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The great servants of the lower echelons of our ‘Beautiful Game’ are often unsung and into this category falls Gary a player who made his professional debut with Berwick Rangers in February 1993 and who has played more than 400 games in the lower leagues of Scottish professional football and can claim to be the only Berwick Rangers player to be capped by his country at a recognised International level.

Gary for the latter part of this 2007/08 season had been turning out in the colours of East Stirlingshire where he was in sparkling form whilst on loan from Berwick Rangers and on Saturday April 12th he recorded the 100th clean sheet of his career following a magnificent performance against Arbroath at Gayfield, this was his 3rd shut-out in a row and a landmark that Gary was desperatly keen to reach ahead of the launch of his Testimonial Year on April 19th. Gary then turned in another excellent performance in the 3:1 win over promotion chasing Montrose on the last day of the season to ensure that 'The Shire' avoided finishing bottom of all the Scottish Leagues for the 6th year in-a-row.

In mid-May Gary was, along with 8 other players, 'freed' by Berwick Rangers and quickly signed up by Raith Rovers where he looks forward to season 2008-09 back in Division 2.

As a way of acknowledging Gary’s contribution to both Berwick Rangers and Scottish football a small group of fans have formed a Testimonial Committee and organised a number of events that will give everyone an opportunity to show their appreciation for an all-round good guy who is, and has been, a superb goalkeeper and servant to the game.



Testimonial Match
Celtic brought a young and very capable team down to Shielfield on Sunday July 27th and beat 'Gary's' Berwick Rangers XI by a second half goal from the very impressive James Keeting. A good crowd of close to 600 enjoyed a very competitive game in which Gary produced a number of fine saves before he left the field after 80 minutes to a standing ovation. At the end of the match Gary was presented with The Berwick Rangers Supporters Trust Player of the Year Award for 2007-08 which was a very fitting way for him to finish off what was a magnificent day for him. The Testimonial Committee are very grateful to John McLaughlan, Chris McCart, Stevie Woods, Miodrag Krivokapic and all the Celtic FC players for travelling down to Berwick and participating in the match in a most fantastic spirit.

Thanks also go to the sponsors - Drew and Trish Fiddes of AGF Plant, Tommy Mann of West Lothian Insurance Services, Mark Lockhart of M&J Joinery and Willie Kenny of Kenny's Taxis Linlithgow. Finally, the top class match officials - Dougie McDonald, Keith Sorbie and Mark Doyle deserve tremendous credit for giving up their Sunday afternoon and officiating this fine match

Souvenir Brochure An excellent 64 page high quality Souvenir Testimonial Brochure has also been published and carries details of Gary’s career to-date and contains many stories, facts and tributes including a Foreword from Craig Brown CBE who worked with Gary during the 5 years when he was involved with the Scotland International squads. 'The brochure, costing £4 (+£1 postage) is available from the Committee members (Robert Johnson, Ian Oliver, Neil Oliver and George Mathison 07769886959, E-Mail george.mathison@blueyonder.co.uk).