Eddie Wolecki
Personal information
Full name Edward Wolecki Black
Date of birth (1965-03-13) 13 March 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1990 Dundee St Joseph's
1991–1992 Montrose[1] 16 (1)
1992–1993 Deveronvale
1993–1994 Montrose[1] 15 (3)
1994 Deveronvale
Managerial career
2005 Lochee United
2005–2006 Montrose
2011–2015 Glasgow City
2015 Edusport Academy
2015–2016 Airdrieonians
2017–2018 Motherwell Ladies
2018–2019 Celtic Women
2020–2021 Motherwell Women
2021–2022 Tayport
2023-2023 Forfar West End F.C.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Wolecki Black (born 13 March 1965)[2] is a Scottish football player and manager. He was director of football at West of Scotland Football League club Gartcairn Juniors and has also previously managed Forfar West End, Lochee United, Montrose, Edusport Academy and Airdrieonians in men's football, and women's teams Glasgow City, Motherwell and Celtic.

Playing career

Wolecki was a player in the lower leagues of Scottish football, before becoming a coach at Dundee United under the management of both Jim McLean and Tommy McLean.[3]

Management career

After coaching stints with Brechin City and Arbroath, Wolecki became manager of Lochee United.[3] Wolecki guided Lochee to the east super league title and theScottish Junior Cup Final in 2005,[4] which they lost to Tayport.

He was appointed manager of Montrose in December 2005,[5] but David Robertson was then brought in as co-manager in June 2006.[6] Wolecki was unhappy with this arrangement and left the club in September 2006 after agreeing a settlement with the club.[7]

Wolecki joined women's club Glasgow City as coach for the start of the 2007–08 season.[8] He was later appointed to a full-time position with Glasgow City, becoming the first salaried coach of a women's football team in Scotland. Wolecki took sole charge of football affairs at City at the start of the 2011 season, when former manager Peter Caulfield refused an upstairs role. Caulfield subsequently joined rivals Celtic.[9]

Wolecki left Glasgow City in July 2015, having guided the team to eight consecutive league championships and on the brink of a ninth title.[8] After a brief spell at Edusport Academy, he joined Airdrieonians as the Youth Academy Director of Coaching in September 2015.[10] After Gary Bollan left the club in December 2015, Wolecki was appointed head coach of Airdrieonians.[10] He suffered a stroke in March 2016, having fallen ill during a match between Airdrie and Cowdenbeath.[11] Danny Lennon was appointed acting head coach at Airdrieonians until the end of the 2015–16 season.[12]

For the 2016–17 season, Kevin McBride was promoted to first team coach with Wolecki Black making a "staged return to work".[13] However, in October 2016 both Wolecki Black and McBride left the Excelsior Stadium, with the Airdrie board looking to progress with a "more formal structured footing".[14] During November 2016 it was announced in the press that Wolecki Black would be suing former club Airdrie for loss of income.[15]

Wolecki Black returned to management in November 2017 when he was appointed manager of Motherwell Ladies.[16][17] He moved to a similar position with Celtic Women in July 2018.[18] After just one season at Celtic, Wolecki Black then made a return to Motherwell ahead of the 2020 season.[19] He left again in March 2021, to concentrate on a degree course,[20] but within days was appointed as director of football at West of Scotland League club Gartcairn Juniors, with performance responsibility for their men's, women's, youth and academy teams.[21]

Personal life

Wolecki Black is married to former Scotland international defender Emma Fernon. They met when she was a player under him at Glasgow City.[22]

Managerial statistics

As of 31 October 2016

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Airdrieonians December 2015 October 2016[a] 11 4 2 5 036.36

Managerial honours

Lochee United
Glasgow City
FORFAR WEST END

EAST REGION NORTH DIVISION champions 2006–07,

ABERTAY UNIVERSITY

Scottish league champions 2004,

MOTHERWELL WFC

swpl2 champions, 2018

CELTIC WFC

Scottish women's premier league (joint) runners up 2019

References

  1. ^ a b "Montrose: 1955/56 - 2013/14". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Mac the track". Deveronvale FC. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Local Hero: Richard Winton meets the man in charge of Scotland's top women's team". The Herald. Newsquest. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  4. ^ Irvine, Neil (28 May 2005). "Wolecki learns to lift Lochee". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Wolecki is new Montrose manager". BBC Sport. 13 December 2005. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Montrose make Robertson co-boss". BBC Sport. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Robertson takes over from Wolecki". BBC Sport. 4 September 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  8. ^ a b "Glasgow City: Head coach Eddie Wolecki Black departs club". BBC Sport. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  9. ^ Kenny McKay (14 February 2011). "Peter Caulfield named assistant manager of Celtic Ladies Football Team". STV. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  10. ^ a b Barnes, John (22 December 2015). "Eddie Wolecki Black: Airdrieonians appoint former Glasgow City coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  11. ^ "Scottish football sends best wishes to Airdrie boss Eddie Wolecki Black after he suffers stroke during match". The Courier. DC Thomson. 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Danny Lennon takes temporary charge at Airdrieonians". BBC Sport. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  13. ^ "MCBRIDE TAKES FIRST TEAM COACH ROLE". Airdrieonians FC. 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  14. ^ "Club statement". Airdrieonians FC. 31 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  15. ^ McCarthy, David (7 November 2016). "Airdrie coach Eddie Wolecki Black suing club for sacking him after he had a stroke". Daily Record. Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Eddie Wolecki Black appointed Motherwell Ladies manager". BBC Sport. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  17. ^ All shaping up Well for Eddie Wolecki Black, Alan Campbell, The Herald, 6 May 2018
  18. ^ "Eddie Wolecki Black: Celtic Women take head coach from rivals Motherwell". BBC Sport. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  19. ^ "Eddie Wolecki Black makes 'Well return". Motherwell FC. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  20. ^ McGilvray, Andy (31 March 2021). "Motherwell coach departs women's team role". Daily Record. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  21. ^ McGilvray, Andy (3 April 2021). "Ex-Airdrie and Motherwell coach is Gartcairn director of football". Daily Record. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  22. ^ Campbell, Alan (23 July 2015). "Football: Glasgow City's Black blows the whistle at just 28". The National. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

Notes

  1. ^ Recovered from a stroke following the game on 8 March 2016. Danny Lennon was appointed acting head coach from March 2016 until the end of the 2015–16 season, with Kevin McBride subsequently taking up the role until October 2016. Matches included in this table are those only which Wolecki Black took charge of, from 22 December 2015 until 8 March 2016.

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