Alan Rough (Roughie) is a former Scotland and Hibernian Goal Keeper who used to host his own Radio Show. He is know to his fans and listeners as Roughie
Alan signed as a goalkeeper for Partick Thistle in 1969. While with Thistle he notched up an impressive 410 league appearances before signing for Hibernian in 1982. There he played a further 175 league games. He also had a short stint with Celtic turning out 5 times.
Alan was a member of the famous Partick Thistle side that won the Scottish League Cup in 1972. He also won a First Division Champions medal in 1976. Whilst with Hibernian he gained a Scottish League Cup runners up medal in 1986. His other honours included Scottish Youth International caps, nine Under 23 caps, a Scottish League cap and he was also named as The Scottish Football Writers Player of The Year in 1981.
Between 1975 and 1986 Alan Rough (Roughie) was capped 53 times for Scotland, with 16 clean sheets in the process. In many of Scotland’s most memorable games, the famous curly perm was the trademark of one of Scotland’s greatest ever goalkeepers. He played in all the qualifying rounds in the build up to the 1978 World Cup and also in the decider against Wales at Anfield (remember the save from John Toshack). Roughie also played in the group games against Peru, Iran and Holland.
Alan Rough was inducted into The Scottish Football Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at Hampden Park in 2013
These days Alan is a popular and great fun after dinner speaker on the sportsman’s dinner scene and he still has that fine head of hair.