clubs caps goals managerclubs totalcaps position manageryears birth_date totalgoals article_title name
clydebank alloa athletic 70 235 25 0 0 0 falkirk alloa athletic 330 defender 1983 -- 1984 1987 -- 1990 9 april 1949 0 gregor abel
 gregor abel
gregor abel

gregor abel -lrb- born 1949 or 1950 -rrb- is a scottish former football player and manager .
abel played for falkirk , clydebank and alloa athletic .
after retiring as a player , he became a coach at alloa athletic and then falkirk , assisting alex totten .
abel was appointed falkirk manager in november 1983 , after totten left the club to become assistant manager of rangers .
he resigned in february 1984 due to the pressures of combining that job with working as a schoolteacher .
abel assisted jim leishman as dunfermline athletic rose from the scottish second division to the scottish premier division with successive promotions in 1985 -- 86 and 1986 -- 87 .
abel left dunfermline in july 1987 after the club converted to fully professional status , however , because he wanted to retain part-time status and continue his teaching career .
after leaving dunfermline , abel became assistant manager of forfar athletic .
later that year , abel was appointed manager of alloa athletic .
the club won a promotion under his management and reached the quarter-finals of the 1988 -- 89 scottish cup .
abel was sacked by alloa athletic in february 1990 as the club struggled in the scottish first division , having won promotion the season before .
abel then worked as a reserve team and youth coach for aberdeen for eight years .
he then had five years with rangers as a youth coach .
he continued to teach at alva academy until his retirement in 2006 .
