Ian Bogie

Football player infobox
playername= Ian Bogie


fullname = Ian Bogie
nickname = The Bogieman, Big Boges, and also Big Bad Bogie
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|12|06
cityofbirth = Newcastle upon Tyne
countryofbirth = England
height = 5'7"
currentclub = Tyne met college and Gateshead F.C
position = Midfield
youthyears = 1977-1985
youthclubs = Wallsend Boys Club, Newcastle United
years = 1985-1989
1989-1991
1991-1993
1993-1995
1995-2000
2000-2001
2001-2004
clubs = Newcastle United
Preston North End
Millwall
Leyton Orient
Port Vale
Kidderminster Harriers
Bedlington Terriers
Total
caps(goals) = 014 0(0)
079 0(12)
051 0(7)
065 0(5)
0153 0(9)
020 0(1)
0? 0(?)
382 (28)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = March 10, 2007

Ian Bogie (Born December 6, 1967 in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a former footballer who played in the English Football League.

Newcastle United

Having developed his skills at the Wallsend Boys Club Bogie signed for his hometown club Newcastle United as an apprentice in July 1984, turning pro in December 1985 just after his eighteenth birthday. A skillful, ball playing midfielder in the Paul Gascoigne mould he was favourite to take over from the Tottenham bound England star in the Newcastle team. However, after only 21 games for the Toon Army in which he scored one goal, he was used as bait in manager Jim Smith's bid to bring Preston North End striker Gary Brazil to St James' Park. Valued by Smith at around the £100k mark, Bogie was originally against the move, preferring to stay and fight for his place but after much persuasion by both Smith and Preston boss John McGrath he finally moved to Deepdale.

Preston playmaker

Having finally joined Preston, Bogie made his debut in a home league match versus Bristol Rovers, a game that ended 1-1. Bogie did however endear himself to the Preston fans immediately with his silky ball playing skills. His time at Deepdale was though a frustrating one for Bogie, Preston and the fans with the club beginning to struggle and Bogie himself frustrating the fans with some indifferent performances despite his obvious ability. After two and a half years at Preston in which he played 91 games scoring 12 goals, Ian exercised his right to speak to other clubs at the end of his contract and in August 1991 signed for Millwall for a tribunal set fee of £145k.

Millwall and Orient

His time at Millwall was much the same as at was at Preston with Bogie at times frustrating the fans despite his obvious talent, bordering at times on the sublime to being completely ineffective. In just over two years at The Den Ian played 57 games scoring just 1 goal before being sold to Leyton Orient for £75k in October 1993.His time at Orient was difficult however for although Ian was by now regularly putting in some excellent performances and he rarely missed a game, he struggled to settle in London and was after 78 games and 5 goals sold to Port Vale in March 1995 for £50k.

Port Vale

His time at Vale Park was however a different story with Ian now putting in the sort of consistent match winning displays that had until this time evaded him. A favourite with the Vale fans he was a member of the giant killing Vale team that knocked Everton out of the FA Cup in 1996 and reached the final of the Anglo-Italian Cup at Wembley, eventually losing out to Genoa. His cult status was elevated further by his penchant for scoring winning goals against local rivals Stoke City. In a 1-0 victory at Vale Park in 1996, Bogie silenced the Stoke City following with a winning goal just 12 seconds after the kickoff. In five years at Vale Park Ian played 180 games in all competitions scoring 12 goals before being handed a free transfer in April 2000 and signing for Kidderminster Harriers.

Kiddermister and Home

Ian's time at the Aggborough Stadium was however short lived with him playing just 28 games (2 goals) in eleven moths there before leaving the struggling Football League 2 club to return back to his native North East and to Northern League side Bedlington Terriers where he took on the role of player coach. He stayed with Bedlington until hanging up his boots at the end of the 2003-04 season when he then took over as manager of Wade Associates Northern Alliance Premier League club Walker Central. Ian stayed there until the summer of 2006 when he left to take on the role of assistant manager of Unibond League side Gateshead. Ian is also along with Rob Lee, Peter Beardsley, Warren Barton and John Beresford a regular member of the Newcastle United masters football team that competes every year against other ex players and there former clubs.In all Ian played 455 games for his various clubs scoring 33 goals and although at times he could be a frustrating player to watch when he was on form it really was a joy to witness.

Gateshead F.C

Ian Bogie was confirmed as the new Gateshead manager on 4th May, 2007 Bogie initially joined Gateshead as assistant manager at the start of the 2006/07 season but took charge in a caretaker role after Tony Lee was sacked at the beginning of March.Since taking over for the game at Mossley on March 10th a 12 match unbeaten run, which ended the season, put Bogie and his players in a final position of 9th in the UniBond Premier Division.

Bogie guided the Gateshead team to 3rd in the Unibond League during the 2007 - 2008 season which meant the team qualified for the play offs. On May 3rd 2008, Gateshead beat Buxton FC 2-0 and therefore were promoted to the Blue Square Conference North. His family were in support.

Tyne Met College

Ian is also currently working as head coach of the football development programme at Tyne Metropolitan College in North Tyneside, Ian's main priority is to take footballers of the age of 16-19 and aid them to gain a career in football and still obtain an education. He works alongside former Newcastle United academy coach Derek Forrest, who has coached football all over the world, and together they have procuced a strong setup, which is currently only bettered in the region by Gateshead College.