| Eddie May | |
| Fullname: | Edward Skillion May |
| Birth Date: | 30 August 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Hibernian (head of academy coaching) |
| Youthclubs1: | Hutchison Vale |
| Youthyears2: | 1984–1985 |
| Youthclubs2: | Dundee United |
| Years1: | 1985–1989 |
| Caps1: | 109 |
| Goals1: | 10 |
| Clubs1: | Hibernian |
| Years2: | 1989–1990 |
| Caps2: | 47 |
| Goals2: | 10 |
| Clubs2: | Brentford |
| Years3: | 1990–1994 |
| Caps3: | 153 |
| Goals3: | 22 |
| Clubs3: | Falkirk |
| Years4: | 1994–1999 |
| Caps4: | 109 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Clubs4: | Motherwell |
| Years5: | 1999–2001 |
| Caps5: | 30 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2001 |
| Caps6: | 6 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Clubs6: | Airdrieonians |
| Years7: | 2001 |
| Clubs7: | Western Knights |
| Years8: | 2001–2002 |
| Caps8: | 6 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Clubs8: | Berwick Rangers |
| Years9: | 2002–2004 |
| Caps9: | 5 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Clubs9: | Falkirk |
| Nationalyears1: | 1988–1989 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scotland U21[1] |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 2009–2010 |
| Managerclubs1: | Falkirk[2] |
| Manageryears2: | 2019 |
| Managerclubs2: | Hibernian (caretaker) |
| Manageryears3: | 2019 |
| Managerclubs3: | Hibernian (caretaker) |
Eddie May (born 30 August 1967) is a Scottish former football player and coach.
He played as a midfielder and full back for several clubs, including Hibernian, Falkirk and Motherwell during the 1980s and 1990s. When he joined Brentford in July 1989, May's £167,000 transfer fee was a then-club record.[3]
After retiring as a player, May became a coach, developing young players for Falkirk. May was appointed as the manager of Falkirk in June 2009, with former player Steven Pressley and Alex Smith assisting him.[4] [5] His first competitive game was a 1–0 victory over FC Vaduz in the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds, although Falkirk eventually lost their first ever European tie 2–1 on aggregate, becoming the first British club to lose a European tie to a club from Liechtenstein. May developed a reputation for being brutally honest during his spell in charge at Falkirk.[6] May resigned as Falkirk manager soon afterwards, however, with the team bottom of the SPL.[7]
May returned to football in June 2010, becoming a youth coach with Rangers.[8] He was appointed high performance coach at the University of Stirling in August 2012.[9] [10] May returned to boyhood club Hibernian in August 2014 when he became their academy coaching manager.[11] He was put in caretaker charge of the Hibernian first team in January 2019, after Neil Lennon was suspended by the club.[12] After his first game in charge, May said that he was not interested in becoming a manager again because he had not enjoyed that role at Falkirk.[13] May took charge of four games until Paul Heckingbottom was appointed head coach. May was again placed in caretaker charge in November 2019, after Heckingbottom was sacked.[14] He managed one game during this spell, a 4–1 win at St Johnstone.
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falkirk | 23 June 2009 | 11 February 2010 | ||||||||||
| Hibernian (caretaker) | 26 January 2019 | 13 February 2019 | [15] [16] | |||||||||
| Hibernian (caretaker) | 4 November 2019 | 15 November 2019 | ||||||||||
| Career Total | — | |||||||||||
May appeared for a brief goal in Rangers colours in the movie A Shot at Glory which also starred Robert Duvall, Ally McCoist, Brian Cox, Michael Keaton and Owen Coyle.
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