Stewart Petrie

Stewart Petrie (born 27 February 1970) is a Scottish football player and coach, who is manager of Scottish League One side Montrose.

Stewart Petrie
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-02-27) 27 February 1970
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Montrose (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Forfar Athletic 117 (34)
1993–2003 Dunfermline Athletic 256 (46)
2003–2004 Northern Spirit 37 (10)
2004 Geylang United 3 (1)
2004–2005 Blacktown City Demons ? (?)
2005–2007 Central Coast Mariners 41 (10)
2007 Wollongong Wolves ? (?)
2007–2008 Ross County 13 (6)
Managerial career
2015 Forfar Athletic (interim)
2016– Montrose
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

A Left winger, he spent most of his playing career with Forfar Athletic and Dunfermline Athletic, later moving to Australia. Petrie returned to Scotland in 2007, playing for Ross County. He has since worked as a coach for several clubs, including Arbroath, Forfar Athletic, as well as then SJFA East Superleague side Broughty Athletic.

Playing career

Petrie was born in Dundee, and began his career with Scottish side Forfar Athletic, before moving to Dunfermline in 1993. Spending much of his Dunfermline career in left midfield, he managed a goal ratio of one every six games during his ten years there. He is best remembered for scoring a crucial goal in the penultimate game of the 1995–96 season which effectively won Dunfermline the league championship and with it promotion back to the Scottish Premier League.

In January 2003, Petrie was awarded a testimonial match and appeared for both sides as Dunfermline played against a side of former Dunfermline players. Petrie scored a late penalty to end his Dunfermline career before moving to Australia.

Petrie joined Northern Spirit and managed 10 goals in 37 appearances there. He then spent a short spell in Singapore with Geylang United, in which he scored once during his three matches there.

Petrie then came back to Australia with Blacktown City Demons, appearing alongside fellow Mariners Ian Ferguson and John Crawley.

He signed for the Central Coast Mariners for the inaugural A-League season, coming in for a coaching role, but an injury crisis meant Petrie would become a registered player. He ended up sharing the Golden Boot with Alex Brosque, Bobby Despotovski and Archie Thompson, scoring eight goals in the 2005–06 season.

In 2007, he joined Scottish Second Division side Ross County in a player/coach role[1] and helped them get promoted to Scottish First Division before retiring at the end of the 2007–08 season. He stayed with Ross County in a youth coaching role.[2]

Managerial career

On 12 February 2009, Petrie was appointed assistant coach of new A-League franchise North Queensland Fury.[3]

After Dick Campbell was sacked by Forfar Athletic, Petrie took over as caretaker manager in December 2015[4] overseeing a one all draw with Albion Rovers[5] before making way for incoming manager Gary Bollan.[6]

On 6 July 2016, Petrie became the assistant manager of SJFA East Superleague club Broughty Athletic,[7] where he stayed for five months before being appointed manager of Scottish League Two side Montrose on 4 December 2016.[8] He led the Angus side to the Scottish League Two title and promotion to the third tier in April 2018.

Managerial statistics
As of match played 14 October 2023
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Forfar Athletic (interim) 12 December 2015 21 December 2015 1 0 1 0 000.00
Montrose 4 December 2016 Present 284 126 60 98 044.37
Total 285 126 61 98 044.2 —

Honours

Montrose

References
  1. McColl, Graham (21 December 2007). "Stewart Petrie enjoying new lease of life in the firing line". London: Times Online UK. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  2. "Players to Leave". Unofficial Ross County FC fansite. 17 April 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  3. "Assistant Fury role for Petrie". Australia: Fox Sports. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  4. "Update: Managerial Vacancy". forfarathletic.co.uk. 15 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. "Albion 1 Forfar 1". BBC Sport. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  6. "Gary Bollan appointed 'Loons' Manager". forfarathletic.co.uk. 21 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  7. "New Assistant Manager appointed…". Broughty Athletic FC. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  8. "Montrose: Stewart Petrie is new manager at Links Park". BBC Sport. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

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