Eddie May

Eddie May (born 30 August 1967) is a Scottish former football player and coach.

Playing career 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.

Coaching career After retiring as a player, May became a coach, developing young players for Falkirk. 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 resigned as Falkirk manager soon afterwards, however, with the team bottom of the SPL.

May returned to football in June 2010, becoming a youth coach with Rangers. He was appointed high performance coach at the University of Stirling in August 2012. May returned to boyhood club Hibernian in August 2014 when he became their academy coaching manager. He was put in caretaker charge of the Hibernian first team in January 2019, after Neil Lennon was suspended by the club. 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. May took charge of four games until Paul Heckingbottom was appointed head coach. He managed one game during this spell, a 4–1 win at St Johnstone.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecordFalkirk23 June 200911 February 2010 Hibernian (caretaker)4 November 2019 15 November 2019 Career Total—

Acting role 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.

Honours Falkirk Scottish Challenge Cup: 1993–94