Graham Alexander

Where is Graham Alexander now?

One of the few footballers to have made over 1,000 professional appearances, Graham Alexander hung up his boots in April 2012 after a season at Preston North End.

Over a 24-year career he only played for five clubs, mostly in the second-tier, but had one season in the Premier League with Burnley where he became the oldest player to make his debut in the league and the oldest player to score.

He also represented the Scotland national side on 40 occasions.

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Upon retiring from playing, Alexander stayed on at Preston North End where he was appointed as head of youth development.

However, he was only in the role a matter of months before he was appointed as the new manager at League Two side Fleetwood Town.

Despite guiding his Fleetwood team to League One through the play-offs in his second season in charge he was sacked in September 2015 after a terrible start to the season with only two wins in ten games.

In March 2016 he made a return to football when he joined struggling League One side Scunthorpe United as manager and under his stewardship ‘The Iron‘ made a dramatic transformation on the pitch winning seven and drawing one of their remaining nine games of the season, narrowly missing out on a play-off final place.

A third place finish in 2016/17 preceded a great start to the 2017/18 season but his Scunthorpe side endured a run of eight games without a win and he was sacked in March 2018 with his side still in a respectable fifth position in the league.

Two months later he returned to management when he was appointed in his current role as manager of newly promoted National Conference side Salford City.

In his first season in charge he took Salford into League Two via the play-off finals which is the highest level of football the club had ever played. His second season could also be looked upon as a success with his side reaching the EFL Trophy final (which was cancelled because of the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic) and finishing a respectable 11th in the league.

After an unbeaten start to the 2020-21 campaign, Alexander was controversially sacked as manager by the Salford board after just five games as they felt that the team’s style of football didn’t meet match expectations.

However, he wasn’t out of football management for long and was appointed manager of Scottish Premiership side Motherwell in January 2021. Unfortunately Alexander’s tenure at the club wasn’t a success and after recording just five wins in his last 23 competitive games he was sacked in July 2022.

He then joined League Two side MK Dons as head coach in May 2023 but his tenure only lasted 16 games before he was sacked in October 2023 after an eight-game winless streak.

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Graham Alexander: Premier League Statistics

NationalityScottish
PositionMidfielder
Appearances33
Goals7
Yellow Cards3
Red Cards0
Premier League Teams Played forBurnley

Statistics courtesy of www.premierleague.com

Last Updated on 16 October 2023 by Admin