Skysports.com look back at George Burley's career as both a player and manager following his sacking.
Skysports.com looks back on the career of departed Scotland boss
The Scottish Football Association has confirmed the departure of George Burley as Scotland manager.
Skysports.com look back at his career as both a player and manager.
1956: Born June 3, in Cumnock, Ayrshire.
1972: Joins Ipswich as an apprentice.
1973: Makes senior debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford, and given the job of marking George Best.
1978: Member of the Ipswich side that upset the odds to defeat Arsenal 1-0 in FA Cup final.
1981: Injury forces him out of Ipswich's UEFA Cup final triumph over AZ Alkmaar. But Town miss out on First Division title on last day, finishing runners-up to Aston Villa and beaten by Manchester City in FA Cup semi-final.
1985: Joins Sunderland after making 500 appearances for Ipswich.
1988: Joins Gillingham.
1989: Joins Motherwell.
1990: Appointed player-manager of Ayr United.
1993: Moves to Falkirk as a player before returning to Motherwell as player-coach.
1994: June - Crosses border again to become player-manager of Colchester and makes promising start at Layer Road.
December - Returns to Ipswich four days after resigning at Colchester. 1999-
2000: Ipswich miss out on automatic promotion on last day of season. Defeat Bolton 5-3 on aggregate to finally make it to Wembley play-off final where they beat Barnsley 4-2.
2000-01: Finish fifth in Premier League to earn a place in the UEFA Cup - only missing out on a Champions League spot on the final day of the season. Named manager of the year by the League Managers' Association.
2001-02: Despite wins over Torpedo Moscow and Helsingborg, UEFA Cup adventure ends with a 4-1 defeat in the San Siro at the hands of Inter Milan. Ipswich make a terrible start to the league campaign and relegation is confirmed on the final day of the season with a 5-0 loss at Liverpool.
2002: Ipswich win a place in the UEFA Cup through the Fair Play League but, after winning their first two Division One games, Town's league form slumps, with a 3-0 defeat at Grimsby a low point.
October 11 - With Ipswich 19th in the table, Burley is sacked.
October 30 - Turns down Stoke job and Tony Pulis is appointed instead.
2003: March 31 - Appointed as interim manager of Derby.
May 6 - Signs a two-year contract with the Rams.
2004: May - Derby escape relegation from Division One by a point.
2005: June 7 - Resigns as manager of Derby.
June 30 - Appointed head coach at Scottish Premier League club Hearts, who start the season with eight consecutive league wins.
October 21 - Lithuanian businessman Vladimir Romanov takes his shareholding in the club to 55%. Burley says: "It's great news. One of the reasons I came to Hearts was after going to Lithuania to speak to Mr Romanov."
October 22 - With Hearts three points clear of Celtic at the top of the table,
Burley parts company with the club following a disagreement with Romanov.
December 22 - Southampton announce Burley will be their new head coach.
2007: May 15 - Leads Southampton to the Championship play-offs after finishing sixth. Saints go out on penalties to eventual play-off winners Derby.
2008: January 23 - The Scottish Football Association offer Burley the job of Scotland manager. Southampton agree to release Burley after settling on compensation with the SFA.
January 24 - Burley is unveiled as Scotland manager, stating: "My dream is to qualify for the World Cup."
March 26 - Encouraging start to Scotland reign sees Burley mastermind a 1-1 friendly draw with European Championship finalists Croatia at Hampden.
September 6 - Scotland suffer the worst possible start to their World Cup qualifying campaign, going down 1-0 in the heat of Macedonia.
September 9 - Burley records his first win in charge at the fifth attempt, Scotland getting their World Cup qualification bid back on track with a 2-1 victory in Iceland.
October 12 - Kris Boyd announces he will not play for Scotland again while Burley is in charge, having completed only 28 minutes of action under him.
Burley calls a press conference 24 hours later in which he questions Boyd's commitment.
2009: April 1 - Drops captain Barry Ferguson and goalkeeper Allan McGregor for the World Cup qualifier with Iceland for a "breach of discipline" after both are involved in a drinking session at the team hotel following the 3-0 defeat in Holland. Scotland beat Iceland 2-1.
April 3 - Ferguson and McGregor are banned from ever representing Scotland again after being photographed appearing to flick V-signs while sat on the bench during the win over Iceland.
August 12 - Scotland are thrashed 4-0 in Norway to leave their World Cup qualifying hopes hanging by a thread.
September 9 - Scotland miss out on the play-offs after a 1-0 defeat by Holland at Hampden consigns them to third place in Group Nine.
September 15 - The SFA confirm Burley will remain as Scotland manager.
October 10 - After a host of withdrawals, Scotland slump to a 2-0 defeat in a friendly against Japan.
November 14 - Scotland fans turn on Burley and demand his dismissal after witnessing a 3-0 defeat in Wales.
November 16 - The SFA confirm they have parted company with Burley and the search begins for a new manager.
