Alan Rough

Alan Roderick Rough ( born November 25, 1951 in Glasgow ) is a former Scottish football goalkeeper. He came to more than 50 missions in the Scottish national team, and participated in three World Cups. In his long career he played mainly at club Hibernian and Partick Thistle.

Career

Club career

After he made ​​his debut at the age of 18 years at the end of the season 1969/70, he completed a total of 409 league appearances for Partick Thistle. In 1971 he won with Partick by a 4-1 win over Celtic the Scottish League Cup. In 1981 he was elected by the Scottish journalist Footballer of the Year. In 1982 he moved to Hibernian.

In 1988, he was replaced by Andy Goram that ousted him in the national team. He then joined the American Soccer League for the Orlando Lions, but returned a short time later returned to Scotland, leaving his professional career with Glasgow Celtic, Hamilton Academical and Ayr United bar.

International career

Rough participated in the World Championships and 1978, 1982 and 1986 in part. He played a total of 53 times and was for a long time most capped goalkeeper, Jim Leighton only overtook him. In 16 of his 53 matches Rough remained without conceding a goal. September 10, 1985 Rough his penultimate graduated in World Cup qualifier against Wales. He came off the bench for the second half because Leighton had lost his contact lenses. The result, which was achieved through a penalty of Davie Cooper, meant that Scotland could pull in a qualifying match against Australia. The game was overshadowed by the death of the Scottish national team coach Jock Stein, who collapsed during the game and died. Rough was indeed nominated for the final round, but did not play and only came to a further use in National Dress.

More career

Early 1990 was rough for some time coach of the amateur clubs Glenafton Athletic. Today, he hosts along with Ewan Cameron, a football show on the radio, which was broadcast twice a week. He also writes a column in the Scottish edition of the Daily Mirror.