Stuart Murdoch (football manager)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | September 2, 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2002–2004 | Wimbledon | ||
| 2004 | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
| 2006 | Bournemouth (caretaker) | ||
Stuart Murdoch (born September 2, 1955) is a football coach. He is perhaps best known for his spell as manager of Wimbledon between May 2002 and June 2004, during which time the team moved to Milton Keynes in 2003. Wimbledon were renamed Milton Keynes Dons by the new owner in 2004 and Murdoch remained in charge until November of that year.
Murdoch worked with Glenn Roeder at Watford before moving to Wimbledon in 1996 as goalkeeping coach.
He was appointed as manager of Wimbledon in June 2002 after a successful spell as caretaker. He replaced Terry Burton, who had criticised the club's owners over the proposed move to Milton Keynes. Murdoch led Wimbledon to tenth in the First Division in the 2002–03 season, despite a number of supporters boycotting Wimbledon's matches in protest against the proposed move. At the end of the season, the club was placed into administration and a number of the club's players were sold off.
Murdoch remained in charge at Wimbledon throughout the 2003–04 season. The club moved to the former National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes, and were relegated, finishing bottom of the First Division and suffered the longest run of defeats at this level. In the summer, the club was renamed Milton Keynes Dons but the club's on-pitch fortunes remained poor. Murdoch was fired in November 2004, with the club in the relegation zone of League One.
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