Burley factfile

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.