Dundee United
Which team did Paul Hegarty play for from 1974 to 1983?
Paul Hegarty Paul Anthony Hegarty ( born 25 July 1954 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish football player and manager . He was captain of Dundee United during their most successful era in the 1970s and 1980s , winning the Scottish league championship in 1983 and the Scottish League Cup twice . Hegarty won eight full international caps for Scotland . He has managed Forfar Athletic , Aberdeen , Dundee United , Livingston and Montrose . Playing career . Hamilton Academical . Hegartys senior career began as a striker with Hamilton Accies in 1972 . Dundee United . In November 1974 , Dundee United manager Jim McLean signed him for a fee of £27,500 . Two years later , McLean transformed Hegartys career when he experimented by pairing him with Dave Narey in Uniteds central defence . The partnership they forged would be integral to Uniteds successes for over a decade and Hegarty would develop into a top class central defender . As club captain , Hegarty led United to their first ever major trophy , the Scottish League Cup in 1979 , which they retained the following year . In 1982–83 , Hegarty was an ever-present as United captured the Scottish League title . Hegarty temporarily played as a goalkeeper during a match against Morton that season , after Hamish McAlpine was injured . He also featured in many notable victories in European competition , albeit injury restricted his participation in Uniteds run to the 1987 UEFA Cup Final . In recognition of his contribution to Dundee United , the club allowed him to leave on a free transfer in January 1990 . St Johnstone . He briefly played for St . Johnstone , helping them to promotion . Scotland . Hegarty represented his country between 1979 and 1983 , captaining the side against Northern Ireland in his eighth and final appearance for Scotland . He is widely regarded as one of the best central halves to have never been a regular for Scotland . He also turned out for the under-21 side as a permitted over-age player and represented the Scottish League . Player manager . Forfar Athletic . He next before joined Forfar Athletic as player/manager . His tenure at Station Park ended in relegation in 1992 and Hegarty left shortly afterwards . Management and coaching . Hegartys next role was a return to Dundee United when he was offered a position on the clubs coaching staff . After leaving Tannadice again in 1995 he went on to work for Hearts and Aberdeen in coaching capacities , returning to management at Aberdeen . Following the dismissal of Alex Miller , he was appointed as manager on an interim basis in January 1999 . However , despite saving the club from relegation , Aberdeen elected at the end of the season not to continue with Hegarty in the job on a long-term basis . Once again , Dundee United offered Hegarty a coaching role , which became a manager role in October 2002 after chairman Eddie Thompson was unable to prise first-choice Ian McCall from Falkirk . Initially appointed as caretaker , Hegartys role was to be extended until the end of the season before he was sacked in January 2003 – and subsequently replaced with McCall . Since his latest departure from Tannadice , Hegarty continued to work in coaching , having been on the staff of both Livingston and Dunfermline . While at Dunfermline , Hegarty was approached by Inverness CT to be part of the management with former Dundee United colleague Maurice Malpas , although the move never materialised . He was eventually appointed as assistant to Malpas at Motherwell on 25 May 2006 , although later replaced by Scott Leitch when Malpas was sacked in June 2007 . In March 2008 , Hegarty was reported to be one of new Scotland manager George Burleys scouts for the World Cup qualifying group . However , in December 2008 he was appointed as the manager of Livingston after Roberto Landi was sacked . Livingston had severe financial problems , however , and Hegarty left the post a few months later . He has most recently been working as an assistant to George Burley with the Scotland national team until Burley was sacked on 16 November . In February 2010 Paul returned home when he took up the position of first team coach at the club he was most successful at as a player , Dundee United . Following the resignation of manager Peter Houston in January 2013 , Hegarty was named as the clubs caretaker manager , almost exactly a decade after his own dismissal as manager . While he was due to take charge of an SPL match against Motherwell , the match was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch , and Jackie McNamara was named as the clubs manager before the next match came around . The new manager soon confirmed that Hegarty would be staying at the club in some capacity , saying Heggy will be staying here . Hes a tremendous person and a credit to himself the way hes conducted himself the last couple of days . However , it was announced soon after that Hegarty had left the club . Hegarty returned to management in February 2015 when he was appointed manager of Montrose , then placed last in Scottish League Two . He couldnt prevent the side from finishing last at the end of the 2014–15 season which was the first season that a new play-off system with a non-Scottish Professional Football League from both the Highland Football League and Lowland Football League . The club won the first two-legged final against Brora Rangers of the Highland Football League to avoid relegation . Soon after , Hegarty was appointed permanent manager on a two-year contract at Links Park alongside assistant and former United teammate John Holt . Hegarty was sacked by Montrose in November 2016 , after a run of bad results left the club in ninth position in the league . Honours and Achievements . Player . - Dundee United - Scottish League Premier Division ( 1 ) : 1982–83 - Scottish League Cup ( 2 ) :1978–79 , 1979–80 - St Johnstone - Scottish First Division ( 1 ) : 1989–90 ( second tier ) Manager . - Montrose - Scottish League Two play-offs : 2014-15 ( prevented relegation to non-league ) Managerial statistics . - no statistics currently available for Forfar Athletic .