Bobby Geddes

Scottish footballer

Bobby Geddes
Personal information
Full name	Robert Geddes
Date of birth	(1960-08-12) 12 August 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth	Inverness, Scotland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Falkirk (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1976–1977	Ross County
1977–1979	Dundee
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1990	Dundee	253	(0)
1990–1996	Kilmarnock	183	(0)
1996–1997	Raith Rovers	12	(0)
1997–1999	Linfield
1999–2000	Brechin City	36	(0)
	Carnoustie Panmure
2008–2010	Dundee	1	(0)
Total		485	(0)
International career
1981–1988	Scotland U21^[1]	5	(0)
Managerial career
	Carnoustie Panmure
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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,^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5] He left his coaching role with Dundee in July 2021, after fifteen years.^[6] Later that month, Geddes would be announced as the goalkeeping coach for Scottish League One side Falkirk.^[7]

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

^ "Scotland U21 Player Bobby Geddes Details".
^ "Fans outnumbered". Evening Telegraph. 5 April 2005. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
^ "Dundee 1-1 Hamilton Accies". BBC Sport. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
^ "Report: Forfar Athletic v Dundee - Scottish Communities League Cup - ESPN Soccernet". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
^ "Veteran keeper Bobby Geddes, 49, shocked at return". BBC. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
^ "Bobby Geddes leaves Dundee after 15 years as goalkeeping coach". FourFourTwo. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ "CLUB UPDATE: BACKROOM TEAM CHANGES". Falkirk Football Club. Retrieved 20 December 2021.