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{{Short description|Scottish footballer (born 1951)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Alan Rough <br><small>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small>
| image       =
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| full_name   = Alan Roderick Rough<ref>[http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/alanroderickrough.html Alan Rough], London Hearts</ref>
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=y|1951|11|25}}
| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland
| death_date  =
| height      = 
| position    = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Lincoln Youth Club
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Sighthill Amateurs<ref name=nbrown>{{NeilBrownPlayers|player/alanrough}}</ref>
| years1 = 1969–1982 | caps1 = 409 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]]
| years2 = 1982–1988 | caps2 = 175 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]
| years3 = 1988      | caps3 =     | goals3 =   | clubs3 = [[Orlando Lions]]
| years4 = 1988 | caps4 = 5   | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
| years5 = 1989      | caps5 = 5   | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = [[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton Academical]]
| years6 = 1989–1990 | caps6 = 1   | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = [[Ayr United F.C.|Ayr United]]
| years7 = 1990–1991 | caps7 =    | goals7 = | clubs7 = [[Glenafton Athletic F.C.|Glenafton Athletic]]
| totalcaps = 596 | totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1973–1976 | nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national under-23 football team|Scotland under-23]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu23/player.php?playerid=185|title=Scotland U23: Rough, Alan |work=FitbaStats.com|publisher=Bobby Sinnet & Thomas Jamieson|access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 9| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1976–1986 | nationalteam2 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| nationalcaps2 = 53 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1978 | nationalteam3 = [[Scottish League XI]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/alanrough.html|title=Alan Rough|work=LondonHearts.com|publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club|access-date=17 December 2011}}</ref>
| nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0
| manageryears1    = 1990–1995
| managerclubs1    = [[Glenafton Athletic F.C.|Glenafton Athletic]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/scottish-cup-football-juniors-chance-to-come-of-age-in-the-cup-1-776508 | title=Scottish Cup football: Juniors' chance to come of age in the Cup | work=The Scotsman | date=26 September 2009 | access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref>
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'''Alan Roderick Rough''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} ({{IPAc-en|r|V|f}}; born 25 November 1951) is a Scottish former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. He won 53 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] and played in two [[FIFA World Cup]]s. He also had a long club career, principally with [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]] and [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]].

Since retiring as a player, Rough had a spell as manager of [[Scottish Junior Football Association|junior]] club [[Glenafton Athletic F.C.|Glenafton Athletic]] and has worked in the media, particularly on radio phone-in shows.

==Early life==
Rough was born in [[Glasgow]] and was educated at [[Knightswood Secondary School]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/kits-for-kids-goalkeeping-legend-alan-1118794 |title=Kits for Kids: Goalkeeping legend Alan Rough remembers his first strip |work=Daily Record |date=8 April 2012 |access-date=30 October 2016}}</ref>

==Club career==
After making his debut at the end of [[1969–70 in Scottish football|season 1969–70]], Rough went on to play a total of 631 games for [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]] in all competitions<ref>[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/Players+R Players R], Partick Thistle History Archive</ref> (409 in the [[Scottish Football League|league]]),<ref name=nbrown/> which are all-time club record totals. He was a member of the ''Jags'' team that defeated [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] 4–1 in the [[1971 Scottish League Cup Final]].<ref>Philip, Robert [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2348822/The-day-Hansen-and-Thistle-were-a-thorn-in-Celtics-side.html The day Hansen and Thistle were a thorn in Celtic's side], ''The Telegraph'', 26 October 2006</ref>

Rough told [[The Scotsman]] in 2010:
"I loved playing for Thistle, loved winning the League Cup with them, and maybe I stayed there too long but that was me. I never thought about 'career' and I never bothered about money. All of my business ventures – the pub in [[Maryhill]], the sports shop in [[Musselburgh]] – failed. But I absolutely loved standing in the [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]] tunnel next to these English stars like [[Kevin Keegan]] and [[Emlyn Hughes]] when I was on 40 quid a week at Thistle, when the previous week at Firhill the crowd had been 2100, and we were about to walk on to the park and enjoy a famous win."<ref name = "interview">{{cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Interview-Alan-Rough-goalkeeper.6342904.jp|first=Aidan|last=Smith|work=The Scotsman|date=5 June 2010|access-date=15 April 2011|title=Interview: Alan Rough, goalkeeper}}</ref>

Shortly after his testimonial game in 1982 ([[Scotland national football team results (unofficial matches)|Scotland XI]] vs Celtic),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1982-05-09%3A+Scotland+XI+3-8+Celtic%2C+Testimonial |title=Jackpot - It's Rough but Alan cashes in|date=10 May 1982|publisher=Media Scotland|work=Daily Record|via=TheCelticWiki|access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> Rough transferred to [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]] for a £60,000 fee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/photo/15369950/1992+History+of+Thistle+Keepers|title=A Rough Act to Follow - History of Thistle Keepers|work=newspaper article, 1992|access-date=13 May 2017|publisher=Partick Thistle History Archive}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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 F.C.|Hamilton Academical]] and [[Ayr United F.C.|Ayr United]] before leaving senior football.

He was won the [[SFWA Footballer of the Year]] and finished runner-up (separated by a single vote) for Scottish Football Personality of the Year in 1981.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19810529/391/0020 | title = AWARD FOR MCLEAN | newspaper = [[Press and Journal]] | date = 29 May 1981 | access-date = 5 May 2023 | url-access=subscription | via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>

==International career==
Rough was chosen for the [[Scotland national under-18 football team|Scotland under-18]]s for the [[UEFA European Under-18 Championship|UEFA under-18 Euros]] held on home soil in [[1970 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1970]].<ref name= "stage"/>

Rough played in two [[FIFA World Cup]] tournaments for Scotland, in [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]] and [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]. He played 53 times for his country, keeping a clean sheet in 16 of those games. Rough was Scotland's most capped goalkeeper at the time of his retirement, but that record was broken by [[Jim Leighton]].

Rough's penultimate cap was won in the tragic circumstances of the [[1985 Wales vs Scotland football match|1–1 draw]] with [[Wales national football team|Wales]] at [[Ninian Park]], [[Cardiff]] in 1985.<ref name = "tragedy in triumph">{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/news/newsid=875294.html |title=Scots' tragedy in triumph |access-date=29 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013134944/https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/news/newsid=875294.html |archive-date=13 October 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown }} FIFA, 10 September 2008</ref> Rough came on as a half-time substitute because Leighton had lost his [[contact lenses]].<ref name = "tragedy in triumph"/> The result, secured by a late [[Davie Cooper]] [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty kick]], meant that Scotland qualified for a play-off against [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]], but [[manager (association football)|manager]] [[Jock Stein]] collapsed and died at the end of the match.<ref name = "tragedy in triumph"/> Rough was selected for the finals squad by [[Alex Ferguson]], but only played in one further international.

==After playing==
===Coaching===
Rough had a successful five-year spell as the manager (initially [[Player-coach|player-manager]]) of [[Scottish Junior Football Association|Junior]] club [[Glenafton Athletic F.C.|Glenafton Athletic]] after being appointed in 1990.<ref name="GAFC history">{{cite web | url=http://members.tripod.com/bob_newcumnock/glenafton/history/index.html | title=Glenafton Athletic (1930–2005) | publisher=Glenafton Athletic FC|work= Official website | access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref> He led the team to three [[Scottish Junior Cup]] finals in a row between 1991–92 to 1993–94, also reaching the semi-finals in 1990–91 and 1994–95.<ref name="GAFC history"/> Glenafton lost 4–0 to [[Auchinleck Talbot F.C.|Auchinleck Talbot]] in the 1992 final and 1–0 to [[Largs Thistle F.C.|Largs Thistle]] in the 1994 final,<ref name="GAFC history"/> but did beat [[Tayport F.C.|Tayport]] 1–0 in the 1993 final at [[Firhill Stadium]] (Rough's home ground for much of his playing career), winning the trophy for the first time.<ref name="GAFC history"/> The team also added the Ayrshire First Division title and the Ayrshire Cup to make it a treble in 1992–93, the most successful season in the club's history.<ref name="GAFC history"/>

===Media work===
Alongside [[Ewen Cameron (presenter)|Ewen Cameron]], Rough co-presented a football phone-in show on [[Real Radio (Scotland)|Real Radio Scotland]] until July 2012, when the station replaced the phone-in with music.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.realradio-scotland.co.uk/presenters-shows/shows-xcyr/real-football-phonein-qlug/were-on-setanta/csqu8axl/ |title=Real Radio Scotland |access-date=21 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417224326/http://www.realradio-scotland.co.uk/presenters-shows/shows-xcyr/real-football-phonein-qlug/were-on-setanta/csqu8axl/ |archive-date=17 April 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/shock-as-final-whistle-sounds-on-real-1167533 |first=Paul |last=O'Hare |work=Daily Record |publisher=Media Scotland |title=Shock as final whistle sounds on Real Radio's football phone-in |date=24 July 2012 |access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref> From August 2006 to June 2009, the Irish sports broadcaster [[Setanta Sports]] simulcasted the show live twice a week on Setanta Sports 1.<ref>[http://radiotoday.co.uk/2006/08/real-radio-scores-with-setanta Real Radio scores with Setanta] Radio Today, 7 August 2006</ref>

He later co-presented a football show along with Peter Martin shown on [[STV2]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/f5rt88/peter--roughies-football-show--peter--roughies-football-show/|title=Peter & Roughie's Football Show (TV Series)}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[STV (TV channel)|STV]].<ref>[https://www.stvplc.tv/blog/2018/01/peter-and-roughies-friday-football-show-kicks-off-on-stv Peter & Roughie's Friday Football Show kicks off on STV!] STV, 24 January 2018</ref> The Football Show was eventually moved to [[YouTube]] on the channel PLZ Soccer. Alan Rough continues to be a co-host on the show with Peter Martin on [[Monday|Mondays]] and [[Friday|Fridays]] covering [[Football in Scotland|Scottish football]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=PLZ Soccer - The Football Show - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVPNwUnBWMF0NKTHgMPDcdQ |access-date=9 November 2023 |website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

===Director===
Rough was appointed to the Partick Thistle board of directors in June 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44613982 |title=Alan Rough: Partick Thistle appoint former goalkeeper as director |publisher=BBC Sport |date=26 June 2018 |access-date=25 June 2023}}</ref> He resigned from this position in July 2019 following a boardroom coup which saw chairman Jacqui Low ousted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48954835 |title=Partick Thistle: Scottish Championship club in talks with investors |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 July 2019 |access-date=25 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48995125 |title=Alan Rough: Ex-Partick Thistle goalkeeper leaves role as Firhill director |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 July 2019 |access-date=25 June 2023}}</ref> Rough was re-appointed to the board later in 2019, when Low returned to the chairperson role after the purchase of club shares by her friend Colin Weir. Rough remained a non-executive director at the club until December 2022, when several board members were forced to resign due to fan discontent at the lack of movement on a promise of fan ownership that had been made by Weir before his death.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://plzsoccer.com/scotland/alan-rough-among-seven-partick-thistle-directors-to-resign-amid-fan-unrest/ |title=Alan Rough among seven Partick Thistle directors to resign amid fan unrest |website=PLZ Soccer |date=7 December 2022 |accessdate=25 June 2023 |first=Gavin |last=McCafferty}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Rough married Margaret Barry,<ref name="interview"/> a ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' reporter, in 2009 after a seventeen-year engagement. Barry has two children from a previous relationship.<ref name = "interview"/> Rough was previously married to Michelle, a former model and [[Tennent's Lager|Tennent's]] girl.<ref name = "interview"/> Michelle and Alan had one son, also named Alan.<ref name = "interview"/> 

In an interview with ''[[Shoot (football magazine)|Shoot]]'' magazine in 1986, Rough said that during his childhood he had supported [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]] and that Chelsea goalkeeper [[Peter Bonetti]] was a hero.<ref name="MH"/> He was an electrician before playing football professionally, and he liked to play golf and tennis in his spare time.<ref name="MH"/> His favourite television shows included ''Black Adder'' and ''Only Fools and Horses'', and his favourite musicians were Dire Straits and ELO.<ref name="MH">''Shoot Magazine, Focus on Alan Rough'', publisher: ''[[Shoot (football magazine)|Shoot]]'', published: 1986</ref>

Rough was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2022 Birthday Honours]] for services to association football and to charity in Scotland.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63714|supp=y|page=B24|date=1 June 2022}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{SFA Profile|934}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="11"|[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
|1976||7||0
|-
|1977||9||0
|-
|1978||7||0
|-
|1979||7||0
|-
|1980||7||0
|-
|1981||7||0
|-
|1982||7||0
|-
|1983||colspan="2"|—
|-
|1984||colspan="2"|—
|-
|1985||1||0
|-
|1986||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!53!!0
|}

== Honours ==

=== Player ===

'''Partick Thistle'''
*[[Scottish League Cup]]: [[1971 Scottish League Cup Final|1971–72]]<ref name="Honours">{{cite web | url=http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/List+of+Honours | title=List of Honours | work=Partick Thistle History Archive | access-date=4 June 2017 | archive-date=9 November 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109190044/http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/List+of+Honours | url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[List of winners of the Scottish Championship and predecessors|Scottish First Division]]: [[1970–71 Scottish Division Two|1970–71]], [[1975–76 Scottish First Division|1975–76]] (second tier)<ref name="Honours"/>
*[[Glasgow Cup]]: [[1980–81 in Scottish football|1980–81]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1981+-+Glasgow+Cup | title=1981 – Glasgow Cup | work=Partick Thistle History Archive | access-date=4 June 2017 | archive-date=3 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503213219/http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1981+-+Glasgow+Cup | url-status=dead }}</ref>

'''Scotland national team'''

*[[British Home Championship]]: [[1975–76 British Home Championship|1975–76]], [[1976–77 British Home Championship|1976–77]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=934 | title=Alan Rough | publisher=Scottish FA | access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref>
*[[Rous Cup]]: [[1985 Rous Cup|1985]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/new-addition-stanley-rous-cup-part-1.html | title=New Addition: Stanley Rous Cup-Part 1 (1985) | publisher=Soccer Nostalgia | date=7 November 2016 | access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref>

===Manager===

'''Glenafton Athletic'''

*[[Scottish Junior Cup]]: 1992–93<ref name="GAFC history"/>
*[[Ayrshire Junior Football League|Ayrshire First Division]]: 1992–93<ref name="GAFC history"/>
*[[Ayrshire Cup#Ayrshire Cups in other categories|Ayrshire Junior Cup]]: 1992–93<ref name="GAFC history"/>
*Ayrshire District Cup: 1993–94<ref name="GAFC history"/>

=== Individual ===

*[[SFWA Footballer of the Year]]: [[1980–81 in Scottish football|1980–81]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/scotpoy.html | title=Scotland - Player of the Year | work=RSSSF |access-date=8 May 2016}}</ref>
*[[Scottish FA International Roll of Honour]]: 1982
*[[Partick Thistle F.C.#Club Hall of Fame|Partick Thistle Hall of Fame]]: Inducted, 2010<ref>{{cite web | url=http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/partick-thistle-hall-of-fame/ | title=Partick Thistle Hall of Fame | publisher=SPFL | date=8 October 2010 | access-date=4 June 2017 | archive-date=23 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102204/https://spfl.co.uk/news/article/partick-thistle-hall-of-fame/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]] Hall of Fame: Inducted, 2012<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.uk/2012-hall-of-fame/alan-rough | title=ALAN ROUGH | publisher=Hibernian Historical Trust | access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref>
* [[Scottish Football Hall of Fame]]: Inducted, 2013<ref>{{cite web | url=https://scottishfootballhalloffame.co.uk/alan-rough/ | title=Alan Rough, 2013 Inductee | publisher=SFHOF | access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref>
*[[Glenafton Athletic F.C.|Glenafton Athletic]] Hall of Fame: Inducted, 2017<ref>{{cite web | url=https://glenaftonfc.com/history/hall-of-fame/ | title=ALAN ROUGH | publisher=GAFF | access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of footballers in Scotland by number of league appearances]] (500+)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
*{{cite book| last=Rough | first=Alan | title=My Story: The Rough and the Smooth | publisher=Headline | year=2006 | isbn=0-7553-1564-2}}
*{{cite book| last=Jeffrey | first=Jim | title=The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946 | publisher=Tempus Publishing | year=2005 | isbn=0-7524-3091-2 }}

== External links ==
*{{SFA profile}}

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