David Irons

Davie Irons

Personal information
Full name	David John Irons
Date of birth	(1961-07-18) 18 July 1961
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	Midfielder/Defender
Youth career
1975–1979	Greystone Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1980	Queen of the South	3	(0)
1980–1984	Kello Rovers	?	(?)
1984–1987	Ayr United	75	(12)
1987–1988	Clydebank	54	(7)
1988–1991	Dunfermline Athletic	106	(9)
1991–1993	Partick Thistle	84	(10)
1993–1996	St Johnstone	52	(2)
1996–1997	Clydebank	43	(1)
1997–2002	Annan Athletic	?	(?)
2002–2005	Gretna	89	(2)
2009–2010	Threave Rovers		(?)
Total		506	(43)
Teams managed
1997	Clydebank (caretaker)
1997–2002	Annan Athletic (player-manager)
2007	Gretna (caretaker)
2007–2008	Gretna
2008–2009	Greenock Morton
2010–2012	Stenhousemuir
2013	Carlisle United (caretaker)
2017–2018	Gretna 2008
2019–2021	Stenhousemuir
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 November 2008

David John Irons (born 18 July 1961 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former football player and coach.

Irons' playing career spanned 26 years as a central defender or midfielder for a host of clubs, most notably for Ayr United, Clydebank, Dunfermline Athletic and Partick Thistle. Irons has previously been manager of Annan Athletic, Gretna, Greenock Morton, Stenhousemuir and Gretna 2008, and assistant-manager at Carlisle United.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 20 April 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Gretna	6 March 2007	19 February 2008	51	9	13	29	017.6
Greenock Morton	19 February 2008	27 May 2010	102	33	25	44	032.4
Stenhousemuir	30 December 2010	1 July 2012	66	24	13	29	036.4
Stenhousemuir	27 September 2019	20 April 2021	49	14	11	24	028.6
Total			268	80	62	126	029.9

• statistics available from soccerbase.com

Honours

Dunfermline Athletic

• Scottish First Division: 1988–89

Partick Thistle

• Scottish First Division promotion: 1991–92

Gretna

• Scottish First Division: 2006–07