Alan Dinnie

Alan Dinnie
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-05-14) 14 May 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Baillieston
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 Partick Thistle 83 (3)
1990–1994 Dundee 110 (4)
1994–1997 Partick Thistle 70 (3)
1997–1998 Albion Rovers 2 (0)
Petershill
2004 Bankfoot Athletic
Total 265 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Dinnie (born 14 May 1963) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a right back.

Career

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Born in Glasgow, Dinnie played for Baillieston, Partick Thistle, Dundee, Albion Rovers and Petershill.[1][2] Having made the move up into professional football directly from the Junior level aged 23, he was rated highly by his manager at Partick, John Lambie, for his pace and defensive abilities.[3] He credited Jim Duffy with helping him to recover from serious injury while at Dundee.[4]

In his life after playing, he developed an addiction to cocaine[5] and was imprisoned (3.5-year sentence) for supplying the drug,[4][6] later playing for local Junior team Bankfoot Athletic as part of his reintegration programme at HMP Castle Huntly.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database.
  2. ^ Alan Dinnie at Soccerbase
  3. ^ John Lambie - the Team Talk XI, BBC Sport, 17 April 2013
  4. ^ a b Fitba in the bar-L, The Scotsman, 22 February 2004
  5. ^ a b Jailed ace freed to play for Juniors; Con shores up team's defence, Daily Record, 8 April 2004 (via TheFreeLibrary)
  6. ^ Former footballer Alan Dinnie threatened man in case of mistaken identity, court hears, Daily Record, 29 May 2012