Staff · Unattached

Alan Main

Born 5 Dec 1967 · Elgin (age 52)

Personality calc

  • Fairly Ambitious

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2020

Current ability
105 of 200
Best job (calc)
140 Gk Coach First Team
World reputation
1000 / 5 calc
Current reputation
5,000
Wage
—
Contract until
—

Tactics

Preferred approach

Playing style
—
Pressing style
—
Mentality
—
Coaching style
—

Tactical tendencies

  • Attacking—
  • Directness—
  • Pressing—
  • Sitting back—
  • Tempo—
  • Width—
  • Depth—
  • Flamboyancy—
  • Flexibility—

Team management

  • Free roles—
  • Marking—
  • Offside trap—
  • Set pieces—
  • Squad rotation—
  • Use of playmaker—
  • Use of substitutes—
  • Dirtiness allowance—

Stored preferences and tactical tendencies. Each tendency uses the game’s 1–20 scale.

Staff attributes

Coaching 12

  • Attacking1
  • Defending1
  • Fitness—
  • Mental—
  • Tactical8
  • Technical—
  • Working with youngsters—
  • GK distribution—
  • GK handling—
  • GK shot stopping—
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination14
  • Discipline—
  • Man management—
  • Motivating—

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability—
  • Judging player potential—
  • Judging staff ability—
  • Tactical knowledge—
  • Negotiating—
  • Analysing data—
  • Presenting data—
  • Judging team data—

Medical 2

  • Physiotherapy1
  • Injury management—

Board 9

  • Business1
  • Buying players—
  • Hardness of training—
  • Interference1
  • Mind games—
  • Patience1
  • Resources1
  • Versatility—
  • Eccentricity—

Personality 8

  • Adaptability12
  • Ambition16
  • Controversy3
  • Loyalty16
  • Pressure11
  • Professionalism9
  • Sportsmanship17
  • Temperament18

Stored staff attributes, 1–20. A dash means the attribute is not recorded for this person in this build.

Coaching stars (calc)

  • Overall——
  • Quickness——
  • Strength——
  • GK shot stopping——
  • GK handling——
  • Defending (tactical)——
  • Defending (technical)——
  • Possession (tactical)——
  • Possession (technical)——
  • Attacking (tactical)——
  • Attacking (technical)——

Calculated by fm-reader per training category, as FM shows them. Missing ratings remain blank.

Job ratings (calc)

JobRatingStars calc Preference
Gk Coach First Team1403 of 5 stars20
Director of football70.5 of 5 stars—
Scout70.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team70.5 of 5 stars—
Loan Manager70.5 of 5 stars—
Performance Analyst First Team70.5 of 5 stars—
Sports Scientist First Team40.5 of 5 stars—
Assistant Manager First Team30.5 of 5 stars—
Physio First Team30.5 of 5 stars—
Head of Youth Development30.5 of 5 stars—
Technical Director30.5 of 5 stars—
Manager First Team20.5 of 5 stars—
Coach First Team10.5 of 5 stars—

Calculated by fm-reader (1–200); preference is the stored 1–20 wish for the job.

Staff profile

Coaching badge
—
Potential ability
145
Best job (calc)
Gk Coach First Team
Home reputation
5,000
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Personality (calc)
Fairly Ambitious
Media handling (calc)
—

What the best job values

Gk Coach First Team: stored job weights
AttributeWeight
GK distribution4
GK handling4
GK shot stopping4
Motivating3
Determination2
Judging player ability2
Judging player potential2
Man management2
Mental2
Tactical knowledge1

The game’s stored attribute weights for the job type of this person’s calculated best job. Weights are 1–10; these are weighting inputs, not attribute or job ratings.

Personal

Full name
—
First name
Alan
Last name
Main
Common name
—
Date of birth
5 Dec 1967 age 52 at game start
Place of birth
Elgin
Nationality
Scotland
Height
—
Weight
—
Languages
English

Contract

Club
Unattached
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
1 Jun 2011
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
—
Leaves at end of contract
—
Needs work permit
—

Playing career

30
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2010 Ayr United Scottish League 1 30 Unknown fee
2009 St. Johnstone Scottish Premiership 90 Unknown fee
2008 St. Johnstone Scottish Championship 280 Unknown fee
2007 St. Johnstone Scottish Championship 340 Unknown fee
2006 Gretna Scottish Championship 260 Unknown fee
2005 Gretna Scottish League 1 330 Unknown fee
2004 Gretna Scottish League 2 40 Unknown fee
2003 Livingston Scottish Premiership 30 Unknown fee
2002 Livingston Scottish Premiership 120 Unknown fee
2002 St. Johnstone Scottish Championship 140 Unknown fee
2001 St. Johnstone Scottish Premiership 70 Unknown fee
2000 St. Johnstone Scottish Premiership 380 Unknown fee
1999 St. Johnstone Scottish Premiership 210 Unknown fee
1998 St. Johnstone Scottish Premiership 340 Unknown fee
1997 St. Johnstone Scottish Premiership 340 Unknown fee
1996 St. Johnstone Scottish Championship 340 Unknown fee
1995 St. Johnstone Scottish Championship 340 Unknown fee
1994 St. Johnstone Scottish Championship 170 Unknown fee
1994 Dundee United Scottish Premiership 60 Unknown fee
1993 Dundee United Scottish Premiership 180 Unknown fee
1992 Dundee United Scottish Premiership 430 Unknown fee
1991 Dundee United Scottish Premiership 170 Unknown fee
1990 Dundee United Scottish Premiership 310 Unknown fee
1989 Dundee United Scottish Premiership 270 Unknown fee
1988 East Stirlingshire Loan Scottish League 1 20 Unknown fee
1988 Cowdenbeath Loan Scottish League 1 30 Unknown fee
1988 Dundee United Scottish Premiership 00 Unknown fee
1987 Dundee United Scottish Premiership 80 Unknown fee
1986 Dundee United Scottish Premiership 20 Unknown fee
1986 Elgin City Highland Football League 00 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)54230/30 recorded030/30 recorded

Up to 200 stored seasons. The site's sums cover the displayed rows only; missing appearances and goals are excluded separately.

Honours

WinnerScottish Championship4×1997, 2005, 2007, 2009
WinnerSPFL Trust Trophy1×2007
WinnerScottish League 11×2006
WinnerBetfred Cup1×2004
Runner-UpScottish Cup2×1991, 2006
Runner-UpBetfred Cup1×1998
Runner-UpEURO Cup1×1987

Grouped by the site from the stored career highlights (winners, runners-up, third place, play-off winners).

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
Scotland003 / 0

Staff career

2
  1. Rangers

    7 Jan 2011 – 1 May 2011

    Gk Coach First Team

  2. St. Johnstone

    — – —

    Player/Gk Coach First Team

Up to 200 stored career entries. A missing departure date remains unknown.

Career highlights

11

Favourite clubs

St. Johnstone Player100
Elgin City Supporter100
Dundee United Player50

About this record

  1. calc marks a calculated figure. Position and role ratings, values, personality, job ratings and stars come from fm-reader.
  2. A dash means this build does not store the value. Numeric zero is shown as stored.
  3. Ages, employment and contracts are at game start, 1 Jul 2020.