Stephen Docherty (born 18 February 1976) is a Scottish former football player and coach. He previously played in the
Scottish Football League
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for
Partick Thistle
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and
Clydebank
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Cumnock Juniors
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The Nock play their home games at Townhead Park and compete in the West of Scotland Football League.
History
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Irvine Meadow
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History
Formed in 1897 ...
in January 2009.
He made his Scotland junior international debut, picking up player of the tournament in Quad home nations tournament in the Isle of Man.
Managerial career
Docherty was appointed as assistant manager of
Pollok
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. He left the club following a disagreement with manager John Richardson, but returned to the role six weeks later in March 2013. When Richardson left the club in September 2013, Docherty took over as
caretaker manager
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and was widely expected to be given the job permanently; when the club only invited him to apply along with other candidates, a number of players threatened to leave the club. Pollok changed their mind and appointed Docherty as manager in October, with Brian McGinty as his assistant. However, he resigned in December 2013 after taking only three points from five league matches.
In June 2020, Docherty was announced as an assistant to Stephen Robertson with Yoker Athletic's newly-launched under-20 development squad. They left the club having never taken charge of a match due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Docherty subsequently joined the coaching staff at Caledonian Amateur League club St Joseph's in April 2021.