Duncan Shearer

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Duncan Shearer
Personal information
Full name	Duncan Shearer
Date of birth	August 28, 1962 (1962-08-28) (age 45)
Place of birth	Fort William, Scotland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1982 1983  ????  ????  ???? 1992-1997 1997-2000	Clachnacuddin Chelsea Huddersfield Town Swindon Town Blackburn Rovers Aberdeen Inverness Caledonian Thistle	116 (53)
National team
1994-1995	Scotland	07 00(2)
Teams managed
2004-2008	Buckie Thistle
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Duncan Nicol Shearer (born on 28 August 1962 in Fort William) is a former Scottish footballer and the brother of fellow former player Dave Shearer. He has one son, William Shearer. He played shinty as well as football as a youth and currently works as a delivery driver for Scottish Delivery Company; AJG Parcels.

Contents 1 Playing Career 2 Management Career 3 International Career 4 Delivery Career 5 Notes

[edit] Playing Career

Shearer began his career as a twenty-year-old striker at Highland League club Clachnacuddin. From there, he moved to Chelsea in 1983, before going on to play for a number of English clubs including Huddersfield, Swindon Town and Blackburn Rovers.

In 1992 the powerfully-built forward signed for Aberdeen where he made the biggest impression and was nicknamed "Deadly Dunc" for his strike-rate. He formed partnerships with other strikers such as Eoin Jess, Scott Booth and Billy Dodds during his time at Pittodrie, and made 116 full league appearances, scoring fifty-three goals. In 1995 he won the Scottish League Cup with Aberdeen. He also appeared in the Scottish Cup final in 1993, when the Dons were beaten 2-1 by Rangers.

At the age of 35 he joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 1997, where he played for two and a half seasons, notching up forty-eight appearances and nineteen goals. In season 1999-00 he began to concentrate more on coaching than playing, and was in the dugout when Caley Thistle famously beat Glasgow Celtic 3-1 in the Scottish Cup in 2000.

[edit] Management Career

Shearer later retired from playing and in 2000 he became assistant to then Caley Thistle manager Steve Paterson after the departure of former assistant manager Alex Caldwell to Elgin City. In December 2002 both Paterson and Shearer left Caley Thistle to take up management roles at Aberdeen. However, this did not prove to be a happy homecoming for Shearer, as Aberdeen struggled in the SPL and were put out of the Scottish Cup at the fourth round stage by Livingston. Steve Paterson and Duncan Shearer left the club in 2004.

Shearer was appointed as manager of Highland League side Buckie Thistle in October 2004.

On 20th April 2008, former Aberdeen, Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Scotland international Striker Duncan Shearer was sacked as manager of Buckie Thistle. Shearer was sacked just one day after a dissapointing home defeat to Cove Rangers which all but ended Thistle's hopes of winning the league championship.

During Shearer's reign as manager he managed to win the Aberdeenshire Cup twice and the Aberdeenshire Shield once but in the end it was his failure to win the league which led to his sacking. .^[1]

[edit] International Career

During his playing career Shearer was capped 7 times for Scotland between 1994 and 1995, scoring 2 goals.

[edit] Delivery Career

After his management career ended with the sacking by Buckie Thistle Shearer began working for AJG Parcels as a delivery driver with no current plans to manage again.

[edit] Notes