14 Facts About Stewart Houston

Stewart Mackie Houston was born on 20 August 1949 and is a Scottish former football player and coach who played as a left-back.

Stewart Houston made one appearance for the Scotland national team in 1975.

Stewart Houston was George Graham's assistant at Arsenal and caretaker manager after the sackings of Graham and his replacement Bruce Rioch, and later manager of Queens Park Rangers.

Stewart Houston then had spells as the first-team coach at Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur and Walsall.

Stewart Houston joined Sheffield United in 1980, before ending his playing career with Colchester United in 1986.

Stewart Houston played international football for Scotland, making one appearance in 1975 against Denmark.

Stewart Houston was assistant manager to George Graham at Arsenal in 1990, and was twice the club's caretaker-manager: first for three months in 1995 after Graham's sacking in February 1995.

Stewart Houston took his team to the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, but the Gunners lost to a last-minute goal from Nayim.

Arsenal appointed Bruce Rioch in the summer of 1995, but Stewart Houston stayed on as his assistant.

Just over a year after his appointment, Rioch was sacked, and Stewart Houston was reappointed as caretaker.

Stewart Houston then went to Ipswich Town as George Burley's first team coach, but was later reunited with George Graham in March 1999 when Graham appointed him assistant manager at Tottenham Hotspur.

Stewart Houston was fired two weeks after Graham was sacked in March 2001.

Stewart Houston then spent a brief period as first-team coach of Walsall.

Stewart Houston worked as a scout for Arsenal from 2008 to 2020.