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.
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