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Sturrock soon appointed new signing Craig Easton, who he had previously managed at Swindon Town, as captain while another player from one of Sturrock's old clubs, Chris Barker, was later appointed as vice-captain, having initially been signed on loan, and then permanently on deadline day .< ref ></</ ref > It was not an easy task for Sturrock as his assistant, Tommy Widdrington left for " footballing reasons " on Wednesday 15 December 2010 .< ref ></</ ref > After a mid table finish in his first season, he has enjoyed more success during the current season, with Southend currently leading League 2.

Parallel text has been adopted to make the reading more manageable for the literary audience, and although this is known to " cramp " a translator's style, Harding & Sturrock chose to do so for the sake of their readers.

Gilbert has previously played under Southend boss Paul Sturrock at Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth Argyle

An emeritus professor of applied physics at Stanford University, much of Sturrock's career has been devoted to astrophysics, plasma physics, and solar physics, but Sturrock is interested in other fields, including ufology, scientific inference and in the history of science and philosophy of science.

Sturrock has been awarded many prizes and honors, and has written or co-authored many scientific articles and textbooks.

Sturrock has been a prominent contemporary scientist to express a keen interest in the subject of unidentified flying objects or UFOs.

This fact is corroborated, by J. Sturrock in his South Kanara and Madras Districts Manuals, and also by Haridas Bhattacharya in Cultural Heritage of India Vol.

This season was also significant in international terms for Sturrock as he made his Under-21 debut against Czechoslovakia in a 0 – 0 draw on 12 October 1976 in the first ever Scotland Under-21 side.

Sturrock also brought back to the club assistants Kevin Summerfield and John Blackley, who were previously with him during his first successful spell as manager.

Sturrock also asked in the same survey if the surveyee had witnessed any event which they could not have identified and which could have been related to the UFO phenomenon, with around 5 % replying affirmatively.

Sturrock also introduced – at least in principle – the concept of morning and afternoon training sessions in an attempt to raise the fitness level of his players.

Sturrock was also curious as to whether fellow scientists like the AIAA members ever reported seeing UFOs, i. e., anomalous aerial phenomena that they couldn ’ t identify.

Sturrock also found that skepticism and opposition to further study was correlated with lack of knowledge and study: only 29 % of those who had spent less than an hour reading about the subject favored further study versus 68 % who had spent over 300 hours.

Saints Chairman Rupert Lowe claimed that media speculation had proved too much for Sturrock to take, despite allegations that he himself placed much pressure on Sturrock.

He invited Archibald Sturrock, who was employed by the Great Northern Railway as its locomotive engineer, to be the Chairman of the new company.

In 1993, Sturrock became the manager of First Division team St. Johnstone, having been recommended by the outgoing manager, John McClelland.

In October 2003, Sturrock had successfully taken Argyle back to the top of the Football League Second Division and left when Plymouth had just 12 games to play in what would prove to be another season when they would finish as divisional champions and return to the Football League Championship, formerly known as the First Division.

The Golden Ticket was written by American composer Peter Ash and British librettist Donald Sturrock.

In 1973, Peter A. Sturrock conducted a survey among members of the San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, where 1175 questionnaires were mailed and 423 were returned, and found no consensus concerning the nature and scientific importance of the UFO phenomenon, with views ranging equally from " impossible " to " certain " in reply to the question, " Do UFOs represent a scientifically significant phenomenon?

" In a later larger survey conducted among the members of the American Astronomical Society, where 2611 were questionnaires mailed and 1356 were returned, Sturrock found out that opinions were equally diverse, with 23 % replying " certainly ", 30 % " probably ", 27 % " possibly ", 17 % " probably not ", and 3 % " certainly not ", to the question of whether the UFO problem deserves scientific study.

A cited example of this was an informal poll conducted in 1977 by astrophysicist Peter A. Sturrock, surveying the members of the American Astronomical Society.

In 1975, Sturrock did a more comprehensive survey of members of the American Astronomical Society.

Noting that many scientists wished to see UFOs discussed in scientific journals ( and at the same time, an almost complete absence of such articles in journals ) Sturrock helped establish the Society for Scientific Exploration in 1982 to give a scientific forum to subjects that are neglected by the mainstream.

The 2008 London cast included Amanda Lawrence and Tamzin Griffin, with Tristan Sturrock and Naomi Frederick in the lead roles.

A Roundabout Theatre Company production of the Kneehigh adaptation opened at Studio 54 in New York City on 28 September 2010 starring Hannah Yelland, Tristan Sturrock, and other members of the London cast.

Strachan resigned in March 2004 ( to take a break from football ) and was replaced by Paul Sturrock, who had been in the process of guiding Plymouth Argyle to their second promotion in three seasons.

However, rumours of player dissatisfaction and personal problems dogged Sturrock, and he was replaced just five months later by reserve team coach Steve Wigley.

After narrowly avoiding yet another relegation in 2003 – 04 and a poor start to the 2004 – 05 Football League One campaign, Turner was replaced by former Southampton manager Paul Sturrock.

Sturrock revitalised Sheffield Wednesday's fortunes and they finished fifth in League One at the end of the 2004 – 05 season, qualifying for the promotion playoffs.

Sturrock guided Sheffield Wednesday to Championship survival in 2005 – 06 but was sacked after a poor start to the 2006 – 07 season and replaced by Brian Laws, who led Wednesday to a 9th place finish in the Championship after having an outside chance of reaching the play offs until the penultimate game of the season.

Gordon Strachan quit as Southampton manager in March and was replaced by Plymouth Argyle's Paul Sturrock.

Just after the start of 2004 – 05, Sturrock handed in his resignation and was replaced by Steve Wigley who spent three months at the helm before being replaced by Harry Redknapp.

Ben Healey writing under the name Jeremy Sturrock wrote seven novels featuring a Bow Street Runner-The Village of Rogues, ( The Thieftaker in the US ), A Wicked Way to Die, The Wilful Lady, A Conspiracy of Poisons, Suicide Most Foul, Captain Bolton's Corpse, The Pangersbourne Murders.

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Several sporting heroes were honoured, from America's Cup skipper Jock Sturrock and swimmer Dawn Fraser, to world champion motor racer Sir Jack Brabham and boxer Lionel Rose.

Paul Whitehead Sturrock ( born 10 October 1956 in Ellon, Aberdeenshire ) is a Scottish football manager who, since July 2010, is the manager of Southend United.

Until this appointment, Sturrock had most recently been at English League 1 club Plymouth Argyle in a business support role, having been relieved of his managerial duties, until he quit the club.

Sturrock announced in July 2008 that he was suffering from a mild form of Parkinson's disease.

A boyhood Hearts fan, Sturrock was educated at Pitlochry primary and secondary schools and played for junior side Grandtully Vale.

Sturrock made his debut in the European Cup Winners ' Cup match v Juil Petrosani of Romania on 18 September 1974 and his league debut on 28 December 1974 as a substitute against Motherwell.

1976 – 77 not only saw Dundee United consolidate their Premier League position but throughout the campaign Sturrock was an ever-present, playing in all 36 League games and scoring 15 times.

In 1982 – 83 United lost only four League games, won the Scottish League Championship and Sturrock contributed to this success with eight goals in his 28 appearances.

Sturrock scored seven in the nine games he turned out in on the way to a League Cup quarter-final exit.

Sturrock stayed at Tannadice for the next five years, in the role of coach.