Eddie May (Scottish footballer)

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.^[4]

After retiring as a player, May became a coach, developing young players for Falkirk.^[5] May was appointed as the manager of Falkirk in June 2009, with former player Steven Pressley and Alex Smith assisting him.^[5][6] 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.^[7] May developed a reputation for being brutally honest during his spell in charge at Falkirk.^[7] May resigned as Falkirk manager soon afterwards, however, with the team bottom of the SPL.^[8]

May returned to football in June 2010, becoming a youth coach with Rangers.^[9] He was appointed high performance coach at the University of Stirling in August 2012.^[10][11] May returned to boyhood club Hibernian in August 2014 when he became their academy coaching manager.^[12] He was put in caretaker charge of the Hibernian first team in January 2019, after Neil Lennon was suspended by the club.^[13] 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.^[14] May took charge of four games until Paul Heckingbottom was appointed head coach.^[15] May was again placed in caretaker charge in November 2019, after Heckingbottom was sacked.^[16] He managed one game during this spell, a 4–1 win at St Johnstone.

As of match played 9 November 2019

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Falkirk		23 June 2009	11 February 2010	27	4	8	15	18	43	−25	014.81	[3]
Hibernian (caretaker)		26 January 2019	13 February 2019	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	050.00	[17][15]
Hibernian (caretaker)		4 November 2019	15 November 2019	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Career Total				32	7	8	17	29	50	−21	021.88	—

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.

Falkirk

• Scottish Challenge Cup: 1993–94^[18]

• Jeffrey, Jim (2005). The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3091-2.

• Eddie May at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database