David McCreery (born 16 September 1957) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played for Newcastle United and many other clubs during his long career.

McCreery made 67 appearances for the Northern Ireland national football team,[2] and played in the World Cup finals of 1982 and 1986.

His greatest success at these clubs came in 1993–94, when he guided Carlisle to a place in the Division Three playoffs, where they were eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual winners Wycombe Wanderers.

He then joined Hartlepool United but was unable to win promotion and resigned after one season to initiate Major League Soccer in America.

[citation needed] After two years in Burma, McCreery moved to Malaysia to take charge of the Sabah state team in the Malaysian Premier League.