David Irons

**David John Irons** (born 18 July 1961 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former football player and coach.

Irons' playing career spanned 26 years as a central defender or midfielder for a host of clubs, most notably for Ayr United, Clydebank, Dunfermline Athletic and Partick Thistle. Irons has previously been manager of Annan Athletic, Gretna, Greenock Morton, Stenhousemuir and Gretna 2008, and assistant-manager at Carlisle United.

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Gretna|align=left|6 March 2007|align=left|19 February 2008|||
|align=left|Greenock Morton|align=left|19 February 2008|align=left|27 May 2010|||
|align=left|Stenhousemuir|align=left|30 December 2010|align=left|1 July 2012|||
|align=left|Stenhousemuir|align=left|27 September 2019|align=left|20 April 2021|||

- statistics available from soccerbase.com

## Honours

- Dunfermline Athletic
- Scottish First Division: 1988–89

- Partick Thistle
- Scottish First Division promotion: 1991–92

- Gretna
- Scottish First Division: 2006–07

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Davie Irons
- **image**: Davie Irons.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **fullname**: David John Irons
- **birth place**: Glasgow, Scotland
- **position**: Midfielder/Defender (Association football), Defender
- **youthyears1**: 1975–1979
- **youthclubs1**: Greystone Rovers
- **years1**: 1979–1980
- **years2**: 1980–1984
- **years3**: 1984–1987
- **years4**: 1987–1988
- **years5**: 1988–1991
- **years6**: 1991–1993
- **years7**: 1993–1996
- **years8**: 1996–1997
- **years9**: 1997–2002
- **years10**: 2002–2005
- **years11**: 2009–2010
- **clubs1**: Queen of the South F.C., Queen of the South
- **clubs2**: Kello Rovers F.C., Kello Rovers
- **clubs3**: Ayr United F.C., Ayr United
- **clubs4**: Clydebank F.C. (1965), Clydebank
- **clubs5**: Dunfermline Athletic F.C., Dunfermline Athletic
- **clubs6**: Partick Thistle F.C., Partick Thistle
- **clubs7**: St Johnstone F.C., St Johnstone
- **clubs8**: Clydebank F.C. (1965), Clydebank
- **clubs9**: Annan Athletic F.C., Annan Athletic
- **clubs10**: Gretna F.C., Gretna
- **clubs11**: Threave Rovers F.C., Threave Rovers
- **caps1**: 3
- **caps2**: ?
- **caps3**: 75
- **caps4**: 54
- **caps5**: 106
- **caps6**: 84
- **caps7**: 52
- **caps8**: 43
- **caps9**: ?
- **caps10**: 89
- **totalcaps**: 506
- **goals1**: 0
- **goals2**: ?
- **goals3**: 12
- **goals4**: 7
- **goals5**: 9
- **goals6**: 10
- **goals7**: 2
- **goals8**: 1
- **goals9**: ?
- **goals10**: 2
- **goals11**: ?
- **totalgoals**: 43
- **manageryears1**: 1997
- **manageryears2**: 1997–2002
- **manageryears3**: 2007
- **manageryears4**: 2007–2008
- **manageryears5**: 2008–2009
- **manageryears6**: 2010–2012
- **manageryears7**: 2013
- **manageryears8**: 2017–2018
- **manageryears9**: 2019–2021
- **managerclubs1**: Clydebank F.C. (1965), Clydebank (caretaker)
- **managerclubs2**: Annan Athletic F.C., Annan Athletic (player-manager)
- **managerclubs3**: Gretna F.C., Gretna (caretaker)
- **managerclubs4**: Gretna F.C., Gretna
- **managerclubs5**: Greenock Morton F.C., Greenock Morton
- **managerclubs6**: Stenhousemuir F.C., Stenhousemuir
- **managerclubs7**: Carlisle United F.C., Carlisle United (caretaker)
- **managerclubs8**: Gretna 2008 F.C., Gretna 2008
- **managerclubs9**: Stenhousemuir F.C., Stenhousemuir
- **club-update**: 25 November 2008