| Archibald Watson Wright | photo edit | |
|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Scotland |   |
| Date of Birth | 23 November 1924 | |
| Place of Birth | Glasgow | |
| Start Date | 1968 | |
| End Date | 1969 | |
| Biography | 1968-1969 Archie Wright Following lan McNeill’s successful stint as manager the directors appointed Archie Wright on 18th June as manager for season 1968/9. Archie had previous experience as manager of both Airdrie and Clyde. He officially took over the job on Saturday 30th June and his first training session was on Monday 2nd July. He had spent the weekend in a caravan at Rosemarkie with his wife and Chairman Fred Newton where they discussed the plans for the following season and for the period of his 3-year contract. Changed days indeed! He took a handful of training sessions that week before leaving on a pre-arranged holiday (presumably not to Rosemarkie!). Archie saw his new charges start their pre-season friendlies in glamorous fashion as Tommy Docherty took his Rotherham side to Dingwall and gave County a footballing lesson, beating them 3-0 in front of 2500 fans. Following the game, in which Ian Greig broke a bone in his leg, the visitors signed County outside right Ian Marshall. County fielded, the one time to be Partick Thistle player coach, David McFarland, at inside right as a trialist however he was not to sign for the County. County’s first competitive game under Wright was a 2-0 League win over Nairn, with this team Morrison, Borley. Robinson, Brett, MacMillan, MacKenzie, Murray, Davidson, Lynas, Hosie, MacMillan sub Bannerman. The goals came from Jim Lynas and Ian Davidson. County won the Highland League Cup under Wright thanks to a 2-0 win over Peterhead in the final and further success was approaching as the club qualified for the Scottish Cup after beating Clach 2-1 in a Qualifying Cup Quarter final replay at Grant Street. Unfortunately there was to be no cup run as the club lost 6-1 away to Alloa Athletic at Recreation Park Archie’s last game in charge was a 3-1 loss to Nairn County on 5th April in the semifinal of the North of Scotland Cup ending our chances of any more silverware that season. There were 9 league games left in the season. In his 21 games in charge in the League County had gathered 29 points, scoring 57 goals and conceding 21. | |