fullname youthclubs years caps goals clubs managerclubs nationalteam totalcaps position nationalcaps manageryears nationalyears birth_date totalgoals article_title name nationalgoals
john henderson blackley gairdoch juveniles 1978 1983 -- 1984 -- 1979 1979 -- 1981 1981 -- 1983 263 46 53 38 16 6 0 0 0 0 gairdoch hibernian juveniles newcastle united preston north end hamilton academical hamilton academical hibernian cowdenbeath dundee scottish league xi scotland 416 defender 1 7 1982 1991 -- 1983 1984 -- 1986 1987 -- 1988 1972 1973 -- 1977 12 may 1948 6 john blackley
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john blackley

john henderson blackley -lrb- born 12 may 1948 in westquarter , near falkirk -rrb- is a scottish football coach and former player .
blackley made 279 appearances at centre-half for hibernian and also represented newcastle united , preston north end and hamilton academical .
he won seven scottish international caps and represented his country in the 1974 fifa world cup , playing in the 2 -- 0 win against zaire .
blackley began a managerial career with hamilton in october 1981 , while continuing his playing career .
he left hamilton in 1983 and became a player/coach at hibs , his first senior club , and was then promoted to the manager 's position at easter road in 1984 .
his final managerial role was at cowdenbeath , which he left to become gordon wallace 's assistant at dundee .
blackley has since worked at several clubs with paul sturrock , including st johnstone , dundee united , plymouth argyle twice , sheffield wednesday and swindon town .
his brief has been to work specifically with the defenders , passing on the experience he accrued in his 17-year playing career .
blackley was part of a successful coaching trio alongside paul sturrock and kevin summerfield that saw them achieve four promotions in six seasons .
blackley and summerfield left plymouth in october 2009 after being advised their contracts , which were due to expire at the end of the 2009 -- 10 season , were not going to be renewed .
in 2011 , blackley was assistant manager of stirling albion , working alongside jocky scott .
he left the club in december 2011 .
