Allan Ferguson

{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alan James Ferguson | image = | caption = | fullname = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|7|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Lanark, Scotland | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Netherdale Community<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player7/allanferguson.html |title=Allan Ferguson |work=www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com |publisher= |accessdate=16 September 2012}}</ref> | years1 = 1987–1998 | clubs1 = Hamilton Academical | caps1 = 303 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1998-2000 | clubs2 = St Johnstone | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2001-2002 | clubs3 = Airdrieonians | caps3 = 28 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2002–2006 | clubs4 = Falkirk | caps4 = 84 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2006–2008 | clubs5 = Stranraer | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 0 | totalcaps = 430 | totalgoals = 0 }} '''Allan Ferguson''' (born 24 July 1963 in Lanark) is a Scottish former professional goalkeeper.

==Playing career== Ferguson played for Hamilton for 11 seasons, making over 300 league appearances. He moved to Scottish Premier League club St Johnstone in 1998. Ferguson mainly served St Johnstone as backup to Alan Main and made only six league appearances in two seasons with the club.

He signed for Airdrie in 2000. The goalkeeper was linked with a move to Livingston in 2001, but this did not materialise.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nothing for Scots|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/20010326/590/0028|publisher=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=26 March 2001}}</ref> He was part of the team when they went bust in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=Airdrie United Club Info |url=http://www.airdrieonians.com/about/ |publisher=Airdrie United |accessdate=8 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124170733/http://www.airdrieonians.com/about/ |archivedate=24 November 2010 }}</ref> He then played for Falkirk and was part of the side which knocked Hearts out of the Scottish Cup in 2003. That same side won the Scottish First Division the same season but were not accepted by the Scottish Premier League because their ground did not meet SPL standards.<ref>{{cite news|title=Falkirk chairman calls for relegation perspective|url=http://sport.stv.tv/football/scottish-premier/falkirk/176327-falkirk-chairman-calls-for-relegation-perspective/|accessdate=8 December 2010|newspaper=STV|date=10 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309115308/http://sport.stv.tv/football/scottish-premier/falkirk/176327-falkirk-chairman-calls-for-relegation-perspective/|archive-date=9 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ferguson was part of the side that was promoted to the SPL in 2005.

After one further season with Falkirk, Ferguson moved to Stranraer, where he made eight appearances in two seasons.

==Honours== '''Airdrieonians''' *Scottish Challenge Cup: 2001–02<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/1598965.stm |title=Airdrie retain Challenge Cup|publisher=BBC Sport|date=14 October 2001|access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferguson, Allan}} Category:Living people Category:1969 births Category:Footballers from Lanark Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Hamilton Academical F.C. players Category:St Johnstone F.C. players Category:Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players Category:Falkirk F.C. players Category:Stranraer F.C. players Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Scottish Premier League players Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen