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George Burley (born June 3 , 1956 in the Scottish town of Cumnock in Ayrshire ) is an ex- Footballer . He is currently the Manager of Southampton in the Football League Championship . Burley started his playing career as an apprentice at Ipswich Town , before moving to Sunderland after 13 years and over 500 appearances for the Suffolk club. Subsequently, he played for Gillingham and Motherwell , before becoming player/manager of Ayr United . In 1993 he moved to Falkirk as a player, before returning to Motherwell. In 1994 he returned to East Anglia as player/manager of Colchester United . Just six months later he was appointed manager at his former club, Ipswich Town with Dale Roberts as his assistant, having had illegal talks with Town without Colchester United knowing (compensation was duly paid). During an eight-year reign he won promotion to the FA Premier League via the Play-offs at Wembley , where he guided the unfancied Ipswich to a fifth place finish and qualification for the UEFA Cup . Relegation the following season saw Burley's side struggling at the foot of Football League First Division and his contract was terminated by mutual agreement in 2002 . In 2003 , he became interim manager of Derby County while permanent manager John Gregory was suspended. He halted Derby's alarming slide towards the relegation zone of the Football League Championship (just one season after relegation from the FA Premier League) and kept the club up comfortably. Burley was then appointed manager permanently when Gregory was sacked. The following season ( 2003-2004 ) was often a struggle, with Derby actually finishing a place lower than the season before, but there were signs of improvement. This showed through in the 2004-2005 season when, despite spending no money on new players, Burley transformed Derby from relegation contenders to a fourth place finish and play-off semi-finalists. However, things were not as happy as they seemed on the surface with Burley's relationship with Director Of Football Murdo Mackay and the club's board (who sold star player Tom Huddlestone without informing Burley) being very strained. After days of speculation and Mudslinging , Burley announced his resignation from Derby in June 2005 . He was then appointed manager of . George Burley was appointed as Southampton's Head Coach on December 22 , 2005 following the departure of Harry Redknapp ; the club's technical director, Clive Woodward , was moved sideways to a newly created post of director of football as part of restructuring following Burley's appointment.
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