After ten years of pulling on a View Jersey, vice captain Dougie Scott has announced his retirement from playing due to an ongoing injury. Dougie first signed for the View back in February 1999 and has been involved in some of the high points of Greenview FC's history including the famous double win in season 2000-01 and the league winning team of season 1998-99 that took Greenview into SECL Division 1. Despite being one of the more senior members of the team, this announcement is seen as early retirement as we were hoping that the 36 year old would be involved for a few seasons yet to come!
However, all is not lost as Dougie has undertaken a coaching role within the team on a Saturday morning and as such the experience missing from the park is gained from the sideline......replacing the skill might be a different challenge! Dougie has played in a variety of positions in the middle of the park but in recent seasons fulfilled an important role in defence.
His playing career has not been without incident as he has had to come back from several injuries including a back injury and a dislocated shoulder. However, each time hes made it back into the top eleven. This time round there is a sense of finality about this current injury.
Throughout his ten years, Dougie has played, 233 times, has scored 13 times, whilst assisting goals (directly!) 22 times and notching up 10 man of the matches.
Dougie intends to continue in the coaching role until the end of this current season but beyond that is uncertain. Perhaps if we support him enough in this current role we can hold on to him for yet another season!
A big thank you goes out to Dougie for all his efforts and commitment to Greenview FC over the past ten years. |
