Alan Archibald

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rdf:langString Alan Archibald

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rdf:langString Archibald is interviewed by Chick Young of BBC Radio Scotland.

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rdf:langString Alan Archibald (born 13 December 1977) is a Scottish football coach and former player. Archibald, who played as a defender, has been associated with Partick Thistle for most of his career. Beginning his professional career with the club as a teenager, he went on to make 423 appearances for Thistle in two spells, placing him tenth on the club's all-time list of most appearances. His only other professional club was Dundee United, where he played between 2003 and 2007 before rejoining Thistle. Archibald also played five times for the Scotland national under-21 team. Following his retirement from playing, Archibald became Partick Thistle manager in 2013 and went on to win the Scottish Football League First Division title that year. Thistle stayed in the top flight for four seasons under Archibald, but the club were relegated in 2018, he was kept on as manager despite relegation but on 6 October 2018 he was sacked as manager after a poor start to their Scottish Championship campaign. In total, as both a player and manager, Archibald achieved three league divisional titles and promotions with Partick Thistle. In September 2019, less than a year after his sacking, Archibald returned to Thistle as assistant manager to Ian McCall and after an initial difficult spell, Thistle won the Scottish League One title for 2020–21, Archibald's fourth overall promotion involvement at the club.