Davie Irons

David John "Davie" Irons (born 18 July 1961 in Glasgow) is a Scottish football player and manager. His playing career spanned 26 years as a central defender or midfielder. Irons has managed Annan Athletic, Gretna, Greenock Morton and Stenhousemuir.

He was assistant manager at Carlisle United until July 2014.

Early life

Born in Glasgow in 1961, Davie Irons was raised in Dumfries after moving there with his parents in 1964.

Playing career

Irons began his career with local team Queen of the South in 1979. After only one year of the Willie Harkness regime at Palmerston Park and a total of four first team appearances he moved into junior football. Irons joined Kello Rovers, with whom he remained for four years. He returned to the professional game in 1984 with Ayr United. He went on to make 75 league appearances for The Honest Men, scoring twelve goals.

In 1987 he joined Clydebank, making 54 appearances and scoring seven goals, and a year later signed for Dunfermline Athletic. Irons scored the opening goal for Dunfermline in the game that confirmed Queens' relegation in 1989. After 106 appearances and nine goals for the Pars, he was signed by Partick Thistle. He remained at Firhill for two years before joining the sixth professional club of his career, St Johnstone, in 1993. In three years at McDiarmid Park he made 52 appearances and scored twice.