Full name Alan Roderick Rough Years Team Height 1.85 m | Name Alan Rough | |
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Date of birth (1951-11-25) 25 November 1951 (age 64) | ||
Scotland greats alan rough
Alan Roderick Rough (born 25 November 1951 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish international goalkeeper, who won over 50 caps and played in two FIFA World Cups. He also had a long club career, mostly with Partick Thistle and Hibernian.
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- Scotland greats alan rough
- And they mocked alan rough
- Club career
- International career
- After playing
- Personal life
- Honours
- References
And they mocked alan rough
Club career
After making his debut at the end of season 1969–70, Rough went on to play a total of 624 games for Partick Thistle in all competitions (409 in the league). He was a member of the Partick Thistle team that defeated Celtic 4–1 in the 1971 Scottish League Cup Final.
Rough transferred to Hibernian (Hibs) in 1982. Rough was replaced at Hibs by Andy Goram, who had also taken his place in the Scotland squad. After leaving Hibs in 1988, Rough played in the United States with Orlando Lions. Rough also had spells with Celtic (covering for the injured Pat Bonner), Hamilton Academical and Ayr United before leaving senior football.
International career
Rough played in two FIFA World Cup tournaments for Scotland, in 1978 and 1982. He played 53 times for his country, keeping a clean sheet in 16 of those games. At the time of his retirement, Rough was Scotland's most capped goalkeeper, but this record has since been broken by Jim Leighton. Rough's penultimate cap was won in the tragic circumstances of the 1–1 draw with Wales at Ninian Park, Cardiff in 1985. Rough came on as a half-time substitute for Leighton because Leighton had lost his contact lenses. The result, secured by a late Davie Cooper penalty kick, meant that Scotland qualified for a qualifying play-off against Australia, but manager Jock Stein collapsed and died at the end of the match. Rough was selected for the finals by Alex Ferguson, but only played in one further international.
After playing
In the 1990s, Rough had a successful spell as manager (initially player-manager) of junior club Glenafton Athletic.
Rough co-presented a football phone-in show on Real Radio Scotland until July 2012, when the station replaced the phone-in with music. From August 2006 to June 2009, the Irish-based sports broadcaster Setanta Sports simulcast the show live twice a week on Setanta Sports 1.
He now co-presents a football phone-in show on Central FM, along with Peter Martin which is shown on STV Glasgow. Rough also writes a column for the Scottish edition of the Daily Mirror.
Personal life
Rough married Margaret Barry, a Daily Mirror reporter, in 2009 after a seventeen-year engagement. Barry has two children from a previous relationship. Rough was previously married to Michelle, a former model and Tennent's girl. Michelle and Alan had one son, also named Alan.