I knew most of that, Roger, but had no idea you were a semi pro, even briefly. Who was that for? Or are you referring to the time you forgot your wallet after the five-a-sides, and we had to have a whip round in the pub?
Steve, when I first came to Dundee, after leaving school, I signed for Dundee North End. I played a couple of pre-season games, got injured and was farmed out to another side (Maryfield) to get my fitness back. Not long after that, my father died and I headed back up to the Highlands to help in the family business. So that was the end of my brief semi-pro career but, if I'm honest, it was a level above my ability. I was a decent amateur, nothing more, and my ankle problems meant that I had to give up playing on a weekly basis. And that, as they say, was that.
I did enjoy those five-a-sides, though. There's nothing like being kicked up in the air by several snorting sub-editors from The Beano, desperate to get to the pub!
