| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Israel Campbell Money[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1960-08-31)31 August 1960 (age 64) | ||
| Place of birth | Maybole,Ayrshire, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1981 | St Mirren | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1996 | St Mirren | 336 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1987–1988 | Scotland U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1990 | Scotland B | 1 | (0) |
| 1990[2] | SFA (SFL centenary) | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996–1999 | Stranraer | ||
| 2002–2004 | Ayr United | ||
| 2006–2007 | Stenhousemuir | ||
| 2008–2009 | Cumnock | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Israel Campbell Money (born 31 August 1960 inMaybole,Ayrshire) is a Scottish formerfootball goalkeeper and manager. Aone-club man, Money spent his entire playing career keeping goal forSt Mirren. In 1996 he moved into management, taking charge ofScottish Football League sidesStranraer,Ayr United andStenhousemuir. His final managerial position was atCumnock of theScottish Junior Football West Premier League, which he held from 2008 to 2009.
Money started his senior career withSt Mirren, whom he joined from Dailly Amateurs in 1978. As a result of his move to full-time football he was obliged to give up a career in the police force.[3][4] He made his debut on 1 August 1978 when selected to face aSouthampton side containing stars such asPeter Osgood andTed McDougall. However the presence of establishedgoalkeeper,Billy Thomson, limited his appearances atLove Street until 1984, when Thomson switched teams and joinedDundee United.[4]
Money becameSaints' regular goalkeeper and became a fans favourite for his part in the side's1987 Scottish Cup win.[4] He played in over 400 matches for the club and holds a record for playing in the most European games, eight in total. He is also their all-time top scoring goalkeeper with penalties in December 1992 againstCowdenbeath andClydebank.[4]
Widely considered one of St Mirren's best ever goalkeepers,[3] he earned selection to severalScotland national team squads without ever earning acap.[4] He did play for theunder-21s as an overage player,[5] and was selected once byScotland B in 1990, replacingBryan Gunn in a goalless draw against Yugoslavia.[6][7]
In the later years of his career, Money became player-assistant manager toJimmy Bone at St Mirren before leaving thePaisley club to become a manager in his own right atStranraer. In his time with Stranraer he led theBlues to theScottish Challenge Cup in 1997[3] and theScottish Football League Second Division title in 1998.[1] After leaving Stranraer, in 1999, he joined his boyhood heroes,Ayr United,[1] in a coaching capacity before replacingGordon Dalziel as their manager in 2002. He leftSomerset Park in 2004, briefly managingjunior sideCumnock.
Money then joinedStenhousemuir as youth development director, where he gained a reputation of breeding young talent at the club. He replacedDes McKeown as manager in early November 2006. However, after a poor start to the 2007–08 season that culminated in a 7–0 thrashing fromEast Fife, he resigned.
Money then returned to managingCumnock of theScottish Junior Football West Premier League. He replaced Mark Shanks, who had replaced him atAyr United. On 10 March 2009, with Cumnock being in second bottom position in the league, Money agreed to leave Cumnock and was replaced by Stevie Farrell.
Money was inducted to the St Mirren Hall of Fame in 2004.[4] As of summer 2009, he took up the role of SFYI Development and Monitoring Co-ordinator at theSFA.