Brian Fairley (born 18 April 1959) is a Scottish former

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manager. Fairley was born in

Falkirk Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a 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 resident population of 32,422 at the ...

. His coaching career began at Whitburn Juniors before going on to manage Stenhousemuir, however after a dispute with the board over a signing he resigned in October 2001. He then took over at Scottish Junior club Bo'ness United, 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 Scottish Second Division, but with only six 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 Raith Rovers. Fairley led the club to third 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 second-placed Hamilton Academical by two points. Dumbarton were unable to repeat that success the following season and Fairley resigned in December 2004. He joined league rivals Forfar Athletic, and kept the

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club in the Scottish Second Division 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 Linlithgow Rose. 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