Arbroath FC Player Profile 

Name – Scott Gates

Nickname - Gatesy

 Age/Date of Birth – 20 - 14/04/88

 Previous clubs – Dundee FC, Forfar (loan), Montrose (loan), Cowdenbeath (loan)

 Team supported as a boy - Middlesbrough 

Best game watched – England 5 Germany 1 in  2001

Best game played in – Debut for Dundee against Brechin.

Favourite ground played at – Hampden

Least favourite ground  – Central Park or Cliftonhill

Biggest influence on your career – My Mum and Dad, my grandparents and Dundee FC Youth coach, Gordon Wallace

Favourite sportsperson – Roger Federer

Who is your ideal woman? – Mellisa Millar

Favourite meal - Chinese

Favourite TV Programme - Spooks

Other hobbies – Golf, fishing and the gym

Job outside football – Unemployed.com

Any football superstitions - None

First record you bought – Hanson- Mmm Bop

Who was your childhood hero? – I had three, Phil Mickleson, Paulo Di Canio and David Beckham.

What three items, other than food and clothing, couldn’t you live without?  My bank card and my two pet beagles.

If you won the lottery what would be the first thing you’d buy? A new hip! 

If you could choose to share a pint with any three people, who would they be and why? Steve Coogan, Al Pacino and Amy Winehouse.  

Ever been the victim, or perpetrator, of a dressing room practical joke?  A few friends of mine, who shall remain nameless, make prank calls to football agents on a regular basis.

Karen Fleming