David Purdie (born 1966 in

Dumfries Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...

) is a Scottish ex professional footballer who played for

Ayr United Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is ...

and home town club Queen of the South. Purdie was a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

Playing career

After playing for Greystone Rovers and Dumfries YMCA, Purdie began his senior career with Ayr United. He debuted in 1984 as did schoolfriend Malcolm Adams. Purdie played for Ayr in 132 league games over seven seasons. Purdie then joined Queen of the South where in his two seasons he played in 44 league games. Purdie's sequence of four consecutive clean sheets in senior games joined the likes of

Allan Ball Allan Ball (26 February 1943 – 21 July 2018) was an English footballer. Born in Hetton-le-Hole in County Durham, Ball played as a goalkeeper, spending most of his professional career with Scottish club Queen of the South in Dumfries. Ball ...

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and Alan Davidson by equalling the club record.History in the making
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Purdie, David 1966 births Scottish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Ayr United F.C. players Living people Queen of the South F.C. players Scottish Football League players Footballers from Dumfries