Profile Pro-forma
‘Alan Shearer is boring. We call him Mary Poppins’
Freddie Shepherd, Newcastle Director, secrectly recorded by a News of the World reporter in 1998.
Despite scoring an incredible 365 goals in 692 games during an incredible career, Alan Shearer still had his critics, some of them with more credibility than Freddie Shepherd. Whether he was being called immobile or one-dimensional, the inference was clear - scoring goals isn’t enough for the modern day centre-forward. As Kris Boyd is finding out to his cost, we now expect our number nines to be all things to all men – to hold the ball up, link play, head the ball on, defend when necessary, create chances - oh, and put the ball in the back of the net if they have time. Just as well expectations were different when Ally MacCoist was making his way into the Ibrox record books. Talk of Super Ally, scourge of Celtic for many a year, leads us to our very own goal poacher (turned goal tender) – the man who calls himself ‘ The Carloway legend’ but who is known to his teammates simply as ‘Craigie’……
Name: Gordon H Craigie.
Nicknames: Gochy, The Rubhach and The Carloway Legend.
Age: 32.
Place of Birth: Carloway.
What is your job? Butchery Manager.
What team(s) do you support? Celtic, Western Thistle, Carloway, Scotland, Crystal Palace and Point.
How would you describe yourself as a player? Legendary.
What honours have you won in the game? I’ve won the league, the ABC Cup, the Jock Stein Cup and the Co-op Cup as a player with Point and I’ve won the u.18 league and the Ladywell Cup as a coach for Western Thistle.
How many goals have you scored for Carloway? 187 goals.
What is the most goals you have scored in one game? 10 goals against Northend in the Co-op Cup in 2000.
What is the best goal you ever scored? The 10th goal in that game, a side-foot volley from about 20 yards into the roof of the net.
What is your worst ever miss? Ask Cobby. He remembers them all.
Have you ever been sent off as a player? No but I’ve been close on a couple of occasions.
Who in your opinion is the best ever Carloway player? Angie “Spike” Maciver.
What is the best goal scored for Carloway you have ever seen? Louis Macdonald’s goal against lochs in 2006.
What is your favourite ever Carloway game? Lewis Cup semi-final against United last year when we won 4-2.
When will Carloway win a trophy? When I’m manager.
Which trophy will it be? Any trophy.
What would you view as a successful season this year? A high league position. To win a trophy would be a great achievement.
Who is currently the best player in the Lewis and Harris league? Euan “Moley” Macleod of Back.
Favourite TV Programme? Hollyoaks.
Favourite ‘Reality’ TV Programme? Wife Swap.
Which Carloway player/supporter would fare best on this programme? If Grapp had a wife…
Last film you saw at the cinema? Rocky Balboa.
Favourite film: The Shawshank Redemption.
Favourite actor: Samuel L Jackson.
Favourite actress: Drew Barrymore.
Last book you read: God’s Never Offside.
Favourite book: The Bible.
Favourite author: John.
Last album you bought: Mark Ronson, Version.
Favourite concert: Oasis at Loch Lomond in 1995.
When was the last time you appeared on Youtube and what were you doing? I’m not on it, am I?
Cats or dogs? Dogs.
Cows or sheep? Cows.
Coffee Pot or Arts Centre? Coffee Pot.
Pyjamas or ‘au naturel’ ? Pyjamas.
If you were prime minister for the day, what would you change? Reduce the cost of petrol/diesel.
If you were running Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar for a day, what would you
change? More parking in town.
Sum yourself up in five words? I am the Carloway Legend.
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