Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ernest 'Ernie' Merrick (born 3 January 1953 in Edinburgh) is the Scottish former head coach for the Australian A-League football (soccer) team, Melbourne Victory. In his first season at Melbourne Victory in 2005/06, the club failed to live up to its championship aspirations. With Socceroos Archie Thompson and Kevin Muscat in the squad, and the experience of 2 European internationals in Geoffrey Claeys and Richard Kitzbichler, expectations from the Melbourne fans were high. But they were left disappointed when the club finished the season 7th out of the 8 teams. After a promising start which saw them 1st after round 8, when they beat eventual champions Sydney FC 5-0, the team then won only 3 of the last 13 games.