| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1970-02-27)27 February 1970 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Position | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Montrose (Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | Forfar Athletic | 117 | (34) |
| 1993–2003 | Dunfermline Athletic | 256 | (46) |
| 2003–2004 | Northern Spirit | 37 | (10) |
| 2004 | Geylang United | 3 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Blacktown City Demons | ? | (?) |
| 2005–2007 | Central Coast Mariners | 41 | (10) |
| 2007 | Wollongong Wolves | ? | (?) |
| 2007–2008 | Ross County | 13 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015 | Forfar Athletic (interim) | ||
| 2016– | Montrose | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stewart Petrie (born 27 February 1970) is a Scottishfootball player andcoach, who is manager ofScottish League One sideMontrose.
ALeft winger, he spent most of his playing career withForfar Athletic andDunfermline Athletic, later moving to Australia. Petrie returned to Scotland in 2007, playing forRoss County. He has since worked as a coach for several clubs, includingArbroath, Forfar Athletic, as well as thenSJFA East Superleague sideBroughty Athletic.
Petrie was born inDundee, and began his career with Scottish sideForfar Athletic, before moving toDunfermline in 1993. Spending much of his Dunfermline career in left midfield, he managed a goal ratio of one every six games during his ten years there. He is best remembered for scoring a crucial goal in the penultimate game of the 1995–96 season which effectively won Dunfermline the league championship and with it promotion back to theScottish Premier League.
In January 2003, Petrie was awarded a testimonial match and appeared for both sides as Dunfermline played against a side of former Dunfermline players. Petrie scored a late penalty to end his Dunfermline career before moving to Australia.
Petrie joinedNorthern Spirit and managed 10 goals in 37 appearances there. He then spent a short spell inSingapore withGeylang United, in which he scored once during his three matches there.
Petrie then came back to Australia withBlacktown City Demons, appearing alongside fellow MarinersIan Ferguson andJohn Crawley.
He signed for theCentral Coast Mariners for the inaugural A-League season, coming in for a coaching role, but an injury crisis meant Petrie would become a registered player. He ended up sharing the Golden Boot withAlex Brosque,Bobby Despotovski andArchie Thompson, scoring eight goals in the2005–06 season.
In 2007, he joinedScottish Second Division sideRoss County in a player/coach role[1] and helped them get promoted toScottish First Division before retiring at the end of the 2007–08 season. He stayed with Ross County in a youth coaching role.[2]
On 12 February 2009, Petrie was appointed assistant coach of newA-League franchiseNorth Queensland Fury.[3]
AfterDick Campbell was sacked byForfar Athletic, Petrie took over ascaretaker manager in December 2015[4] overseeing a one all draw withAlbion Rovers[5] before making way for incoming managerGary Bollan.[6]
On 6 July 2016, Petrie became the assistant manager ofSJFA East Superleague clubBroughty Athletic,[7] where he stayed for five months before being appointed manager ofScottish League Two sideMontrose on 4 December 2016.[8] He led the Angus side to theScottish League Two title and promotion to the third tierin April 2018.
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Forfar Athletic (interim) | 12 December 2015 | 21 December 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 000.00 | |
| Montrose | 4 December 2016 | Present | 382 | 159 | 87 | 136 | 041.62 | |
| Total | 383 | 159 | 88 | 136 | 041.5 | — | ||
Montrose
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