Alan Rough

Alan Rough
MBE
Personal information
Full name Alan Roderick Rough[1]
Date of birth (1951-11-25) 25 November 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Lincoln Youth Club
Sighthill Amateurs[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1982 Partick Thistle 409 (0)
1982–1988 Hibernian 175 (0)
1988 Orlando Lions
1988 Celtic 5 (0)
1989 Hamilton Academical 5 (0)
1989–1990 Ayr United 1 (0)
1990–1991 Glenafton Athletic
Total 596 (0)
International career
1973–1976 Scotland under-23[2] 9 (0)
1976–1986 Scotland 53 (0)
1978 Scottish League XI[4] 1 (0)
Managerial career
1990–1995 Glenafton Athletic[5]
Medal record
 Scotland
UEFA European U-18 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Scotland Team[6] Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Roderick Rough MBE (/rʌf/; born 25 November 1951) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He won 53 caps for Scotland and played in two FIFA World Cups. He also had a long club career, principally with Partick Thistle and Hibernian.

Since retiring as a player, Rough had a spell as manager of junior club Glenafton Athletic and has worked in the media, particularly on radio phone-in shows.

  1. ^ Alan Rough, London Hearts
  2. ^ "Scotland U23: Rough, Alan". FitbaStats.com. Bobby Sinnet & Thomas Jamieson. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  3. ^ Alan Rough at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  4. ^ "Alan Rough". LondonHearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Scottish Cup football: Juniors' chance to come of age in the Cup". The Scotsman. 26 September 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Stage set for Europe's stars tomorrow". Press and Journal. 14 May 1970. Retrieved 30 June 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.