Douglas Samuel (born 14 September 1964) is a Scottish
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
coach who has been manager of
The Spartans since 2012, making him currently the longest serving manager in the
Scottish Professional Leagues.
Career
In the
2022–23 season, Spartans won the Lowland League title for a third time. During that season's Pyramid play-offs they defeated
Highland League champions
Brechin City 4–3 on penalties before defeating
Albion Rovers 2–1 on aggregate in the final to progress to
Scottish League Two
The Scottish League Two, known as William Hill (bookmaker), William Hill League Two for sponsorship reasons, is the fourth tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional association football, foo ...
.
He won the Scottish League Two Manager of the Month Award in August 2023, October 2023, and was awarded an MBE in 2022 for services to association football and the community of North Edinburgh.
References
1964 births
Living people
The Spartans F.C.
Scottish Professional Football League managers
Scottish football managers
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