| Alexander McLeish (born 21 January 1959) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. He played as a defender for Aberdeen during their 1980s glory years, making nearly 500 League appearances for the club, and won 77 caps for Scotland.
McLeish started his managerial career with spells at Motherwell and Hibernian, before guiding Rangers to two championships and five cup wins in five years. McLeish spent ten months as manager of the Scotland national team which narrowly failed to qualify for the finals of the 2008 UEFA European championship. He then resigned this post in November 2007 to become manager of Birmingham City, who were in the Premier League at the time. Though Birmingham were relegated at the end of the season, McLeish guided them back to the Premier League in 2009. Birmingham then won the 2011 Football League Cup Final, but were relegated again from the Premier League at the end of the 2010–11 season.
Following this relegation he resigned his post at Birmingham to become manager at their city rivals, Aston Villa. This made him the first manager to move directly from Birmingham City to Aston Villa, and only the second manager after Ron Saunders to manage both clubs. Having only narrowly avoided relegation in the 2011–12 Premier League season, his contract was terminated by Villa at the end of his first season. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
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Lineups not confirmed are not included.
See also Team Substitutions
| Lineups found Starting lineup changes since last game | | | | | | | | | | July 2011 | | | | August 2011 | | | | M3 | 23Aug | H | Hereford | | 2-0 | 4-2-3-1 | Initial team: Guzan, Herd, C, Clark, Dunne, Lichaj, Makoun, Bannan, Albrigh., Ireland, N'Zogbia, Bent, | | |  30-Aug to 06-Jan Lichaj torn hip labrum | | September 2011 | | | | | 16-Sep to 30-Sep Clark Knee injury | | | 17-Sep to 30-Sep Bent Groin injury | | | 19-Sep to 30-Sep Herd Hamstring injury | | M4 | 20Sep | H | Bolton | | 0-2 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Given, Hutton, Collins, Warnock, Petrov, Delfoun., Agbonla.,
Out:Guzan, Herd, C, Clark, Lichaj, Makoun, N'Zogbia, Bent, | | | October 2011 | | | | | 06-Oct to 21-Oct Collins Foot injury | | | 06-Oct to 28-Oct Delfoun. Hamstring injury | | | 21-Oct to 28-Oct Delph Illness | | November 2011 | | | |  28-Oct to 04-Nov Bannan Suspended by the club for alleged drink driving | | | 25-Nov to 03-Dec Delfoun. Hamstring | | | 25-Nov to 26-Nov Herd Muscle Injury | | January 2012 | | | | | 05-Dec to 01-Jan Given hamstring tear | | | 09-Dec to 17-Dec Delph Knee injury | | | 11-Dec to 30-Dec Bent Thigh injury | | | 11-Dec to 24-Feb Herd Ankle injury | | | 12-Dec to 20-Dec Agbonla. Yellow card accumulation (1 match ban) | | | 17-Dec to 20-Dec Ireland Illness | | | 22-Jan to 11-Feb Albrigh. Thigh Strain | | | 22-Jan to 11-Feb Collins Calf injury | | February 2012 | | | | | 30-Jan to 11-Feb Agbonla. Hamstring injury | | Color References: GK, DF, DM, MF, FW , Unknown Pos |
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