Bobby Williamson
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Bobby Williamson is the current manager of the Plymouth Argyle football team. He left his post at Hibernian to succeed fellow Scot, Paul Sturrock on 20 April 2004. Williamson was previously the manager of Kilmarnock.
He was a striker with an impressive goalscoring record at all teams. He began his career at Clydebank and his 35 goals in 85 matches earned him a move to Rangers. However, after an injury hit spell with the Glasgow club he moved to England, where he had spells with West Bromwich Albion and Rotherham United. He returned to Scotland in 1990 to join Kilmarnock; which proved to be his last club.
Williamson became the manager of Kilmarnock in 1997 following the departure of Alex Totten. He had a quick impact and in his first season guided them to a Scottish Cup win beating Falkirk 1-0 in the final. Kilmarnock finished highly in the Scottish Premier League and he guided them into Europe, playing sixteen ties. He also attracted high profile players such as former Scotland internationals, Ally McCoist and Ian Durrant as well as former French international, Christof Cocard.
In February 2002 the Scottish Premier League's longest serving manager took up a new challenge at Hibernian. He was again under huge financial constraints but produced several excellent young players and Hibernian became known throughout the UK for developing talented youngsters; with many top English clubs sending scouts to Hibs on a weekly basis.
In 2003/04 season, he guided his young team to the Scottish League Cup final beating both Old Firm clubs; Rangers and Celtic along the way. They were, however, beaten by Livingston 2-0 in the final.
Williamson won his first match in charge of Plymouth Argyle, which gave Argyle promotion to the Football League Championship and the Division Two title, having built on the success of previous manager, Paul Sturrock.
Management record
After Sunderland (away): 15 March 2005
| Club | From | To | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses |
| Kilmarnock | 7 December 1996 | 25 February 2002 | 242 | 89 | 86 | 87 |
| Hibernian | 25 February 2002 | 20 April 2004 | 93 | 34 | 38 | 21 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 20 April 2004 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 |