{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{lead too short|date=August 2010}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bobby Geddes | fullname = Robert Geddes | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1960|08|12}} | birth_place = Inverness, Scotland | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | currentclub = Falkirk (goalkeeping coach) | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = 1976–1977 | youthclubs1 = Ross County | youthyears2 = 1977–1979 | youthclubs2 = Dundee | years1 = 1979–1990 | years2 = 1990–1996 | years3 = 1996–1997 | years4 = 1997–1999 | years5 = 1999–2000 | years6 = | years7 = 2008–2010 | clubs1 = Dundee | clubs2 = Kilmarnock | clubs3 = Raith Rovers | clubs4 = Linfield | clubs5 = Brechin City | clubs6 = Carnoustie Panmure | clubs7 = Dundee | caps1 = 253 | caps2 = 183 | caps3 = 12 | caps4 = | caps5 = 36 | caps6 = | caps7 = 1 | totalcaps = 485 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = | goals5 = 0 | goals6 = | goals7 = 0 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1981–1988 | nationalteam1 = Scotland U21<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu21/player.php?playerid=84|title = Scotland U21 Player Bobby Geddes Details}}</ref> | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = Carnoustie Panmure }}
'''Robert Geddes''' (born 12 August 1960) is a Scotland former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is currently the goalkeeping coach for Falkirk. A product of the Highland Football League, Geddes was goalkeeping coach at first club Dundee from 2006 until 2021, a position he previously held at city rivals Dundee United.
==Playing career== Inverness-born Geddes began his professional career with Ross County, then a Highland League club. In 1977 Geddes transferred from Ross County to Dundee, and was part of the side who finished runners-up in the First Division and League Cup that season. In 1990 after ten years at Dens Park, Geddes moved west to Kilmarnock where in 1993 he was part of the promotion-winning side. A short spell with Raith Rovers followed in the mid-90s before spending two years in Northern Ireland with Linfield where he won the Irish League Cup in successive seasons. At the end of the decade, Geddes returned to Scotland with Brechin City, marking his twentieth and final season in professional football.
==Coaching career== Geddes moved into management with junior side Carnoustie Panmure, adopting a player/manager role which brought the club the Scottish Junior Cup in 2003–04. In April 2005, Geddes moved into a goalkeeping coaching role with Dundee United,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2005/04/04/story6981151t0.shtm|title=Fans outnumbered|date=5 April 2005|work=Evening Telegraph|access-date=2008-04-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407123417/http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2005/04/04/story6981151t0.shtm|archivedate=7 April 2005}}</ref> where he stayed before returning to Dundee in the same role. In April 2008, injuries forced 47-year-old Geddes to appear as the substitute goalkeeper in a match against Hamilton Academical. Coincidentally, the New Douglas Park club were also forced to name their goalkeeping coach Brian Potter as their substitute goalkeeper. Potter was a used substitute in the 1–1 draw, whilst Geddes, listed as a trialist, was an unused substitute.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/7364827.stm|title= Dundee 1-1 Hamilton Accies|date=26 April 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2008-04-28}}</ref>
Geddes again had to be re-registered in August 2009, to appear as a substitute goalkeeper for Dundee in their Co-operative Insurance Cup match against Forfar Athletic on 25 August 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=280917&cc=5739 |title=Report: Forfar Athletic v Dundee - Scottish Communities League Cup - ESPN Soccernet |access-date=21 April 2010 |archive-date=22 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622085418/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=280917&cc=5739 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 21 April 2010, Geddes appeared as a substitute goalkeeper for Dundee against Raith Rovers, after Tony Bullock went off with a hamstring injury after 27 minutes, which Dundee lost 1–0. Geddes became the oldest player to appear for Dundee in a league match, at 49 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/8638423.stm|title=Veteran keeper Bobby Geddes, 49, shocked at return|date=22 April 2010|publisher=BBC|access-date=2010-04-22}}</ref> He left his coaching role with Dundee in July 2021, after fifteen years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bobby Geddes leaves Dundee after 15 years as goalkeeping coach |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/bobby-geddes-leaves-dundee-after-15-years-as-goalkeeping-coach-1625155379000 |access-date=1 July 2021 |work=FourFourTwo |date=1 July 2021}}</ref> Later that month, Geddes would be announced as the goalkeeping coach for Scottish League One side Falkirk.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CLUB UPDATE: BACKROOM TEAM CHANGES|url=https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2021/07/16/club-update-backroom-team-changes/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Falkirk Football Club|date=16 July 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Dundee *'''Scottish League Cup Runner-up: 1''' :: 1980–81
;Linfield *'''Irish League Cup: 2''' :: 1997-98, 1998-99
;Carnoustie *'''Scottish Junior Cup: 1''' :: 2003–04
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{NeilBrownPlayers|player/bobbygeddes}}
{{Dundee F.C. Hall of Fame}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Geddes, Bobby}} Category:1960 births Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Brechin City F.C. players Category:Carnoustie Panmure F.C. managers Category:Carnoustie Panmure F.C. players Category:Dundee F.C. players Category:Dundee United F.C. non-playing staff Category:Kilmarnock F.C. players Category:Linfield F.C. players Category:Living people Category:Raith Rovers F.C. players Category:Ross County F.C. players Category:Scotland men's under-21 international footballers Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Scottish football managers Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Footballers from Inverness Category:Association football goalkeeping coaches Category:Dundee F.C. non-playing staff Category:Falkirk F.C. non-playing staff