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Bruce Rioch
Bruce Rioch
Personal information
Full name: Bruce David Rioch
Date of birth: 6 September 1947 (1947-09-06) (age 78)
Place of birth:    Aldershot, Flag of England England
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position: Midfielder
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
1964–1969
1969–1974
1974–1976
1976–1977
1977–1979
1978
1979
1980–1981
1981–1984
Flag of England Luton Town
Flag of England Aston Villa
Flag of England Derby County
Flag of England Everton
Flag of England Derby County
Flag of England Birmingham City (loan)
Flag of England Sheffield United (loan)
Flag of United States Seattle Sounders
Flag of England Torquay United
149 0(47)
154 0(34)
106 0(34)
030 00(3)
041 00(4)
0000(0)
0000(1)
046 00(4)
071 00(6)   
National team
1975-1978 Flag of Scotland Scotland 024 00(6)
Teams managed
1982-1984
1985
1986–1990
1990–1992
1992–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1998–2000
2000–2001
2005–2007
2008
Flag of England Torquay United
Flag of United States Seattle Storm
Flag of England Middlesbrough
Flag of England Millwall
Flag of England Bolton Wanderers
Flag of England Arsenal
Flag of England Queens Park Rangers (assistant manager)
Flag of England Norwich City
Flag of England Wigan Athletic
Flag of Denmark Odense Boldklub
Flag of Denmark Aalborg BK

Bruce David Rioch (born 6 September 1947) is a football manager and former player for the Scotland national team. His last managerial post was at Aalborg BK in the Danish Superliga in 2008.

As a player, he made more than 550 appearances in the Football League and, by virtue of his father's birthplace, represented Scotland in 24 matches; he became the first player born in England to captain Scotland. As a manager, he has taken charge of clubs in England, the United States, and Denmark. His brother Neil, son Gregor and nephew Matty Holmes were also professional footballers.

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Middlesbrough Football Club - Managers

J.Robson (1899–1905) • Mackie (1905–06) • Aitken (1906–09) • Gunter (1909–10) • Walker (1910–11) • McIntosh (1911–19) • Howie (1920–23) • Bamlett (1923–26) • McWilliam (1927–34) • Gillow (1934–44) • Jack (1944–52) • Rowley (1952–54) • Dennison (1954–63) • Carter (1963–66) • Anderson (1966–73) • Charlton (1973–77) • Neal (1977–81) • Murdoch (1981–82) • Allison (1982–84) • Maddren (1984–86) • Rioch (1986–90) • Todd (1990–91) • Lawrence (1991–94) • B.Robson (1994–2001) • Venables (2001) • McClaren (2001–06) • Southgate (2006–09) • Strachan (2009–10) • Mowbray (2010–13) • Karanka (2013–17) • Agnew (2017) • Monk (2017) • Pulis (2017–19) • Woodgate (2019–20) • Warnock (2020–21) • Wilder (2021–22) • Carrick (2022–25) • Rob Edwards (2025)

Millwall Football Club - Managers

Kidds (1890–99) · Stophers (1899–00) · Saunderss (1900–10) · Lipsham (1911–18) · Hunter (1918–33) · McCracken (1933–36) · Hewitt (1936–39) · Voisey (1940–44) · Cock (1944–48) · Hewitt (1948– 55) · R. Gray (1956–58) · Seed (1958–59) · Smith (1959–61) · R. Gray (1961–63) · W. Gray (1963–66) · Fenton (1966–74) · Jago (1974– 77) · Foleyc (1977) · Petchey (1978–80) · Longc (1980) · Anderson (1980–82) · Kitchenerc (1982) · Graham (1982–86) · Docherty (1986–90) · Pearsonc (1990) · Rioch (1990–92) · McCarthy (1992–96) · Evansc (1996) · Nicholl (1996–97) · Docherty (1997) · Bonds (1997–98) · Stevens (1998–99) · Stevens & McLeary (1999–2000) · Gritt & Harfordc (2000) · McGhee (2000–03) · Wise (2003–05) · Claridge (2005) · Lee (2005) · Tuttle (2005–06) · Burns & McLearyc (2006) · Spackman (2006) · Donachie (2006–07) · Shaw & Westc (2007) · Jackett (2007–13) · Lomas (2013) · Harris & Fitzgeraldc (2013–14) · Holloway (2014–15) · Harris (2015–19) · Barrettc (2019) · Rowett (2019–23) · Edwards (2023–24) · Harris (2024–)

Bolton Wanderers Football Club - Managers

Rawthorne (1874–85s) · Bentley (1885–86s) · Struthers (1886–87s) · Norris (1887s) · Bentley (1887–95s) · Downs (1895–96s) · Brettell (1896–98s) · Somerville (1898–1910) · Settle (1910–15) · Mather (1915–19) · Foweraker (1919–44) · Rowley (1944–50) · Ridding (1950–68) · Lofthouse (1968–70) · McIlroy (1970) · Meadows (1970) · Lofthouse (1971) · Armfield (1971–74) · Greaves (1974–80) · Anderson (1980–81) · Mulhall (1981–82) · McGovern (1982–85) · Wright (1985) · Neal (1985–92) · Rioch (1992–95) · McFarland (1995–96) · Todd (1996–99) · Allardyce (1999–2007) · Lee (2007) · Megson (2007–09) · Coyle (2010–12) · Freedman (2012–14) · Lennon (2014–2016) · Parkinson (2016–2019) · Hill (2019–2020) · Evatt (2020–)

Arsenal Football Club - Managers

Mitchell (1897–1898) · Elcoat (1898–1899) · Bradshaw (1899–1904) · Kelso (1904–1908) · Morrell (1908–1915) · McEwen (1915–1919c) · Knighton (1919–1925) · Chapman (1925–1934) · Shaw (1934c) · Allison (1934–1947) · Whittaker (1947–1956) · Crayston (1956–1958) · Swindin (1958–1962) · Wright (1962–1966) · Mee (1966–1976) · Neill (1976–1983) · Howe (1983–1986) · Burtenshaw (1986c) · Graham (1986–1995) · Houston (1995c) · Rioch (1995–1996) · Houston (1996c) · Rice (1996c) · Wenger (1996–2018) · Emery (2018–19) · Ljungberg (2019c) · Arteta (2019–)

Norwich City Football Club - Managers

Bowman (1905–07) · McEwen (1907–08) · Turner (1909–10) · Stansfield (1910–15) · Buckley (1919–20) · O'Hagan (1920–21) · Gosnell (1921–26) · Stansfield (1926) · Potter (1926–29) · Kerr (1929–33) · Parker (1933–37) · Young (1937–38) · Jewell (1939) · Young (1939–45) · Lochhead (1945–46) · Spiers (1946–47) · Lochhead (1947–50) · Low (1950–55) · Parker (1955–57) · Macaulay (1957–61) · Reid (1961–62) · Swindin (1962) · Ashman (1962–1966) · Morgan (1966–69) · Saunders (1969–73) · Bond (1973–80) · Brown (1980–87) · Stringer (1987–92) · Williams (1992) · Walker (1992–94) · Deehan (1994–95) · O'Neill (1995) · Franklin (1995) · Megson (1995–96) · Walker (1996–98) · Faulkner (1998) · Rioch (1998–2000) · Hamilton (2000) · Worthington (2000–06) · Hunter (2006) · Grant (2006–07) · Duffy (2007) · Roeder (2007–09) · Gunn (2009) · Butterworth (2009) · Lambert (2009–12) · Hughton (2012–14) · Adams (2014–15) · Neil (2015–2017) · Irvine (17) · Farke (2017–2021) · Smith (2021–22) · Wagner (2023–24) · Thorup (2024–25) · Wilsherec (2025) · Manning (2025) · Clement (2025–)

Wigan Athletic Football Club - Managers

Spencer (1932–37) · Milne (1946–47) · Pryde (1949–52) · Goodier (1952–54) · Crook (1954–55) · Suart (1955–56) · Cook (1956) · Barkas (1957) · Hitchen (1957–58) · Barrass (1958–59) · Shirley (1959) · Murphy (1959–60) · Chilton (1960) · Ball (1960–63) · Brown (1963–66) · Craig (1966–67) · Leyland (1967–68) · Saunders (1968) · McNeill (1968–70) · Milne (1970–72) · Rigby (1972–74) · Tiler (1974–76) · McNeill (1976–81) · Eyre (1981) · Lloyd (1981–83) · Charlton (1983) · McNally (1983–85) · Hamilton (1985–86) · Mathias (1986–89) · Hamilton (1989–93) · Philpotts (1993) · Swain (1993–94) · Barrow (1994–95) · Cribley (1995) · Deehan (1995–98) · Mathias (1998–99) · Benson (1999–2000) · Rioch (2000–01) · Greenall (2001) · Bruce (2001) · Jewell (2001–07) · Hutchings (2007) · Barlow (2007) · Bruce (2007–09) · Martínez (2009–13) · Coyle (2013) · Barrow (2013) · Rösler (2013–14) · Mackay (2014–15) · Caldwell (2015–16) · Joyce (2016–17) · Barrow (2017) · Cook (2017–20) · Richardson (2020) · Sheridan (2020) · Richardson (2020–22) · Kelly (2022) · Touré (2022–23) · Maloney (2023–)

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1. Rough 2. Jardine 3. Donachie 4. Buchan 5. McQueen 6. Rioch 7. Masson 8. Dalglish 9. Jordan 10. Hartford 11. Johnston 12. Blyth 13. Kennedy 14. Forsyth 15. Gemmill 16. Macari 17. Johnstone 18. Souness 19. Robertson 20. Clark 21. Harper 22. Burns Manager:  Flag of Scotland Ally MacLeod