Allan Ferguson

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Alan James Ferguson
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-07-24) 24 July 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Lanark, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Netherdale Community [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1998 Hamilton Academical 303 (0)
1998-2000 St Johnstone 5 (0)
2001-2002 Airdrieonians 28 (0)
2002–2006 Falkirk 84 (0)
2006–2008 Stranraer 8 (0)
Total430(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Allan Ferguson (born 24 July 1963 in Lanark) is a Scottish former professional goalkeeper.

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Ferguson played for Hamilton for 11 seasons, making over 300 league appearances. He moved to Scottish Premier League club St Johnstone in 1998. Ferguson mainly served St Johnstone as backup to Alan Main and made only six league appearances in two seasons with the club.

He signed for Airdrie in 2000, and was part of the team when they went bust in 2002. [2] He then played for Falkirk and was part of the side which knocked Hearts out of the Scottish Cup in 2003. That same side won the Scottish First Division the same season but were not accepted by the Scottish Premier League because their ground did not meet SPL standards. [3] Ferguson was part of the side that was promoted to the SPL in 2005.

After one further season with Falkirk, Ferguson moved to Stranraer, where he made eight appearances in two seasons.

Honours

Airdrieonians

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References

  1. ↑ "Allan Ferguson". www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Airdrie United Club Info". Airdrie United. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Falkirk chairman calls for relegation perspective". STV. 10 May 2010. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Airdrie retain Challenge Cup". BBC Sport. 14 October 2001. Retrieved 14 April 2020.


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