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PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 2nd October 1973.
Religion: Dunfermline Athletic and Scotland.
Height: 5'11".
Weight: 10 and a bit stone.

QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Playing Position: In The Hole.
Playing Strengths: Generally a good passer of the ball, good vision (nae contacts or specs yet), and strong powerful runs into space.
Playing Weaknesses: Couldn't tackle my way out of a paper bag; marking can be suspect unless against granny on a zimmer frame...

EXPERIENCE

Date Joined Logica: 30th September 1996.
Logica FC Debut: August 1997: It was a Pups vs Lags match. Some old tart dying through careless driving overshadowed the real drama of the day. The Pups got thrashed 8-1 by the Lags. The only consolation was that I opened my scoring account for Logica that day. Still waiting to deposit a few more goals. First competitive match: 7th September 1997: Khellia 0-0 Logica.
Previous Teams: Dalgety Bay FC, Monkhouse, Nexus.
Greatest Footballing Moment: Watching: Watching Celtic beat Partisan Belgrade 5-4 at Celtic Park. Dariusz Dziekanowski scored four and Celtic still went out on away goals. Most amazing crowd I have ever witnessed. Playing: Scoring a belter of a goal against Italy in the 2001 World Cup and having it preserved on video to show the grandchildren!! Also set up the winner with a deft cross for the leaping salmon Sandric!
Worst Footballing Moment: Missing a vital penalty against the Dutch in the 2000 World Cup in the sudden death shoot-out. I managed to send 'Grandad' (or whatever his nickname was) the wrong way but unfortunately hit the post. The only good thing was that I was strong enough to console Sidaway when he had the misfortune to do something similar in the next round!!

INTEREST

Model Pro (Models His Game on You): Darren Anderton - he doesn't play as often as he should due to illness, injury, or because he has a really good party to go to in Edinburgh.
Favourite All-Time Player: Kenny Dalglish - he was a sublime player to watch, and could drift past people as if they weren't there. He had an iffy left peg, but still tried things which invariably came off. He'd also run and run for his team before he hit his thirties, when he started to use his experience / let the ball do the work / found some young bugger to do the running instead!
Pre-Match Superstition: A banana, a bottle of Isotonic Lucozade and a big dump before I go on the field.
Interesting Trivia: I was picked in an Under-18 Amateur Scotland side, but was played out of position at right back and after an average performance was dropped from the squad.

VITAL STATISTICS