Davie Cooper



Davie CooperBorn in Hamilton, Davie Cooper joined Motherwell in 1989 for £50,000, having lost his place at Rangers and seemingly nearing the end of a most successful career which brought a whole array of honours. It was not to be and in his twilight years at Fir Park he revealed himself to be a quite extraordinary player whose guile and skill more than made up for advancing years. Cooper was clearly a match winner, a skilled craftsman and an almost unique talent. His Rangers career spanned 12 years, many of there fans would bemoan such a loss of the talented midfield player. Davie was a tremendous talent, not only did he possess exceptional set piece talent and passing ability he proved to be a real wizard on the ball.

For Tommy McLean to have landed such a prestigious and obvious talent for only £50,000 was a coup. He won a Scottish Cup medal whilst at Fir Park and resurrected his international career. Tragically, Davie died shortly after leaving Motherwell, whilst playing for Clydebank and filming a kids TV football series. It is no exaggeration to say that the Scottish nation was both stunned and deeply saddened by his untimely death.

Name: Davie Cooper
Height: 5′ 8″
Weight: 12st 5lbs
Date of Birth: 25th February 1956
Place of Birth: Hamilton
Position: Winger
Nationality: Scotland

Football Career:

Clydebank 1974 1977
Rangers 1977 1989
Motherwell 1989 1994
Clydebank 1994 1995

Well Career:

Apps Goals
League:
147 (10) 17
Scottish Cup:
10 1
League Cup:
6 (1) 0
Other:
2 0
Total:
165 (11) 18