Gary Bollan was born on 24 March 1973 and is a Scottish former professional football player and was most recently the assistant coach at Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
26 Facts About Gary Bollan
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Gary Bollan played for Dundee United, Rangers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, St Johnstone, Livingston, Motherwell, Clyde, Brechin City and Carnoustie Panmure.
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Gary Bollan played for the Scotland national under-21 football team.
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Gary Bollan started his managerial career with his former playing club Livingston, and he has since managed Airdrieonians, Forfar Athletic and Cowdenbeath.
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Gary Bollan sparked interest from Rangers, who signed him in January 1995.
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Gary Bollan spent three years at Ibrox but made only a handful of appearances due to injury.
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Gary Bollan was transferred to St Johnstone in 1998 and spent three years there.
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Gary Bollan returned to Dundee United in February 2003 for a year, before having a brief spell with Motherwell in 2004.
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Gary Bollan made his debut on the opening day of the season, in Clyde's derby win over rivals Partick Thistle.
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Gary Bollan is best known for his time at Broadwood Stadium, when he scored a free-kick from 40 yards to knock Falkirk out of the Scottish Cup.
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Gary Bollan was voted Clyde man of the match in their encounter with Celtic in the latter stages of the competition.
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Gary Bollan was briefly caretaker manager at the end of the season.
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Gary Bollan signed for Brechin in July 2005 but was made available for transfer shortly afterwards.
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In July 2007, Gary Bollan was appointed as Head of Youth Development at Clyde, though he has appeared in the dugout in a coaching role since January 2008, and was in joint-caretaker charge of the team alongside Dougie Bell for two matches after the resignation of Colin Hendry.
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On 14 August 2009, Gary Bollan became the new manager of his former club, Livingston.
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Gary Bollan followed this up by winning it again the following month, winning three out of three in the league.
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Gary Bollan then won Third Division Manager of the Year, after leading his team to promotion by a margin of 15 points.
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Livingston won promotion from the Second Division, but Gary Bollan was sacked by Livingston in February 2012.
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In October 2013, Gary Bollan was appointed manager of Scottish League One club Airdrieonians.
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In May 2014 Gary Bollan's contract was extended until May 2016.
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Gary Bollan guided them back to the third tier via the play-offs in the following season, in which the club led for most of the season before missing out on the final day to Arbroath.
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Gary Bollan took over a struggling club, fighting for existence and relegation from the Scottish Professional Football League.
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Gary Bollan led the club to safety after beating Highland Football League champions Cove Rangers in the Scottish League Two play-offs in May 2018.
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Gary Bollan left Cowdenbeath in October 2021, after the club lost a Scottish Cup tie against Lowland League side Civil Service Strollers.
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Gary Bollan joined Duncan Ferguson at Inverness Caledonian Thistle as a coach in October 2023.
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Gary Bollan left the club along with Ferguson and goalkeeping coach Stuart Garden on 23 October 2024 after the club entered administration.