Alan Main
Main in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan David Main | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Elgin, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Elgin Boys Club | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Lossiemouth | |||
| Elgin City | |||
| 1986–1995 | Dundee United | 152 | (0) |
| 1988 | → Cowdenbeath (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1988 | → East Stirlingshire (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1995–2003 | St Johnstone | 233 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Livingston | 15 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Gretna | 61 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | St Johnstone | 75 | (0) |
| 2010 | →Ayr United (trial) | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 542 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988–1989 | Scotland under-21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1998 | Scotland B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Alan David Main (born 5 December 1967) is a retired Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Main began his career in the Highland League, where he made his debut for Lossiemouth at the age of fifteen and also played and for Elgin City. He signed for Dundee United in 1986 and also played for St Johnstone, Livingston and Gretna in a twenty-year full-time professional career. In addition, Main appeared for Cowdenbeath and East Stirlingshire on loan and Ayr United as a trialist. He won the Scottish League Cup with Livingston and three Scottish Football League divisional medals. He also earned runners-up medals from the Scottish Cup and the UEFA Cup, having been part of the Dundee United squad that reached the 1987 final of the latter during his first professional season.
He began his second spell with St Johnstone in 2007, and during the 2008–9 season helped them win promotion to the Scottish Premier League as well as breaking the club's all-time appearance record.
Despite having been called up the Scotland squad, Main was never capped at full international level. He did however represent Scotland in under-21 and B international fixtures.
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