scottish former professional football player
Duncan Cowan Ferguson ( hold 27 December 1971 ) is a scottish early professional football player who is the adjunct coach of Premier League club Everton. He began his career at Dundee United in 1990, and moved to Rangers in 1993 for what was then a british transfer read tip. He spent the end of his career in England, moving to Everton in 1994 before a stint with Newcastle United between 1998 and 2000, after which he returned to Everton. Ferguson retired from playing in 2006, and was promoted to the first team coach staff at Everton in 2014. Following the dismissal of Everton coach Marco Silva in December 2019, Ferguson was named as the team ‘s caretaker coach until Silva ‘s substitution Carlo Ancelotti was appointed coach a few weeks late, at which charge Ferguson was made assistant director. During his career, Ferguson won the FA Cup with Everton in 1995. He was capped for Scotland seven times but subsequently made himself unavailable for excerpt for the national team ascribable to a quarrel with the Scottish Football Association. [ 3 ] He has scored more goals than any other Scottish player in England ‘s Premier League since its creation in 1992. [ 4 ]

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Ferguson ‘s aggressive dash of bet resulted in nine bolshevik cards and a three-month prison sentence following an on-field assault of Raith Rovers ‘ John McStay in 1994. Eight of those crimson cards were in the Premier League, where he holds the joint record for dismissals aboard Patrick Vieira and Richard Dunne. [ 5 ] He is known by the nicknames “ big Dunc ” [ 6 ] and “ duncan Disorderly ”. [ 7 ] [ 8 ]

Club career [edit ]

Dundee United [edit ]

Born in Stirling, [ 1 ] Ferguson played for the adolescent slope Carse Thistle. Dundee United signed him as a schoolboy and he went on to win the BP Youth Cup in 1990. [ 9 ] Later that year Ferguson made his professional debut for them against Rangers at Ibrox Stadium on 10 November 1990. [ 9 ] His inaugural goal was an extra fourth dimension winner against East Fife in the scottish Cup on 29 January 1991. [ 9 ] The pursue season saw him become a first team even, with 41 appearances and 16 goals he became the clubhouse ‘s top scorer. [ 9 ] His full form continued in 1992–93 with 33 appearances and 15 goals. The class he displayed at Dundee United besides saw him win a bid up to the Scottish national team. [ 9 ]

Rangers [edit ]

Ferguson in 1994, during his spell at Rangers Ferguson moved to Rangers in 1993 for a transfer fee of £4 million, which set a new british read. [ 10 ] During a peer with Raith Rovers in April 1994, Ferguson headbutted the visitors ‘ John McStay in the southwest recess of the Ibrox pitch. [ 11 ] Referee Kenny Clark did not see the incident, but Ferguson was subsequently charged and found guilty of assault. [ 12 ] As it was his one-third conviction for assault, in addition to two other convictions, he received a three-month prison conviction in October 1995. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The SFA banned Ferguson for 12 matches before the court subject was heard. [ 14 ] Ferguson scored a last-minute achiever against Motherwell, from a Brian Laudrup pass on the first game of the season. [ 15 ] Four days late, Ferguson scored a hat-trick in a 6–1 winnings over Arbroath. [ 16 ] Of Ferguson ‘s time at Rangers, one of his hit partners Mark Hateley said : “ Duncan was a truly commodity player, but I think he came to Rangers a couple of years excessively early. Walter Smith wanted me to take him under my fly. He was a boisterous young chap who wanted to play all the time. It was a period in his career where he ‘d gone from being a big pisces in a humble pond to being a small pisces in the big pond at Rangers. He credibly found that a moment unmanageable. ” [ 17 ]

Everton [edit ]

In October 1994, Everton were struggling under the management of Mike Walker and looking for options to reinvigorate their stumble season. The solution enacted was to take two Rangers players on a lend deal, Ian Durrant for one month and Ferguson for three. Ferguson ‘s move to Everton was late made permanent by Walker ‘s successor Joe Royle, and Ferguson played a key function in saving Everton from relegation, and besides helping them win the 1994–95 FA Cup. [ 18 ] The subsequent 1995–96 season was less successful for Ferguson. A dogged hernia problem caused him to be unavailable for big amounts of time, as did his prison sentence during the foremost half of the temper. [ 19 ] On 28 December 1997, Ferguson scored a hat-trick against Bolton Wanderers in a 3–2 victory, the first base time that a trio of headers had been scored in the Premier League. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Everton finished the season surviving delegating entirely on goal remainder. Ferguson was sold to Newcastle United for a tip of £8 million in November 1998. [ 22 ] The batch was done to sell Ferguson by the Everton chair, Peter Johnson, without the cognition of Walter Smith. Ferguson wrote a two-page adieu letter in the club magazine to fans, stating his sadness at leaving and that he would never forget them. [ 23 ]

newcastle United [edit ]

After bringing Ferguson to Newcastle, director Ruud Gullit was rewarded when Ferguson scored doubly on his debut against Wimbledon in the Premier League. The final result was a 3–1 victory to Newcastle. [ 3 ] Ferguson subsequently suffered an injury and played only seven times in the 1998–99 season. This included a substitute appearance in the 1999 FA Cup Final, which Newcastle lost to Manchester United. His strain absence lasted from deep December until April. Likewise, Ferguson was injured in the first half of the 1999–2000 season, and was unable to play in the stopping point seven league matches of the season. His final examination appearance came in the FA Cup semi-final frustration to eventual winners Chelsea .

return to Everton [edit ]

Ferguson on his recommendation in 2015 On 17 August 2000, Ferguson moved second to Everton for a fee of £3.75 million. The transfer had previously been close to crack up as he sought a £1 million “ commitment requital ” from Newcastle for not personally asking for a transfer ; he had made the same total of money from Everton when he transferred in 1998 on the lapp footing. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Two days after sign, he played his inaugural game in a 2–0 loss at Leeds United, coming on for Stephen Hughes after 56 minutes. [ 26 ] On 23 August, on his return to Goodison Park, he scored twice in a 3–0 succeed over Charlton Athletic after coming on for Mark Hughes in the 67th hour. [ 27 ] On 1 April 2002, Ferguson was sent murder after 20 minutes for elbowing Bolton Wanderers ‘ Kostas Konstantinidis in an off-the-ball incident in a 3–1 win for a struggling Everton side. [ 28 ] In August 2003, Jamie Jackson of The Guardian called Ferguson “ arguably the biggest waste of money of all ”, citing his high transfer fees and wages compared to his injury record and age. By that point, he had scored 12 times in 41 games in three years at Everton, while earning over £5 million in wage. His 192 minutes of play in 2002–03 as a scoreless substitute cost the baseball club £9,000 per minute. [ 29 ] Ferguson was accused of racial abuse by Fulham ‘s Luís Boa Morte after an FA Cup one-fourth round match in January 2004. The accusation was dismissed by the Football Association, who found insufficient testify. [ 30 ] On 28 December that year, Ferguson came on for Marcus Bent in the 74th moment of Everton ‘s 2–0 loss at Charlton, and within ten minutes he was sent off for an elbow on Hermann Hreiðarsson. [ 31 ] During the 2005–06 temper, Ferguson was sent off against Wigan Athletic for fierce behavior. His confrontation with Paul Scharner and subsequent affray with Pascal Chimbonda resulted in a seven-match banish and saw his Premier League red–card count compass eight, equalling Patrick Vieira ‘s criminal record. On 7 May 2006, against West Bromwich Albion at Goodison Park, Ferguson was named captain in the game that marked the end of his Everton career. His 90th-minute penalty kick back was saved by Tomasz Kuszczak, but he subsequently scored from the rebound, netting his final goal for the club. Ferguson was not given a newly Everton hand and retired, moving his class to Mallorca and spurning advances from a number of clubs. [ 32 ] Ferguson played for Everton in a testimony match in his honor on 2 August 2015 against Villarreal. [ 33 ]

International career [edit ]

Ferguson made his first full international appearance for Scotland in May 1992. [ 34 ] He hit the crossbar with an viewgraph kick during a friendly match with Germany. [ 10 ] He made seven Scotland appearances in all, with his last appearance coming in February 1997. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] He refused external choice after 1997, partially in protest against his treatment by the SFA after his conviction for rape on John McStay and in particular the imposition of a 12-game ban on top of his 3-month prison conviction. [ 37 ]

Coaching career [edit ]

Having spent five years in Mallorca following his retirement from playing, Ferguson contacted his former coach at Everton, David Moyes. Ferguson asked if he could work with the Everton academy students at Finch Farm. [ 38 ] initially Ferguson was a voluntary proletarian at the academy, working for Alan Irvine, a former mentor of his from his playing career. [ 39 ] Although Ferguson remains defeated with the scottish FA for what he sees as a lack of support following his sentencing in 1995, [ 40 ] he enrolled on a nine-day scots FA organised coaching course in Largs, Scotland to earn a UEFA B-Licence. [ 41 ] In May 2012, he returned to Largs to achieve a UEFA A license and in January 2013 he enrolled on a promote course and is working towards a UEFA Pro Licence. In February 2014 Ferguson was promoted to the first team coach staff at Everton. His inaugural game in the character was a home game against West Ham United on 1 March 2014. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] Following the judgment of dismissal of coach Marco Silva on 5 December 2019, Ferguson was named as caretaker coach of Everton. [ 44 ] In his first gear game in bang two days late, Everton beat Chelsea 3–1 to lift themselves out of the relegation zone. [ 45 ] Following the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as the newfangled coach late that month, Ferguson was made assistant coach. [ 46 ]

personal life [edit ]

burglary attempts at his homes [edit ]

In 2001, two burglars broke into Ferguson ‘s home in Rufford, Lancashire. Ferguson confronted them and was able to detain one of them, who subsequently spent three days in hospital. [ 47 ] The second man managed to flee but was finally caught. Both men were sentenced to 15 months ‘ imprisonment for their actions. In 2003, Ferguson caught another burglar at his home in Formby, Merseyside ; the burglar attacked Ferguson, who retaliated. The burglar was hospitalised and later alleged that Ferguson had assaulted him, but this was dismissed by police. [ 47 ] [ 48 ]

Convictions for physical altercations [edit ]

Ferguson has had four convictions for attack – two arising from taxi rank scuffles, [ 3 ] one an affray with a fisherman in an Anstruther public house, [ 3 ] and one for his on-field headbutt on Raith Rovers defender John McStay in 1994 while playing for Rangers, which resulted in a rare conviction for an on-the-field incident. The first gear incident led to a £ 100 fine for headbutting a policeman and a £25 fine for a Breach of the Peace, [ 49 ] while the second resulted in a £200 finely for punch and kicking a patron on crutches. He was sentenced to a year ‘s probation for the third base crime. [ 50 ] For the 1994 on-the-field headbutt, he received and served a three-month jail term for assail. [ 51 ] Ferguson ‘s troubles with the jurisprudence and his imprisonment inspired Finnish composer Osmo Tapio Räihälä to write a symphonic poem as a “ musical portrait ” of Ferguson, titled Barlinnie Nine. [ 52 ]

Campaigning [edit ]

Ferguson has pledged his patronize to the “ Keep Everton in Our City ” campaign, saying :

During my time at Everton, Goodison Park came to feel like a second gear home, with the supporters of the club, and the people of the city becoming a second family to me. If you were to take Everton out of the city, I firm believe the club could no long call itself the “ People ‘s Club ” and I give my whole-hearted patronize to the campaign to keep Everton in the city. [ 53 ]

career statistics [edit ]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club

Season

League

National Cup[a]

League Cup[b]

Europe

Total

Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals

Dundee United
1990–91
Scottish Premier Division

9
1
5
3
0
0

14
4

1991–92

38
15
2
2
1
0

41
17

1992–93

30
12
1
1
2
2

33
15

Total

77
28
8
6
3
2

88
36

Rangers
1993–94

Scottish Premier Division

10
1
3
0
2
0

15
1

1994–95

4
1
0
0
2
3
0
0
6
4

Total

14
2
3
0
4
3
0
0
21
5

Everton
1994–95
Premier League

23
7
4
1
1
0

28
8

1995–96

18
5
2
2


20
7

1996–97

33
10
2
1
1
0

36
11

1997–98

29
11
1
0
2
0

32
11

1998–99

13
4

4
1

17
5

Total

116
37
9
4
8
1

133
42

Newcastle United
1998–99

Premier League

7
2
2
0


9
2

1999–2000

23
6
6
3
0
0
3
1
32
10

Total

30
8
8
3
0
0
3
1
41
12

Everton

2000–01

Premier League

12
6
1
0


13
6

2001–02

22
6
2
1
1
1

25
8

2002–03

7
0

1
0

8
0

2003–04

20
5
2
2
2
2

24
9

2004–05

35
5
0
0
2
1

37
6

2005–06

27
1
2
0
0
0
4
0
33
1

Total

123
23
7
3
6
4
4
0
140
30

Career total

360
98
35
16
21
10
7
1
423
126

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of match played 21 December 2019

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team

From

To

Record

Ref.

P
W
D
L
Win %

Everton (interim)

5 December 2019

21 December 2019

4
1
3
0
0 25.00
[55]

Total

4
1
3
0
0 25.00

Honours [edit ]

Dundee United
Rangers
Everton
Newcastle United
Individual

References [edit ]