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Ernie Merrick

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Full nameErnest Merrick
Date of birth3 January 1953(age 58)
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Playing positionManager (former Defender)

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Ernest 'Ernie' Merrick (born 3 January 1953 in Edinburgh) is the Scottish former head coach for the Australian A-League football (soccer) team, Melbourne Victory.

Ernie Merrick Video

A sneak peek at the Round 16 Victory Vision, featuring Melbourne Victory Coach Ernie Merrick and players Kevin Muscat, Grant Brebner, Matthew Kemp and Archie Thompson paying tribute to the Melbourne Victory faithful ahead of this Saturday's match against Gold Coast United at Etihad Stadium.
4.02 min. | 5.0 user rating
VictoryTV returns for another week, exclusively to melbournevictory.com.au with another video update featuring highlights, interviews and more from within the inner sanctum of the Melbourne Victory squad. This week's episode features an interview with Victory coach Ernie Merrick, who discusses the thrilling 3-3 draw against the Central Coast Mariners last Friday night and the upcoming match against Perth Glory at Telstra Dome on Oaks Day. Merrick also responds to recent calls for Danny Allsopp to be included alongside Archie Thompson in the Qantas Socceroos squad. Simon Storey also returns for another week with his 'What's the Storey?' segment, which takes a light-hearted look at his team-mates away from the football field. This week Storey interviews long-time friend and goalkeeper Eugene Galekovic. The pair went to the same primary school and high school in the Southern suburb of Dingley and have known each other for many years. Click on the play button below to watch this episode through YouTube and stay tuned to melbournevictory.com.au for another episode of VictoryTV next week, thanks to Melbourne Victory's major sponsor, Samsung.
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MATT LETS MELBOURNE VICTORY PLAYER DANIEL PIORKOWSKI KNOW WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THE COACH.
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Blue, White army
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Ernie Merrick questions Simon Hill/Robbie Slater's question
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Ernie Merrick being interviewed after winning the Melbourne Victory race day.
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Semi Final of the Intralot Nearest the Pin competition, featuring Mitchell Langerak, Carlos Hernandez, Kevin Muscat and Mate Dugandzic. Check out the latest episode of the Intralot Nearest the Pin competition at every Melbourne Victory home game at Etihad Stadium.
4.53 min. | 5.0 user rating
A short movie about a wonderful season for the victory. Champions
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Weightless- All Time Low ******************************************************** **************************** LYRICS: Manage me, Im a mess Turn a page, Im a book half unread I wanna be laughed at, laughed with just because I wanna feel weightless, and that should be enough But Im stuck in this fucking rut, Waiting on a secondhand pick-me-up And Im over, getting older If I could just find the time Then I would never let another day go by Im over, getting old Maybe its not my weekend, but its gonna be my year And Im so sick of watching while the minutes pass as I go nowhere And this is my reaction, to everything I fear Cause Ive been going crazy I dont want to waste another minute here Make believe, that I impress That every word, by design turns a head I wanna feel reckless, wanna live it up just because (just because) I wanna feel weightless, cause that would be enough If I could just find the time, then I would never let another day go by Im over, getting old Maybe its not my weekend, but its gonna be my year And Im so sick of watching while the minutes pass as I go nowhere And this is my reaction, to everything I fear Cause Ive been going crazy I dont want to waste another minute here This could be all that Ive waited for (Ive waited, Ive waited for) And this could be everything, I dont wanna dream anymore Maybe its not my weekend, but its gonna be my year And Ive been going crazy, Im stuck in here (Im stuck in here) Maybe its not my weekend, but its gonna be my year <b>...</b>
3.30 min. | 5.0 user rating
Nicky Ward scores in Melbourne's 1-0 win over Adelaide in round 18, right in the middle of Ernie Merrick's Blue and White Army, and once again we are top of the league!
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Sydney's horror run hits new low - The Australian Tweet this news
The Australian--While it is a long bow to suggest the A-League's fiercest rivalry has gone soft, Victory coach -Ernie Merrick- found time to support under-siege Sydney coach ... - Date : Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:06:01 GMT+00:00
Thompson determined to end career with Melbourne Victory - Tribalfootball.com Tweet this news
Tribalfootball.com--Thompson is currently recovering from a serious knee injury he sustained in last season's Grand Final in March and according to coach -Ernie Merrick-, ... - Date : Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:04:12 GMT+00:00
Ernie Merrick wary of change of Melbourne Heart - Herald Sun Tweet this news
Herald Sun--But it is believed Victory suspects Colosimo may yet try to prove his fitness at the last minute, so coach -Ernie Merrick- will have all contingencies covered ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:12:28 GMT+00:00
Merrick Won't Be Rushed - Australian FourFourTwo Tweet this news
Australian FourFourTwo---ERNIE Merrick- insists he will not be rushed into a panic buy as he looks to add to his striking stocks for Melbourne Victory's forthcoming A-League campaign ... - Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:01:59 GMT+00:00
Celeski Ready For A-League 'Tester' - Australian FourFourTwo Tweet this news
Australian FourFourTwo--A fortnight ago, the recovering Celeski scored the winner for the Victory in a pre-season win over Dandenong Thunder and coach -Ernie Merrick- says the ... - Date : Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:12:03 GMT+00:00
EXCLUSIVE: Pilkington eyeing first team spot at Melbourne Victory - Tribalfootball.com Tweet this news
Tribalfootball.com--As for his preferred position, Pilkington was not too perturbed where -Merrick- puts him. “I prefer playing a midfield role but -Ernie's- playing me at ... - Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:00:07 GMT+00:00
Melbourne Victory's Merrick satisfied after loss to Boca Juniors - Tribalfootball.com Tweet this news
Tribalfootball.com--Melbourne Victory coach -Ernie Merrick- admitted he was happy with his side performance in their narrow 1-0 loss to Argentinean club Boca Juniors. ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:57:05 GMT+00:00
No Matt finish - Melbourne Leader Tweet this news
Melbourne Leader--Highly rated by Victory coach -Ernie Merrick- and an under-20 youth international, it didn't look like long before the pint-sized attacking midfielder would ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:11:03 GMT+00:00
Merrick Happy With Hit Out - Australian FourFourTwo Tweet this news
Australian FourFourTwo--MELBOURNE Victory boss -Ernie Merrick- felt the sometimes spicy defeat by Boca Juniors had served as valuable preparation for the club's looming A-League ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:38:50 GMT+00:00
On to greatness - The Age Tweet this news
The Age---...- "Hi" to the one man in Australia I meet who was influence on my comic timing brilliance and maybe only one there who is as funny as me � -Ernie Merrick-. ... - Date : Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:02:19 GMT+00:00

Awards
Preceded by
Lawrie McKinna
Hyundai A-League Coach of the Year
2006/07
Succeeded by
Gary van Egmond
Preceded by
Aurelio Vidmar
Hyundai A-League Coach of the Year
2009/10
Succeeded by
Ange Postecoglou

Senior career
YearsClubAppearances (Gls)
1975 - 1978
1979 - 1984
Frankston City
Doveton

Youth career
YearsClub
Shettleston

Teams managed
YearsTeam
1979 - 1984
1986
1987 - 1988
1989 - 1991
1992 - 2004
2005 - 2011
Doveton (Asst.)
Frankston Pines (Asst.)
Preston Makedonia
Sunshine George Cross
VIS
Melbourne Victory

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1 . Moss 2 . Muscat 3 . Dugandžić 4 . Ferreira 5 . Sukha 6 . Broxham 7 . Kemp 8 . Brebner 10 . Thompson 11 . Angulo 12 . Vargas 14 . Celeski 15 . Pondeljak 16 . Hernández 17 . Foschini 18 . Franjic 19 . Berger 20 . Petkovic 21 . Kruse 22 . Ward 23 . Leijer
. Merrick



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