Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 18 ...
) is a Scottish former
footballer
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who played as a
right back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Career
Rolland began his senior career in 1961 with
Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 18 ...
but was released at the end of the season. After a spell in junior football, he returned to
Central Park
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in 1964 and remained for three seasons, before a £10,000 move to
Dundee United
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in 1967. Rolland played at
Tannadice
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for eleven seasons, picking up a
Scottish Cup
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, featuring for
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and
Los Angeles Aztecs
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, the latter involving a swap deal for
George Best
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. Rolland returned to Scotland after the summer and signed for
Dunfermline
Dunfermline (; sco, Dunfaurlin, gd, Dùn Phàrlain) is a city, parish and former Royal Burgh, in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. The city currently has an estimated population of 58,508. Accord ...
, where he scored the all important penalty in the last game of the 1978–79 season v Falkirk to secure promotion for The Pars as runners up to Berwick Rangers Midway through 1980–81, Rolland returned to Cowdenbeath for a third spell, becoming player/manager shortly afterwards. During that season, Rolland missed the all-important penalty in a match which denied Cowden promotion. Rolland left the club in March 1982, and later returned to junior football at the age of 40 with
Leven Juniors Leven may refer to:
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* Leven, Fife, a town in Scotland
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.
Although Rolland never appeared for Scotland, he was selected for the
Scottish League
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team against the
Football League
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at Hampden in 1976. This was the final of these matches, as this occasion drew less than 9,000 spectators.
Honours
*
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1973–74
See also
*
List of footballers in Scotland by number of league appearances
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