Stewart Houston

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Stewart Houston
Personal information
Full name	Stewart Houston
Date of birth	August 20, 1949
Place of birth	Dunoon, Scotland
Position	n/a
Club information
Current club	None
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
	Chelsea Brentford Manchester United Sheffield United Colchester United	205 (13)
National team
1975	Scotland	1 (0)
Teams managed
Feb-Jun 1995 Aug-Sep 1996 1996-1997	Arsenal (caretaker manager) Arsenal (caretaker manager) Queens Park Rangers
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Stewart Houston (born August 20, 1949, in Dunoon, Scotland) is a Scottish football player and coach.

As a player, Houston played at left back for Chelsea, Brentford, Manchester United, Sheffield United and Colchester United. At Manchester United, he made 250 appearances (including 2 substitute appearances) and scored 16 goals. He also played international football for Scotland, making one international appearance.

Houston was assistant manager to George Graham at Arsenal from 1986, and was twice the club's caretaker-manager: first for three months in 1995 after Graham's sacking in February 1995. Houston took his team to the final of the Cup Winners' Cup, but the Gunners lost to a spectacular last-minute goal from Nayim.

Arsenal appointed Bruce Rioch in the summer of 1995, but Houston remained on as his assistant. Just over a year after his appointment, Rioch was sacked, and Houston was reappointed as caretaker, while Rioch's designated successor, Arsène Wenger, waited to finish his contract at Grampus Eight. However, Houston did not wait for Wenger's arrival, resigning his Arsenal post in mid-September to take over as manager of Queens Park Rangers, with Rioch becoming his assistant.

QPR, who had just been relegated to Division One, were aiming for a return to the Premiership, but Houston's spell at the club was not a success; he was sacked as manager in December 1997 with the club in the relegation zone. Houston was later reunited with George Graham when the latter became manager of Tottenham Hotspur in 1998, but left the club after Graham was sacked in March 2001. He has since spent a brief period as first-team coach of Walsall.

Preceded by George Graham	Arsenal manager February 1995–June 1995	Succeeded by Bruce Rioch
Preceded by Bruce Rioch	Arsenal manager August 1996–September 1996	Succeeded by Pat Rice (caretaker)
Preceded by Ray Wilkins	Queens Park Rangers manager 1996–1997	Succeeded by Ray Harford