Alan Irvine

Soccer Player

Alan Irvine was born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom on July 12th, 1958 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 65, Alan Irvine biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
July 12, 1958
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Age
65 years old
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Profession
Association Football Manager, Association Football Player
Alan Irvine Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

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Alan Irvine Life

James Alan Irvine (born 12 July 1958) is a Scottish professional footballer and mentor. Irvine was a Winger for Queen's Park, Everton, Crystal Palace, Dundee United, and Blackburn Rovers. Irvine served as a coach at Blackburn Rovers, Preston North End, Newcastle United, and Everton before becoming a manager, first with Preston and then Sheffield Wednesday.

He took over the Everton Academy for three years.

In November 2015, he returned to Blackburn as assistant manager.

He became Norwich City's caretaker boss in March 2017 before leaving in November 2017 to join West Ham United under new manager David Moyes.

After Moyes' deal was not renewed, he left the east London club at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Early life

Irvine, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, studied for certification as an insurance broker while not playing for Queen's Park. Irvine is a boyhood Leeds United fan, quoting Scot Eddie Gray as his favorite player.

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Alan Irvine Career

Club career

Irvine played for Everton, Crystal Palace, Dundee United, and Blackburn Rovers after Queen's Park.

He was instrumental in the 1983-1984 FA Cup, helping Everton win the 1983–84 FA Cup: Despite being left out of the final match day squad, he had played in all 7 previous FA cup games up to and including the semi-finals and 5th round ties. Irvine also started the 1984 League Cup Final Replay and League Cup Final Replay with Everton losing 1–0 to Liverpool.

He was a member of the Blackburn team that won promotion to the new FA Premier League in 1992. He announced his retirement from playing until the 1992–93 season began.

Coaching career

After leaving as a student, Irvine returned to Goodison Park to join the coaching staff 20 years later. He was academy director at Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United, where he was credited with bringing through players such as Steven Taylor and Peter Ramage. Alan Irvine has been described as "the best coach" he's ever worked under, according to Damien Duff.

Irvine took over as the boss of Preston North End on November 20, 2007 with Preston in a relegation war. In the 2007–08 season, he led Preston to a respectable 15th position. Irvine led Preston to the play-offs on a dramatic last day of the season, after Preston clinched the final play-off spot thanks to goals from Jon Parkin and Sean St. Ledger, Ledger. He was named Monthly Champion of the Month for April after that. Preston lost on aggregate to Sheffield United 2–1. On December 29, 2009, Preston sank after a rough run of results in which the team only won once in ten games.

On January 8, 2010, Irvine was appointed manager of Sheffield on Wednesday. Under Irvine, Wednesday got off to a good start against Barnsley, Blackpool, and Peterborough United. For January 2010, Irvine was dubbed the month's Championship Manager of the Month. This form was not sustained, however, as we saw a Hillsborough relegation showdown against Crystal Palace on Wednesday, who had suffered a 10-point drop but needed a home win to prevent relegation. The match ended in a 2–2 draw, relegating Wednesday to League One.

The club was also struggling financially after being in court twice over winding up orders on Wednesday. Irvine was given transfer funds to rebuild his squad following the successful takeover by Milan Mandari at the end of 2010. Despite making several new signings, the team's continued to have consistently poor results. Irvine was disqualified on February 3, 2011, despite the side finishing 12th in League One.

Irvine's academy's chief, Ray Hall, had returned to Everton to replace him as the club's academy's manager.

Irvine will fill Irvine's unfilled head coach position on a 12-month rolling contract, his first managerial experience in the Premier League, on June 14.

West Bromwich Albion drew 2–2 at home against Sunderland in his first league match in charge. It wasn't until his fifth league match on September 21 that they secured a league match, with James Morrison scoring the only goal over Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. He defeated Burnley 4–0 at The Hawthorns in his first home league victory, a week later. It was the team's first league victory since 2012, and they's now ranked them up seven spots in the league to tenth. In addition to Irvine's time as coach, West Bromwich Albion forward Saido Berahino was called into the senior England squad after scoring seven goals in ten league matches.

Irvine was dismissed by West Bromwich Albion on December 29, 2014, after only seven months in the position, and just one point above the relegation zone.

Irvine joined Norwich City as assistant manager on July 2nd, 2016. After Alex Neil was fired, he took over as the caretaker boss on March 10, 2017. Daniel Farke was brought on to a permanent basis on May 25, 2017, and Irvine left the club.

Irvine was named as an assistant to David Moyes at West Ham United in November 2017; the pair had worked together at Preston and Everton until the 2017-18 season, but Moyes' deal was not renewed. Following Moyes' reappointment as the club's manager, he rejoined West Ham on December 30, 2019. Billy McKinlay was fired as West Ham United's assistant manager in May 2021 and moved to a technical advisory role. "We have Alan, who is always watching and reporting the opposition for us," Moyes said of Irvine's role.

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Alan Irvine, the main David Moyes advisor, has decided to remain at West Ham

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 15, 2023
JOE BERNSTEIN: Irvine, who has been with David Moyes for two decades, scouted West Ham's opponents for all 15 of their European games as they look for their first major trophy since 1980. The Hammers gave the 65-year-old Scot a new 12-month contract as a reward for his signing last week in the Europa League as they begin a new campaign. Irvine, Moyes' No. 2 at Everton from 2004 to join him as assistant manager at West Ham before moving to 2021 to be closer to his family in the north of England.