| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1969-08-16)16 August 1969 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Leith, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1987 | Dundee United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1992 | Dundee United | 24 | (1) |
| 1992–1993 | Heart of Midlothian | 21 | (2) |
| 1993–1994 | Dunfermline Athletic | 26 | (5) |
| 1994–2000 | St Johnstone | 144 | (7) |
| 2000 | Queen of the South | 8 | (1) |
| Total | 223 | (16) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004 | Livingston | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Allan Preston (born 16 August 1969) is a Scottish retired professionalfootballer and manager. He is currently a radio sports pundit forBBC Scotland.
Preston, who predominantly played atleft-back, began his career as a 15-year-old withDundee United in 1985. He made his league debut in the 1987/88 season. After spending several years atTannadice, he signed forHearts, the team he supported as a boy. After brief spells with Hearts andDunfermline Athletic he joinedSt Johnstone in 1994. It was inPerth that he played the most consistent football of his career.
In June 2000, after a hip injury ended his playing career, Preston became assistant toMacclesfield Town managerPeter Davenport, whom he had played with at St Johnstone. Preston left Macclesfield within a year[1] to return to Scotland withLivingston as a coach, and in June 2004 he became the club's manager.[2] He brought in another former St Johnstone teammate,Alan Kernaghan, as his assistant,[3] Kernagahan had been player/manager atClyde. In November 2004, after just fifteen games in charge, Preston and Kernaghan were sacked after the team's seventh successive defeat.[4]
Preston was unsuccessful in his application to be St Johnstone manager in April 2005.[5]
Preston works as afootball agent for ICM Stellar Sports.[6][7]
Preston has been apundit onBBC Radio Scotland'sSportsound since 2008 and is nicknamedBiscuits.[8]
