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Archie Anderson

Scotland · Born 22 Dec 1904, Motherwell · Died 28 Jan 1977, East Kilbride

Full name: Archibald Anderson

Biography

After 14 years as secretary at Blantyre Victoria, Archie Anderson was the man faced with succeeding Bob McGlashan, and he spent over 3 years at the helm, including our our Scottish Cup Semi Final appearance against Aberdeen in 1947.After rumours circulated in February 1949 about an imminent appointment at Ayr United, with Anderson seen at Somerset Park on the 25th of February, he was eventually appointed as their new manager on the 15th of March 1949 after a Board meeting. However, Anderson agreed to stay until the end of his contract on the 22nd of April, after the end of…Read moreRead less
After 14 years as secretary at Blantyre Victoria, Archie Anderson was the man faced with succeeding Bob McGlashan, and he spent over 3 years at the helm, including our our Scottish Cup Semi Final appearance against Aberdeen in 1947.After rumours circulated in February 1949 about an imminent appointment at Ayr United, with Anderson seen at Somerset Park on the 25th of February, he was eventually appointed as their new manager on the 15th of March 1949 after a Board meeting. However, Anderson agreed to stay until the end of his contract on the 22nd of April, after the end of the campaign, and he saw out the season as manager at Gayfield. The day after he officially moved to Ayr, he was picked up in Arbroath by the Ayr team bus on their way to the Highlands for an almost identical tour as the one he had taken us on a year before.

Statistics

Played
131
Won
42
Drawn
24
Lost
65
For
257
Against
299
Win rate
32.1%
Clean sheets
16
Longest winning run
6
Longest unbeaten run
7

Seasons

SeasonPWDLForAgainstWin %
1948-4944161216928836.4%
1947-484214424809433.3%
1946-4742118237511026.2%
1945-46310210733.3%

Competitions

CompetitionPWDLForAgainstWin %
Victory Cup2002470.0%
Forfarshire Cup10604312160.0%
Division B8629174015918133.7%
Supplementary Cup70346180.0%
Scottish League Cup183312345416.7%
Scottish Cup8413231850.0%

Home and away

VenuePWDLForAgainstWin %
Home6729152316313543.3%
Away61139399315421.3%
Neutral30031100.0%

Matches (131)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
19 Apr 1949Neutral venue Hamilton Accies 4–0 Arbroath Supplementary Cup1948-49 L
16 Apr 1949 Stenhousemuir 1–0 Arbroath Division B1948-49 L
13 Apr 1949 Brechin City 3–4 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1948-49 W
9 Apr 1949 Arbroath 1–0 Dundee United Division B1948-49 W
6 Apr 1949 Arbroath 2–2 a.e.t. Hamilton Accies Supplementary Cup1948-49 D
2 Apr 1949 Arbroath 5–1 East Stirling Division B1948-49 W
26 Mar 1949 Hamilton Accies 3–2 Arbroath Division B1948-49 L
19 Mar 1949 Arbroath 2–2 Cowdenbeath Division B1948-49 D
12 Mar 1949 Arbroath 1–2 Queen's Park Division B1948-49 L
26 Feb 1949 Arbroath 3–3 Airdrie (Old) Division B1948-49 D
19 Feb 1949 Dunfermline 4–2 Arbroath Division B1948-49 L
12 Feb 1949 Ayr Utd 0–1 Arbroath Division B1948-49 W
5 Feb 1949 Arbroath 1–1 Hamilton Accies Supplementary Cup1948-49 D
29 Jan 1949 Arbroath 3–0 Dumbarton Division B1948-49 W
22 Jan 1949 Arbroath 3–4 Partick Thistle Scottish Cup1948-49 L
15 Jan 1949 Raith Rovers 3–1 Arbroath Division B1948-49 L
8 Jan 1949 Arbroath 2–1 Alloa Division B1948-49 W
5 Jan 1949 Arbroath 2–0 Brechin City Forfarshire Cup1948-49 W
3 Jan 1949 Kilmarnock 8–0 Arbroath Division B1948-49 L
1 Jan 1949 Arbroath 2–1 Stirling Division B1948-49 W
25 Dec 1948 St Johnstone 2–2 Arbroath Division B1948-49 D
18 Dec 1948 East Stirling 2–1 Arbroath Division B1948-49 L
11 Dec 1948 Arbroath 5–1 Hamilton Accies Division B1948-49 W
4 Dec 1948 Cowdenbeath 0–3 Arbroath Division B1948-49 W
27 Nov 1948 Queen's Park 3–1 Arbroath Division B1948-49 L