Billy Lamont
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 May 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Larkhall, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bellshill Athletic[1] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1962 | Albion Rovers[1] | 95 | (0) |
| 1962–1963 | Cheltenham Town[1] | ||
| 1963–1969 | Hamilton Academical[2] | 189 | (0) |
| 1969–1970 | Albion Rovers[1] | 16 | (0) |
| 1971–1972 | Hamilton Academical[2] | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 306 | (0) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1969 | Hamilton Academical | ||
| 1977–1981 | East Stirlingshire | ||
| 1981–1984 | Dumbarton | ||
| 1984–1987 | Falkirk | ||
| 1987–1988 | Partick Thistle | ||
| 1989–1990 | Falkirk | ||
| 1990–1993 | Dumbarton | ||
| 1993–1995 | Alloa Athletic | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Billy Lamont (born 12 May 1936) is a Scottish former football player and manager.
Born in Larkhall, Lamont played as a goalkeeper for Bellshill Athletic, Cheltenham Town, Hamilton Academical and Albion Rovers.
He managed Hamilton during his first spell as a player there. After retiring as a player, Lamont managed East Stirlingshire. Lamont enjoyed some success with the club, guiding them to promotion in 1979–80 and a place in the quarter-finals of the 1980–81 Scottish Cup.[3] He then managed Dumbarton and guided them to near the top of the Scottish First Division in the 1983–84 season, but left the club in February 1984 to manage Falkirk.[4]
Lamont guided Falkirk to promotion to the Scottish Premier Division in 1985–86, but then left the club in February 1987 because he believed that the club needed a full-time manager to compete in the Premier Division and he was unwilling to relinquish his other job.[5] After leaving Falkirk, Lamont then managed Partick Thistle.[6] He returned to Falkirk in November 1989 on a part-time basis,[5] but was sacked a few months later after the club was taken over by new owners.[7] Lamont then returned to Dumbarton[8] and later managed Alloa Athletic.Finally retiring from the game and now residing in Spain.
Honours
- East Stirlingshire
- Scottish Second Division promotion : 1979-80
- Dumbarton
- Stirlingshire Cup : 1982-83
- Falkirk
- Scottish First Division promotion : 1985-86
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "ALBION ROVERS : 1946/47 – 2011/12". www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- 1 2 "HAMILTON ACADEMICAL : 1946/47 – 2011/12". www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ "1970–2000". www.eaststirlingshirefc.com. East Stirlingshire FC. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ Reynolds, Jim (29 February 1984). "Lamont is new Falkirk manager". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- 1 2 Paul, Ian (24 November 1989). "Question of who is the big chief". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ "Lamont to lead Thistle revival". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. 16 April 1987. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ McKinlay, Hugh (20 April 1990). "Lamont is sacked by Falkirk". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ "Lamont back at the helm". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. 24 April 1990. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
External links
Billy Lamont career at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database