Billy Lamont

Billy Lamont
Personal information
Date of birth	12 May 1936
Place of birth	Larkhall, Scotland
Date of death	October 2021 (aged 85)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Bellshill Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team
1958–1962	Albion Rovers
1962–1963	Cheltenham Town
1963–1969	Hamilton Academical
1969–1970	Albion Rovers
1971–1972	Hamilton Academical
Total
Managerial career
1969	Hamilton Academical
1977–1981	East Stirlingshire
1981–1984	Dumbarton
1984–1987	Falkirk
1987–1988	Partick Thistle
1989–1990	Falkirk
1990–1993	Dumbarton
1993–1995	Alloa Athletic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Billy Lamont (12 May 1936 – October 2021) was a Scottish football player and manager.

Born in Larkhall, Lamont played as a goalkeeper for Bellshill Athletic, Cheltenham Town, Hamilton Academical and Albion Rovers.

He managed Hamilton during his first spell as a player there. After retiring as a player, Lamont managed East Stirlingshire. Lamont enjoyed some success with the club, guiding them to promotion in 1979–80 and a place in the quarter-finals of the 1980–81 Scottish Cup.^[3] He then managed Dumbarton and guided them to near the top of the Scottish First Division in the 1983–84 season, but left the club in February 1984 to manage Falkirk.^[4]

Lamont guided Falkirk to promotion to the Scottish Premier Division in 1985–86, but then left the club in February 1987 because he believed that the club needed a full-time manager to compete in the Premier Division and he was unwilling to relinquish his other job.^[5] After leaving Falkirk, Lamont then managed Partick Thistle.^[6] He returned to Falkirk in November 1989 on a part-time basis,^[5] but was sacked a few months later after the club was taken over by new owners.^[7] Lamont then returned to Dumbarton. In season 1991-92 Billy successfully led Dumbarton to the First Division by winning the Scottish Second Division^[8] and later managed Alloa Athletic.

After retiring from the game, Lamont resided in Spain. He died in October 2021, at the age of 85.^[9]

Honours

East Stirlingshire

Scottish Second Division promotion: 1979–80

Dumbarton

Stirlingshire Cup: 1982–83, 1990–91
Scottish Second Division: 1991–92

Falkirk

Scottish First Division promotion: 1985–86

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "ALBION ROVERS : 1946/47 – 2011/12". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b "HAMILTON ACADEMICAL : 1946/47 – 2011/12". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ "1970–2000". eaststirlingshirefc.com. East Stirlingshire FC. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ Reynolds, Jim (29 February 1984). "Lamont is new Falkirk manager". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b Paul, Ian (24 November 1989). "Question of who is the big chief". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ "Lamont to lead Thistle revival". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. 16 April 1987. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ McKinlay, Hugh (20 April 1990). "Lamont is sacked by Falkirk". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ "Lamont back at the helm". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. 24 April 1990. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ Hutson, Darin (9 October 2021). "Ex-Falkirk and East Stirlingshire manager Billy Lamont dies at age of 85". The Falkirk Herald.