David Hopkin

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David Hopkin
Personal information
Full name David Hopkin
Date of birth (1970-08-21) 21 August 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Greenock, Scotland
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Livingston (head coach)
Youth career
Port Glasgow Rangers B.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1992 Greenock Morton 48 (4)
1992–1995 Chelsea 41 (1)
1995–1997 Crystal Palace 83 (21)
1997–2000 Leeds United 73 (6)
2000–2001 Bradford City 11 (0)
2001–2002 Crystal Palace 29 (4)
2002–2003 Greenock Morton 6 (1)
Total 291 (37)
International career
1997–1999 Scotland 7 (2)
Managerial career
2003 Greenock Morton (joint caretaker)
2013 Greenock Morton (caretaker)
2015- Livingston
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Hopkin (born 21 August 1970 in Greenock) is a Scottish former professional footballer who is the head coach at Livingston. He was formerly the reserve team manager at Greenock Morton.

As a player he was a midfielder from 1989 until 2003 notably in the English Premier League with spells with Chelsea, Leeds United and Bradford City. He also played in the Football League for Crystal Palace and started and finished his career in his native Scotland with Greenock Morton. He earned 7 caps for Scotland, scoring 2 goals.

Club career

Hopkin started his career at Morton before earning a move to Premier League side Chelsea in 1992. He did not play many games for Chelsea and was later sold to Crystal Palace in 1995 for £850,000 just after their relegation from the Premier League.[1]

At Selhurst Park he wrote himself into Palace folklore by scoring a 90th minute winner in the 1997 Division One Play-off Final against Sheffield United, to put Palace into the Premier League. After two years with Palace, Hopkin moved on to Leeds United and then to their local rivals Bradford City.

He later went on to play for Crystal Palace again before returning to Scotland with his hometown club Greenock Morton in a player/coaching role[2] – however he had to retire in 2003 due to a recurring ankle injury.[3] During his second playing spell at Morton he scored twice, once in the League Cup against St Mirren[4] and once in the league against Gretna.[5]

International career

Hopkin won seven caps for the Scottish national team, scoring twice in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Belarus.[6]

Coaching career

Hopkin and Derek Collins had a brief spell as joint caretaker manager at Morton when they occupied the dugout for a match against Albion Rovers in the 2002/03 season. Hopkin became part of the coaching staff at Maryhill, before returning to Cappielow as the manager of Morton's reserve side alongside Jonatan Johansson.[7]

After Allan Moore was sacked as manager, Hopkin again took interim charge of the first team assisted by Derek Anderson.[8] As well as continuing as manager of the Development squad, he became assistant manager to the newly appointed boss Kenny Shiels. Hopkin took Shiels place as match-day interviewee after Shiels became unable to do so on medical advice.[9] Hopkin resigned as assistant manager of Morton in April 2014.[10]

Hopkin left his post as reserve team manager to become assistant head coach at Livingston to Mark Burchill.[11][12] Hopkin took temporary charge of the Livingston first team, after Burchill left the club, in December 2015.[13] After three games, Livingston appointed Hopkin as head coach until the end of the 2015/16 season.[14]

Managerial statistics

As of 9 January 2016

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Livingston Scotland December 2015 present 4 1 0 3 25.00
  • Statistics include games as caretaker before permanent appointment on 5 January 2016.

References

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