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About Brian Fairley
- Brian Fairley (born 18 April 1959 in Falkirk) is a Scottish former association football manager. His coaching career began at Whitburn Juniors before going on to manage Stenhousemuir, however after a dispute with the board over a signing he resigned in October 2001.
- He then took over at Scottish Junior club Bo'ness United, but controversially resigned on the eve of a Scottish Junior Cup semifinal in March 2003 to become the manager at Dumbarton, along with assistant Allan McGonigal.
- At the time Dumbarton were in relegation trouble in the Scottish Second Division, but with only 6 games to go of the season he turned fortunes around and kept the club in the league, including a 4-1 win over league winners Raith Rovers. Fairley led the club to 3rd place in the same league the following season in his only full season in charge.
- Narrowly missing out on automatic promotion on the last day of the season to 2nd placed Hamilton Academical by 2 points.
- Dumbarton were unable to repeat that success the following season and Fairley resigned in December 2004.
- He joined league rivals Forfar Athletic, and kept the Angus club in the Scottish Second Division at the end of season 2004-05 but resigned shortly into the next season citing work and family commitments.In May 2008 he was appointed as manager of Linlithgow Rose.
- He resigned from his position at the end of February 2009 following a poor run of results.
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