24 Facts About Alan Main

Alan David Main was born on 5 December 1967 and is a Scottish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Alan Main then transferred to top-tier Dundee United, signing a full-time contract, and remained with the club for nine years.

Alan Main played for St Johnstone, Livingston and Gretna in a twenty-year full-time professional career.

Alan Main won the Scottish League Cup with Livingston in 2004 and three Scottish Football League divisional medals.

Alan Main earned runners-up medals from the Scottish Cup and the UEFA Cup, having been part of the Dundee United squad that reached the 1987 final of the latter during his first professional season.

Alan Main did however represent Scotland in under-21 and B international fixtures.

Alan Main was born in Elgin, Morayshire, on 5 December 1967 and grew up in nearby Lossiemouth, the youngest of four children.

Alan Main played as a goalkeeper from an early age with Elgin Boys Club.

Alan Main had the opportunity to sign for Motherwell on schoolboy forms, but turned the offer down due to the distance from his family home.

Alan Main began his professional career with Lossiemouth his local club Highland League Club before transferring to neighbours and fellow Highland Club, Elgin City.

Alan Main spent nine years at Tannadice, mostly under manager Jim McLean, even making Andy Roxburgh's Scotland squad.

Alan Main made the substitutes' bench twice, but with Jim Leighton and Andy Goram ahead of him in the pecking order, he never took to the field.

Alan Main broke his shin in a September 2001 game against Motherwell and was out of the game for over a year, missing Saints' relegation to the First Division.

Four months after returning to first-team football, Alan Main ended his nine-year association with the Perth club and returned to the Premier League with Livingston.

In February 2004, Alan Main was one of a number of players affected by financial problems at Livingston and was asked to take a pay cut to remain at the club.

Alan Main guested for Shamrock Rovers in a friendly against Hibernian in July 2005.

On 6 March 2007, two months before Gretna's promotion to the top flight, it was announced that Alan Main had signed a pre-contract agreement with his former club St Johnstone on a two-year deal.

Alan Main signed a one-year contract extension until May 2010, making him a part of the squad promoted back to the Scottish Premier League for the first time in seven years.

Alan Main was granted a testimonial match against a Manchester United XI, which was played at McDiarmid Park on 31 July 2010.

Alan Main joined Rangers in January 2011 as temporary cover for goalkeeping coach Jim Stewart, who was undergoing knee surgery.

Alan Main officially announced his retirement as a player on 26 March 2011.

Alan Main was inducted into Dundee United's Hall of Fame in 2013.

In June 2022, Alan Main was appointed first-team goalkeeping coach at Dunfermline Athletic, joining James McPake's backroom team.

Alan Main's career was cut short, at age 18, due to a brain tumour.