Eddie Wolecki Black

Eddie Wolecki
Personal information
Full name Edward Wolecki Black
Date of birth (1965-03-13) 13 March 1965
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991 Dundee St. Joseph's
1991–1992 Montrose[1] 16 (1)
1992–1993 Deveronvale
1993–1994 Montrose[1] 15 (3)
1994 Deveronvale
Teams managed
2005 Lochee United
2005–2006 Montrose
2011–2015 Glasgow City
2015 Edusport Academy
2015–2016 Airdrieonians

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Edward "Eddie" Wolecki Black (born 13 March 1965)[2] is a Scottish football former player and manager.

Career

Wolecki was a player in the lower leagues of Scottish football, before becoming a coach at Dundee United under the management of both Jim McLean and Tommy McLean.[3] After coaching stints with Brechin City and Arbroath, Wolecki became manager of Lochee United.[3] Wolecki guided Lochee to the Scottish Junior Cup Final in 2005,[4] which they lost to Tayport.

He was appointed manager of Montrose in December 2005,[5] but David Robertson was then brought in as co-manager in June 2006.[6] Wolecki was unhappy with this arrangement and left the club in September 2006 after agreeing a settlement with the club.[7]

Wolecki joined women's club Glasgow City as coach for the start of the 2007–08 season.[8] He was later appointed to a full-time position with Glasgow City, becoming the first salaried coach of a women's football team in Scotland. Wolecki took sole charge of football affairs at City at the start of the 2011 season, when former manager Peter Caulfield refused an upstairs role. Caulfield subsequently joined rivals Celtic.[9]

Wolecki left Glasgow City in July 2015, having guided the team to four consecutive league championships.[8] After a brief spell at Edusport Academy, he joined Airdrieonians as the Youth Academy Director of Coaching in September 2015.[10] After Gary Bollan left the club in December 2015, Wolecki was appointed head coach of Airdrieonians.[10] He suffered a stroke in March 2016, having fallen ill during a match between Airdrie and Cowdenbeath.[11] Danny Lennon was appointed acting head coach at Airdrieonians until the end of the 2015–16 season.[12]

For the 2016–17 season, Kevin McBride was promoted to first team coach with Wolecki Black making a "staged return to work".[13] However, in October 2016 both Wolecki Black and McBride left the Excelsior Stadium, with the Airdrie board looking to progress with a "more formal structured footing".[14] During November 2016 it was announced in the press that Wolecki Black would be suing former club Airdrie for loss of income.

Managerial Statistics

As of 31 October 2016

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Airdrieonians December 2015 October 2016[lower-alpha 1] 11 4 2 5 36.36

Managerial Honours

Lochee United
Glasgow City

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/montrose/montrose.html
  2. ↑ "Mac the track". Deveronvale FC. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Local Hero: Richard Winton meets the man in charge of Scotland's top women's team". The Herald. Newsquest. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Irvine, Neil (28 May 2005). "Wolecki learns to lift Lochee". Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Wolecki is new Montrose manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 December 2005. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Montrose make Robertson co-boss". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "Robertson takes over from Wolecki". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 September 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  8. 1 2 "Glasgow City: Head coach Eddie Wolecki Black departs club". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Kenny McKay (2011-02-14). "Peter Caulfield named assistant manager of Celtic Ladies Football Team". STV. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  10. 1 2 Barnes, John (22 December 2015). "Eddie Wolecki Black: Airdrieonians appoint former Glasgow City coach". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Scottish football sends best wishes to Airdrie boss Eddie Wolecki Black after he suffers stroke during match". The Courier. DC Thomson. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Danny Lennon takes temporary charge at Airdrieonians". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "MCBRIDE TAKES FIRST TEAM COACH ROLE". Airdrieonians FC. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Club statement". Airdrieonians FC. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.

Notes

  1. ↑ Recovered from a stroke following the game on 8 March 2016. Danny Lennon was appointed acting head coach from March 2016 until the end of the 2015–16 season, with Kevin McBride subsequently taking up the role until October 2016. Matches included in the this table are those only which Wolecki Black took charge of, from 22 December 2015 until 8 March 2016.
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