David Hay
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David Hay (born 29 January 1948 in Paisley) is a Scottish forrmer football player and manager.
He broke into the Celtic team in the late 1960s, as one of a generation of players who continued a highly successful era for the club.
A contract dispute between Hay and Celtic led to him being transferred to Chelsea in 1974.
He played in over 100 league games for Chelsea, but was forced to retire in 1979 due to a knee injury.
Hay appeared in 27 international matches for Scotland, and was selected for their 1974 FIFA World Cup squad. After retiring as a player, Hay entered football management with Motherwell in 1981.
He led them to a promotion in 1981–82, but left the club at the end of the season.
He was then appointed Celtic manager in 1983, and enjoyed some success as they won the 1984–85 Scottish Cup and the Scottish league championship in 1985–86.
In the 1990s he returned to Celtic as Chief Scout and later Assistant General manager. Hay also won the Norwegian league championship during a brief stint with Lillestrøm SK.
He subsequently worked for St Mirren, Livingston and Dunfermline Athletic.
Playing career
Hay left St Mirin's Academy in Paisley, CA, after completing his secondary education, and joined Celtic in 1966. He was born as one of the "Quality Street Gang" reserve team, which later took over the Lisbon Lions' homes. He made his Celtic debut against Aberdeen on March 6, 1968, defeating Celtic 12 goals, 3 Scottish Cups, and a 1 League Cup appearance. He was drafted to Chelsea for a club record £225,000 after playing for Scotland in the 1974 World Cup in West Germany and after a spat with Celtic. Following Alan Hudson's demotion in midfield, he took on a more defensive role in the young Chelsea team that emerged following their relegation a year later. He was forced to withdraw from the game as a player because of a serious knee injury in 1979. He had also suffered with a missing retina and lost complete vision in his right eye. He has earned a total of 27 caps for Scotland.
Management career
Following Ally MacLeod's departure from football coaching, he took over the reins at Motherwell in 1981. He led Wellwell to the Scottish First Division championship and promotion to the Scottish Premier Division. He left at the end of the 1981-82 season.
In 1983, Hay was named after Billy McNeill as Celtic manager, winning the Scottish Cup and the Premier Division in dramatic fashion. Celtic won their final game 5–0 against St Mirren at Love Street, but Hearts, the league's best and favourites, were unable to lift the trophy and lost to Dundee at Dens Park. Albert Kidd won the game for Dundee with two goals, and Celtic were crowned champions. Hay left Celtic after Celtic failed to win a trophy in 1986–87. He was asked to resign but he refused, so he was dismissed and McNeill was replaced by McNeill.
Hay moved to Norway in 1989 and led Lillestrom SK to the Norwegian Premier League championship.
Hay took on St Mirren, a year earlier, in 1991, but he left a year later.
Hay was the club's chief scout and was in charge of locating players like Jorge Cadete, Paolo di Canio, and Pierre van Hooijdonk, who signed for the club in 1994. He served as Assistant General manager to Jock Brown in 1997, but he was dismissed in 1998 under traumatic circumstances.
Hay co-managers of Livingston in 2000 and 2001, and the club's first promotion to the Scottish Premier League. Jim Leishman joined the team in 2000. They won their first qualification into Europe in 2001-02 during their first season in the top flight. The 2002-03 season was less fruitful, with both players stepping down from their positions of responsibility, although they both stayed with the club. Marcio Maximo Barcellos, a Brazilian, was overthrown.
Hay took over Marcio Maximo's role shortly into the 2004-04 season, this time in sole charge, after only playing 9 games of the season. Hay went on to win the Scottish League Cup when the club was in administration, defeating strong favourites Hibernian (who defeated Celtic and Rangers en route to the final) when the club was in administration. Despite this success, the veteran boss was suspended at the end of the season to be replaced by Allan Preston, one of his first team coaches, by the Lionheart Consortium's new chairman, Pearse Flynn.
Hay was then named as the head of Dunfermline Athletic, replacing Jimmy Calderwood. Jim Leishman, the Fife club's Director of Football, rejoined him. He was fired near the end of the season with the club still struggling in the Scottish Premier League.