Alan Rough
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Roderick Rough | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1982 | Partick Thistle | 409 | (0) |
| 1982–1988 | Hibernian | 175 | (0) |
| 1988 | Orlando Lions | ||
| 1988–1989 | Celtic | 5 | (0) |
| 1989 | Hamilton Academical | 5 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Ayr United | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 596 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1976–1986 | Scotland | 53 | (0) |
| 1978 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alan Roderick Rough (born 25 November 1951) 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. 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.
Rough was born in Glasgow and was educated at Knightswood Secondary School.
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 for a £60,000 fee. He was eventually replaced by Andy Goram, who also took his place in the Scotland squad. After leaving Hibs in 1988, Rough played in the United States with Orlando Lions. He also had spells with Celtic (covering for the injured Pat Bonner), Hamilton Academical and Ayr United before leaving senior football.
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.
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