latter, Graham Coughlan was soon appointed as a player-coach. Sturrock faced the tough task of rebuilding the Southend side with only five first team players available for selection at one stage of pre-season, with only Anthony Grant, Matt Paterson and Scott Spencer surviving. He soon appointed new signing

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, who he had previously managed at

, as captain while another player from one of Sturrock's old clubs,

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, was later appointed as vice-captain, having initially been signed on loan, and then permanently on deadline day. It was not an easy task for Sturrock as his assistant,

left for "footballing reasons" on Wednesday 15 December 2010. After a mid table finish in his first season, he enjoyed more success during the 2011–12 season where Southend led

for most of the campaign. Sturrock was named Manager of the Month for September 2011 by the Football League. Sturrock was sacked as manager of Southend United on 24 March 2013 although it was agreed that he could lead out the players in

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of the

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to be held at

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on 7 April. Sturrock declined the offer.

Yeovil Town

After a brief spell as an advisor to

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side

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, he departed just four days after taking the job, after being appointed manager of

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side

on 9 April 2015, with the club all but relegated. Following a poor start to the season, Yeovil announced on 1 December 2015 that they had parted company with Sturrock.

Post-retirement

Following his retirement from professional management, Sturrock returned to live in the South West of England. He remained involved in local football, being given an advisory role at non-League club Plymouth Parkway. He also writes a regular column for local newspaper, the ''

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''. On 8 March 2018, Sturrock renewed his involvement with Dundee United when he was appointed as the club's chief

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in England. Later in March, Sturrock was added to the United coaching staff. He left United during the 2018–19 season.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sturrock goal''.

Managerial record

Research by football economists

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and Stefan Szymanski found Sturrock to be among the highest performing managers in English football. The measure was based on game success after controlling for the club's wage bills.

Honours

As a player

Dundee United *

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: 1982–83 *

: 1979–80, 1980–81; runner-up: 1981–82, 1984–85 *

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runner-up: 1986–87 *

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As a manager

St Johnstone *

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(second tier): 1996–97 Plymouth Argyle *

: 2001–02 *

: 2003–04 Sheffield Wednesday *

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: 2004–05 Swindon Town * Football League Two promotion: 2006–07 Individual * Football League Third Division Manager of the Year: 2001–02 * Football League Second Division Manager of the Year: 2003–04 * LMA Managers Performance League: January 2004 Awards *

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inductee: 2019

Books

His autobiography was published in 2015, ''Luggy: The Autobiography of Paul Sturrock''.

References

External links

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