Alan Archibald

Alan Archibald (born 13 December 1977) is a Scottish football coach and former player, who is currently assistant coach at Rangers. 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. Archibald returned to Partick Thistle a year later, as assistant manager to Ian McCall. They both left the club in February 2023. In total, as both a player and coach, Archibald has achieved four divisional titles and promotions with Partick Thistle.