Eddie May (Scottish footballer)

Eddie May (born 30 August 1967) is a former Scottish football player and coach.

Eddie May
Personal information
Full name Edward Skillion May[1]
Date of birth (1967-08-30) 30 August 1967
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Hibernian (head of academy coaching)
Youth career
Hutchison Vale
1984–1985 Dundee United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1989 Hibernian 109 (10)
1989–1990 Brentford 47 (10)
1990–1994 Falkirk 153 (22)
1994–1999 Motherwell 109 (5)
1999–2001 Dunfermline Athletic 30 (2)
2001 Airdrieonians 6 (0)
2001 Western Knights
2001–2002 Berwick Rangers 6 (0)
2002–2004 Falkirk 5 (0)
International career
1988–1989 Scotland U21[2] 2 (0)
Managerial career
2009–2010 Falkirk[3]
2019 Hibernian (caretaker)
2019 Hibernian (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

He played as a midfielder and full back for several clubs, including Hibernian, Falkirk and Motherwell during the 1980s and 1990s. When he joined Brentford in July 1989, May's £167,000 transfer fee was a then-club record.[4]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, May became a coach, developing young players for Falkirk.[5] May was appointed as the manager of Falkirk in June 2009, with former player Steven Pressley and Alex Smith assisting him.[5][6] His first competitive game was a 1–0 victory over FC Vaduz in the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds, although Falkirk eventually lost their first ever European tie 2–1 on aggregate, becoming the first British club to lose a European tie to a club from Liechtenstein.[7] May developed a reputation for being brutally honest during his spell in charge at Falkirk.[7] May resigned as Falkirk manager soon afterwards, however, with the team bottom of the SPL.[8]

May returned to football in June 2010, becoming a youth coach with Rangers.[9] He was appointed high performance coach at the University of Stirling in August 2012.[10][11] May returned to boyhood club Hibernian in August 2014 when he became their academy coaching manager.[12] He was put in caretaker charge of the Hibernian first team in January 2019, after Neil Lennon was suspended by the club.[13] After his first game in charge, May said that he was not interested in becoming a manager again because he had not enjoyed that role at Falkirk.[14] May took charge of four games until Paul Heckingbottom was appointed head coach.[15] May was again placed in caretaker charge in November 2019, after Heckingbottom was sacked.[16] He managed one game during this spell, a 4–1 win at St Johnstone.

Managerial statistics
As of match played 9 November 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Falkirk Scotland 23 June 2009 11 February 2010 27 4 8 15 18 43 −25 014.81 [3]
Hibernian (caretaker) Scotland 26 January 2019 13 February 2019 4 2 0 2 7 6 +1 050.00 [17][15]
Hibernian (caretaker) Scotland 4 November 2019 15 November 2019 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
Career Total 32 7 8 17 29 50 −21 021.88 —

Acting role

May appeared for a brief goal in Rangers colours in the movie A Shot at Glory which also starred Robert Duvall, Ally McCoist, Brian Cox, Michael Keaton and Owen Coyle.

Honours

Falkirk

References
  1. "Eddie May". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. Scotland U21 Player Eddie May Details
  3. Falkirk FC Managers
  4. Brentford Football Club Official Matchday Magazine versus Hull City 07/05/05. 2005. p. 46.
  5. "Falkirk to name May new manager". BBC Sport. 18 June 2009.
  6. "May is new Bairns boss". Eurosport. 23 June 2009.
  7. Grahame, Ewing (11 February 2010). "Falkirk manager Eddie May pays the price for defeat at Kilmarnock". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010.
  8. "Steven Pressley succeeds Eddie May as Falkirk manager". BBC Sport. 11 February 2010.
  9. Wright, Angus (25 June 2010). "Eddie May to coach Rangers youngsters". The Scotsman. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  10. "Former Falkirk boss takes up Stirling University role". Central FM. 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  11. Strachan, Colleen (27 September 2012). "Ex-Hibs man Eddie May: Playing football and studying should be the goal". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  12. "May and Mathie Join Hibernian". hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian FC. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  13. McLaughlin, Chris (26 January 2019). "Neil Lennon: Head coach suspended by club & unlikely to take charge again". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  14. "St Mirren 1-3 Hibernian: Eddie May not interested in taking over from Neil Lennon". BBC Sport. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  15. "Hibernian: Paul Heckingbottom appointed as head coach". BBC Sport. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  16. McLauchlin, Brian (4 November 2019). "Hibernian: Paul Heckingbottom sacked as head coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  17. "2018–19 Hibernian Fixtures & Results". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  18. McKinney, David (13 December 1993). "Football: Falkirk find their fire". The Independent. London. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  • Jeffrey, Jim (2005). The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3091-2.
  • Eddie May at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
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