Tony Gervaise

Tony Gervaise
Personal information
Date of birth	10 May 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Paisley, Scotland
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Ayr United Under 14s coach
Senior career*
Years	Team
1977–1984	Clydebank
1984–1985	Hamilton Academical
1985–1986	Queen of the South
1986–1987	Stranraer
Total
Managerial career
1987–?	Clydebank (assistant)
2001–2004	Scotland women (assistant)
2005–2008	Scotland women U15, U17 & U19 (manager)
2008–2009	Arsenal Ladies (assistant)
2009–2010	Arsenal Ladies (manager)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tony Gervaise (born 10 May 1955, in Paisley) is a Scottish association football former player turned women's football coach. He is a former manager of Arsenal Ladies, having succeeded Vic Akers in 2009.

Career

Gervaise played as a left back, with a professional^{[citation needed]} career in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League at clubs Clydebank, Hamilton Academical, Queen of the South and Stranraer between 1977 and 1987. At Queens he was signed by manager Nobby Clark under whom Gervaise played in a successful promotion campaign.^[1] He made a career total of 208 league appearances, scoring 2 goals.^[2]

After retiring as a player, Gervaise was an assistant coach at Clydebank, helping the club reach the Scottish Cup semi-finals in 1990.^[3] He later joined the Scottish Football Association's Women's Section, and in 2001 he became assistant coach of the Scottish women's national team.^[3] In 2004, he became Head of Youth Development at the SFA, and the following year took over the Scottish U-15, U-17 and U-19 girls' sides.^[4]

In 2008, he moved south of the border to become Arsenal Ladies' assistant manager, alongside Vic Akers.^[4] The following year he succeeded Akers as manager after the latter's retirement.^[5] He resigned after just 20 games, claiming there was a lack of clarity about who was in charge.^[6]