title: Sandy Paterson (football manager)
text: # Sandy Paterson (football manager)
  
  Alexander Paterson (30 July 1876 – 13 December 1933) was a Scottish football manager who managed Scottish League clubs Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline Athletic. He began his career in football as a goalkeeper with Hearts of Beath and also served Cowdenbeath as an administrator.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Paterson's sons Bill and Archie both became footballers and he managed them at Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline Athletic respectively.
  
  ## Honours
  
  Hearts of Beath
  
  * Fife Cup: 1900–01, 1902–03
  * King Cup: 1902–03
  
  Cowdenbeath
  
  * Scottish League Division Two: 1913–14, 1914–15
  * Scottish League Division Two second-place promotion: 1923–24
  * Eastern League: 1916–17, 1917–18
  
  Dunfermline Athletic
  
  * Scottish League Division Two: 1925–26
  
  ## Managerial statistics
  
  Managerial record by team and tenure :
  
  | Team | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Team | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win % | Ref |
  | Cowdenbeath | 1906 | 1924 | 322 | 146 | 61 | 115 | 045.3 | |
  | Dunfermline Athletic | 1925 | 1930 | 199 | 74 | 33 | 92 | 037.2 | |
  | Cowdenbeath | 1932 | 1933 | 59 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 022.0 | |
  | Total | Total | Total | 580 | 233 | 104 | 243 | 040.2 | — |
  