Arbroath FC Player Profile

Robert Raeside  

Nickname Robbie

Age/Date of Birth 33 – 7/07/72

Previous clubs Raith Rovers, Dundee, Shelbourne, Morton, Arbroath (loan), Alloa, Stirling Albion (loan), Peterhead.

Team supported as a boy Liverpool

Best game watched Raith Rovers v Celtic in the League Cup Final of 1994.  It was 2-2 AET and Raith won on penalties.

Best game played in Dundee Utd v Dundee League Cup quarter final 1995.  Again it was 2-2 AET and Dundee won on penalties.

Favourite ground played at Ibrox

Least favourite ground Cliftonhill, Albion Rovers

Biggest influence on your career No one person, but I would count Dave Narey, Brian Irvine and Jim McInally as 3 players I was lucky enough to play with and learn most from.

Favourite sportsperson Mohammed Ali

Who is your ideal woman? I'm getting married in four weeks so I'd better say my fiancée Gillian.

Favourite meal Chicken pasta with garlic bread.

Favourite TV Programme Sky Sports News or Match of the Day

Other hobbies I enjoy a game of tennis, but usually only in the close season.

Job outside football Self-employed Sports Therapist and I’m also doing some modules in sports coaching and development.

Any football superstitions I touch the last bit of the tunnel above my head as I run out.

First record you bought Adam and the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier.

Who was your childhood hero? Kenny Dalglish

What three items, other than food and clothing, couldn’t you live without? Mobile phone, TV and my car.

If you won the lottery what would be the first thing you’d buy? A football club – the size would depend on the size of the win!

If you could choose to share a pint with any three people, who would they be and why? Alex Ferguson, Jim McLean and Jose Mourinho – three great football brains to pick at!

Ever been the victim, or perpetrator, of a dressing room practical joke? When I was a young lad at Raith, I crashed my father’s car.  The older players along with the club secretary typed up a letter to the club saying I’d won a car in a local lottery.