Douglas Samuel has been appointed senior team manger at Spartans. A statement posted on the Ainslie Park club’s website today confirmed his appointment and that of Neil Irvine as assistant boss. Dougie, a former club captain, is currently development manager at the club.
The Spartans statement says:
‘We are delighted to announce Douglas Samuel as the manager of our Senior team. As most of you know Douglas has been head coach of Edinburgh University FC for the last nine seasons since leaving us as a player. Douglas outlined his plans to the Executive yesterday afternoon and we were delighted to select him and his team to help us move forward over many seasons to come. Neil Irvine will be Douglas’ assistant manager. Neil was also a player with us before supporting Douglas at the University.
Chairman Craig Graham said “Douglas and Neil’s management and coaching pedigree make them the perfect choice. We have ambitious plans over the next five years plus and Douglas will spearhead our on field developments. As well as being manager of our Senior team Douglas will have oversight of our Junior, U21 and U19 set ups to ensure we align all our efforts”.
Douglas will be meeting our players over the next couple of weeks and we look forward to announcing our squad for next season at the end of the month. Douglas’ full coaching and player development team will also be announced over the next couple of weeks’.
