Andy Goram
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| Andy Goram | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Lewis Goram | |
| Date of birth | April 13, 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Bury, England | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Clyde (Goalkeeping Coach) | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981–1987 1987–1991 1991–1998 1998 1998 1998–2001 2001 2001 2001–2002 2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 |
Oldham Athletic Hibernian Rangers Notts County Sheffield United Motherwell → Manchester United (loan) Hamilton Academical Coventry City Oldham Athletic Queen of the South Elgin City |
195 (0) 138 (1) 184 (0) 1 (0) 7 (0) 57 (0) 2 (0) 1 (0) 7 (0) 4 (0) 19 (0) 5 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1985–1998 | Scotland | 43 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Andrew Lewis Goram (born April 13, 1964 in Bury, Lancashire, England) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works for Clyde as a goalkeeping coach. He played for both Oldham Athletic A.F.C. and Hibernian but is best remembered for having played for Rangers F.C. during which time he was known to teammates simply as "The Goalie".[citation needed] In 2001 he was voted Rangers' greatest ever goalkeeper by the fans. After his time with Rangers he had short spells at Motherwell, Notts County, Sheffield United, Manchester United, Elgin City, Queen of the South and Coventry City. Goram also represented Scotland at cricket.
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[edit] Career
Goram joined Oldham Athletic as a teenager and spent seven years with the English club before moving to Hibernian in 1987. He was bought by Rangers in 1991 for £1m and went on to help the club to win nine Scottish League titles in a row between 1989 and 1997. He was also instrumental in Rangers' run in the European Cup in 1992-93, as they came to within one match of reaching the final.
He was also an important player for the Scotland national team, winning 43 caps.
After it was reported in the press that Goram had a mild form of schizophrenia, fans responded with a chorus of "Two Andy Gorams, there's only two Andy Gorams".[1] This chant quickly gained popularity, and became the title of a book documenting humorous football chants - Two Andy Gorams: The Funniest Football Songs Ever (ISBN 1902927532).
He ended his career with Dumfries club Queen of the South and Elgin City. With Queen of the South in 2002, he won the Scottish Challenge Cup making Goram the first player to collect a set of winners medals from all four senior Scottish football competitions.[2]
Goram is an after-dinner speaker and regularly attends Rangers' fan gatherings.
In March 2006, Goram joined Airdrie United as goalkeeping coach.
In February 2008, Goram was appointed goalkeeping coach at Clyde.[3]
[edit] Cricket
Also a cricketer, Goram represented the Scottish cricket team four times: twice (1989 and 1991) in the annual first-class game against Ireland and twice (again in 1989 and 1991) in the NatWest Trophy.
A left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler, he never achieved any great success, and his most significant act was probably to bowl England Test player Richard Blakey in a NatWest Trophy game against Yorkshire in 1989.
He was also a league cricketer, appearing as a wicket-keeper and batsman for various Oldham clubs in the Saddleworth League including Delph & Dobcross, Moorside and also East Lancashire Paper Mill in Radcliffe, Bury. [1].
[edit] Allegations of sectarianism
Goram has faced accusations of sectarianism.[4] He attracted publicity[5] for sporting a black armband at a match in 1997[6] after the murder of the Loyalist paramilitary Billy Wright.[7] Andy Goram's ex-wife, Tracey, once released a photograph of him in a bar holding a flag of Northern Irish Loyalist group the UVF.[8] Though he had by then left Rangers, the photograph had allegedly been taken at a time when he was a regular in the Rangers first team.[9] In 2007, he added his voice to calls to stop sectarian chants by football fans.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ The Guardian
- ^ BBC SPORT | Scotland | Queen of the South lift Bells Cup
- ^ Goram Comes In
- ^ It's very smoky in here ... has another f****** Pope died? | Sunday Mirror | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ http://i1.tinypic.com/mtuqsl.jpg
- ^ The 30 most outrageous sporting moments, part 2 | Sport | The Observer
- ^ The 30 most outrageous sporting moments, part 2 | Sport | The Observer
- ^ http://i1.tinypic.com/mtuqa1.jpg
- ^ ATL World Cup Soccer. All the top world soccer news daily. News from international soccer. World Cup 2006, Euro 2004, champion's league, premiership football, bundesliga, serie a, j-league
- ^ Stop sectarian songs says Goram, BBC, March 22, 2007
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| Preceded by Ally McCoist |
Scottish Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 1993 |
Succeeded by Mark Hateley |
| Preceded by Ally McCoist |
Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year 1993 |
Succeeded by Mark Hateley |
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