Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large 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.
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) is a Scottish former professional football player, who is best known for his time with Rangers.
Munro was signed from Alloa Athletic and made his top team debut for the Rangers against Dundee on 25 February 1984, aged 21. The game ended in a 3–1 win. He played a further six seasons before with Rangers before being sold to
Blackburn Rovers
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for £350,000.
He emigrated to Australia at the end of his career, appearing for Sydney United in the
National Soccer League
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in what would be his final season of professional football.
Upon retirement, he followed a coaching path, taking the reins at NSL clubs
Gippsland Falcons
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South Melbourne
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.
With the end of that competition, Munro remained in Melbourne and was manager at Oakleigh Cannons from 2005 to 2008. Following the 2008 season he was appointed manager at
Dandenong Thunder
Dandenong Thunder SC is a soccer club from Dandenong, a suburb in the South-East region of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They are an Albanian Australian-backed club. Thunder compete in the National Premier Leagues Victoria.
In 2012, Dandeno ...
where he remained until 2011 when he was appointed assistant manager to his former Rangers teammate Ian Ferguson at
Perth Glory
Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...
. Munro spent 3 season as assistant at Perth Glory. He returned to the Thunder as manager in 2013 before taking on the role of technical director for the 2014 season. Munro once again took on the role as manager in 2015 but that season saw the club relegated from the Victorian top-flight. After leaving his role at Dandenong, Munro was appointed as the inaugural manager for newly founded Women's NPL Victoria club Southern United. At the end of the 2016 season Stuart was poached by Dandenong City for the 2017 NPL2 season. In 2019 he was appointed as head coach of
Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sunshine North, Melbourne. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the second-tier of the Australian soccer league ...
ahead of the 2020 season.
Honours
Player
; Rangers
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Scottish Premier Division
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Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1988–89
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Scottish League Cup
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