Sandy Paterson (football manager)

Sandy Paterson
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Paterson
Date of birth	30 July 1876
Place of birth	Hill of Beath, Scotland
Date of death	13 December 1933 (aged 57)
Place of death	Dunfermline, Scotland
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Hearts of Beath
Managerial career
0000–1906	Hearts of Beath
1906–1924	Cowdenbeath
1925–1930	Dunfermline Athletic
1932–1933	Cowdenbeath
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Paterson (30 July 1876 – 13 December 1933) was a Scottish football manager who managed Scottish League clubs Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline Athletic.^[2]^[3]^[4] He began his career in football as a goalkeeper with Hearts of Beath and also served Cowdenbeath as an administrator.^[2]^[5]

Personal life[edit]

Paterson's sons Bill and Archie both became footballers and he managed them at Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline Athletic respectively.^[6]

Hearts of Beath

Cowdenbeath

Dunfermline Athletic

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record					Ref
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %	Ref
Cowdenbeath	1906	1924	322	146	61	115	045.3	^[3]
Dunfermline Athletic	1925	1930	199	74	33	92	037.2	^[4]
Cowdenbeath	1932	1933	59	13	10	36	022.0	^[3]
Total			580	233	104	243	040.2	—

^ ^a ^b "Statutory registers – Births – Search results". ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ross, David (2013). Gaffers. pp. 390–391. ISBN 9781470927103.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Cowdenbeath Manager Sandy Paterson Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Dunfermline Athletic Manager Sandy Paterson Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sandy Paterson 1925–30". Dunfermline Athletic Football Club. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
^ "Willie Paterson is Hometown Hero 13". Central Fife Times. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

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