Andrew H in conversation with...Alan Rough

Andrew H in conversation with...Alan Rough

Author: The Celtic Underground October 9, 2025 Duration: 50:28

Alan Rough - where do we start.

For younger listeners he’s the light hearted pundit. For older listeners he’s the afro’d keeper of the ill-faited Argentina 78 World Cup campaign and for many he’s just Thistle’s keeper.

Some will have that memory of his brief time in goals for Celtic but did you know it could have been a much longer spell between the Celtic sticks is Jock Stein had got his way and Roughie would have loved that. Roughie wanted to play for Celtic.

Here’s Andrew and Alan Rough in conversation.

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