Rab Douglas

Meadowbank Thistle and Livingston

Douglas was born in Lanark. He began his professional career in 1993 when he signed for Scottish Second Division side Meadowbank Thistle. Meadowbank Thistle were relegated to the Third Division at the end of 1993–94, and in 1995 relocated to Livingston and changed their name accordingly. By this time, Douglas had become their first-choice goalkeeper. The re-branded club had a successful first season and won promotion to the Second Division.

Dundee

In the summer of 1997, Scottish First Division side Dundee signed Douglas. He was an ever-present in the side as Dundee won the 1997–98 Scottish First Division and gained promotion to the Scottish Premier League. Dundee also had a good run in the 1997–98 Scottish Cup, and Douglas kept a clean sheet in the quarter-final tie at Ibrox as Dundee held Rangers to a 0–0 draw. Dundee, however, lost the replay 2–0. In November 1999 he saved a Jörg Albertz penalty as Dundee won 2–1 against Rangers at Ibrox. He continued as Dundee's first-choice goalkeeper into season 2000–01.

Celtic

Douglas joined Celtic from Dundee in 2000 and soon became first-choice goalkeeper at the club, displacing Jonathan Gould. He won the Scottish Premier League (SPL) title and the Scottish Cup in his first season at the club, but was cup-tied for their victorious 2000–01 Scottish League Cup campaign. The following season saw Douglas win a second SPL title. He also won praise for an outstanding performance…

Douglas was a regular for Scotland during the UEFA Euro 2004 qualification campaign. After a 6–0 loss to the Netherlands in Amsterdam in the qualifying playoff, Douglas lost his position as first team goalkeeper. It was a night from which his Scotland career never really recovered and he played just once more under Berti Vogts, against Wales, in a 4–0 defeat. Douglas was recalled to the Scotland squad in 2005 by Walter Smith for a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Italy, but he had to be substituted in the 38th minute due to injury. His last appearance for Scotland was a friendly match in August 2005, where he came on as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 draw against Austria. In all he played 19 times for Scotland.

Douglas was declared bankrupt in January 2017 and became a sports columnist for newspaper The Courier.

Livingston

Scottish Football League Third Division: 1995–96 Dundee

Scottish Football League First Division: 1997–98 Scottish Challenge Cup: 2009–10 Celtic

Scottish Premier League: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04 Scottish Cup: 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05 UEFA Cup runner-up: 2002–03