Ian Ferguson (footballer born 1967)

Football player infobox
playername= Ian Ferguson
fullname = Ian Ferguson


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|3|15
cityofbirth = Glasgow
countryofbirth = Scotland
height = height|ft=5|in=10
position = Midfielder (retired)
youthyears = 1984
youthclubs = Clyde Boys' Club
years = 1984-1986
1986-1988
1988-2000
2000-2002
2002-2004
2005-2006
clubs = Clyde
St Mirren
Rangers
Dunfermline
Northern Spirit
Central Coast Mariners
Career
caps(goals) = 026 0(4)
057 (10)
238 (22)
060 0(2) 037 0(3)
002 0(0)
418 (41)
manager = North Queensland FC
nationalyears = 1988-1997
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 009 0(0)
manageryears = 2008–
managerclubs = North Queensland FC

Ian Ferguson (born March 15, 1967 in Glasgow) is a former professional footballer. Ferguson, who possessed the superstition of having to play with the right side of his shirt hanging outside of his shorts, is one of the Rangers players elected to the club's Hall of Fame.

t Mirren

Ferguson started his career with Clyde, but was transferred to St Mirren in 1986. He scored in St Mirren's 1-0 win over Dundee United in the 1987 Scottish Cup final.

Rangers

Nine months after winning the Scottish Cup, he transferred to Rangers for £850,000 - still the record fee received by St Mirren. He is remembered as a key Rangers player, appearing 336 times and scoring 46 goals. He is the only player to play a part in every season of Rangers historic run of nine titles in a row. He won ten Scottish League titles, a record second only to Bobby Lennox of Celtic (who won eleven) playing in each season of Rangers' record-equalling run of nine consecutive championships between 1988-89 and 1996-97, and in the first title win under manager Dick Advocaat, in 1998-99. He played in the team under managers Graeme Souness and Walter Smith. He rarely played under Dick Advocaat, however, and moved on to Dunfermline Athletic in 2000. Before the start of the 2002-2003 season, Ferguson emigrated to Australia to play for Northern Spirit, a club in which Rangers then had a substantial shareholding. More recently, he has played and been made head coach of the Central Coast Mariners in New South Wales, who play in the Australian A-league.

North Queensland FC

On 15 September Ferguson was confirmed as the new manager of North Queensland FC leaving his post as assistant manager at Central Coast Mariners. He will take up the post straight away in order to give the team the best preparation possible for their inaugural season in Australia's Hyundai A League. [cite news | url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24348354-5003460,00.html | title=Ferguson To Coach New Franchise | publisher=Central Coast Mariners Official Site | date=2008/09/15]

International

Ferguson won nine Scotland caps, achieved at irregular intervals over a period of nine years.

References

* [http://www.ccmariners.com.au/default.aspx?s=ccfc_coachingstaff&pid=733 Central Coast Mariners Coaching Staff Profile]
* [http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/player_details.cfm?playerid=43935&CFID=756597&CFTOKEN=55314728 Ian Ferguson's Scotland appearance details]