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Alexander Mathie (born 20 December 1968) is a Scottish football manager, former professional footballer and sports radio co-commentator. He made over 200 appearances as a striker in a career that lasted from 1987 until 2007, notably playing in the Premier League with Newcastle United and Ipswich Town, and in the Scottish Premier League for Celtic and Dundee United. During his career he also played for Morton and Preston North End before finishing his professional career with York City. He became player-manager of Spennymoor United in 2003 but this job lasted only a few months, before he briefly returned to playing with non-league Pickering Town and then took over as player-manager of West Auckland Town. In 2004, he took the vacant managerial position at former club Pickering, and remained