| Hamish McAlpine | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hamish Robert McAlpine | |
| Date of birth | January 21, 1948 | |
| Place of birth | Kilspindie, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Butterburn Youth Club | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1966–86 1967–68 1986 1986–88 1988–89 |
Dundee North End Dundee United Montrose (loan) Dunfermline (loan) Raith Rovers Arbroath |
n/a 477 (3) 25 (0) 1 (0) 72 (1) 10 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Hamish Robert McAlpine (born January 21, 1948 in Kilspindie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland) is a former professional football goalkeeper. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Perth and Kinross ( Peairt agus Ceann Rois in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports He spent the majority of his career playing for Dundee United, who he served for twenty years.
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Playing career
He joined Dundee United from local junior side Dundee North End in 1966, and after spending a season on loan to Montrose made his first team debut for the Tannadice club in March 1969. History Junior football as distinguished from senior football has existed since the early 1880s Dundee North End Football Club are a Scottish junior football club based in the city of Dundee. Montrose Football Club is a Scottish semi-professional football team based in the town of Montrose, Angus. By 1974 he had established himself as the club's undisputed first choice goalkeeper, a position he would retain for the next decade. This coincided with Dundee United's most successful era, and McAlpine assisted the club to the Scottish League title in 1982-83 as well as two Scottish League Cup triumphs. Founding members The Scottish League's first season of competition was in 1890-91. The Scottish Football League Cup is an Association football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs During this period he gained belated international recognition when, in his mid-thirties, he featured as a permitted overage player for the Scotland Under-21 team. In 1986 he played one match on loan to Dunfermline Athletic before leaving United later that year. Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline He had spells with Raith Rovers and Arbroath prior to retiring in 1989. Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Arbroath FC are a Scottish Association football club currently playing in the Scottish Football League.
Playing style
McAlpine's eccentricities made him very much a cult favourite at Tannadice. A frustrated outfield player, he was often to be found abandoning his penalty area to take on opponents. The penalty area (colloquiallly also known as the 18-yard box, penalty box or simply the box) is an area of an Association football pitch At one time he was Dundee United's regular penalty taker, netting three times from the spot in League matches. A penalty kick is a type of free kick in Association football, taken from twelve yards (approximately eleven metres out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of He later took his goal tally to four when he scored directly from a kick out while playing for Raith.
Other information
Since retiring as a player, McAlpine has worked intermittently for Dundee United in various capacities: as a goalkeeping coach, in the commercial department and as a matchday host. He also ran a pub in Dundee for a while. Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council
An all-round talented sportsman, McAlpine was reputedly a good enough golfer to have turned professional, and he also played cricket for Perthshire club Rossie Priory. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries
His other claim to fame is that he has had a song written about him, "Hamish the Goalie", by Dundonian musician Michael Marra. Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council Michael "Atlas" Marra is a Dundee -born (1952 Musician.
Honours
With Dundee United:
| Preceded by Willie Miller |
Scottish Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 1985 |
Succeeded by Sandy Jardine |
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