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Andrew Lewis Goram (b. April 13, 1964 in Bury, England) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for both Oldham Athletic A.F.C. and Hibernian F.C. but is best remembered for having played for Rangers F.C.. In 2001 he was voted Rangers' greatest ever goalkeeper by the fans and is regarded as one the best players ever to play for Rangers. After his time with Rangers he had short spells at Motherwell F.C., Notts County, Sheffield United, Manchester United, and Coventry City
Goram joined Oldham Athletic as a teenager and spent seven years with the English club before moving to Hibernian in 1987. He was bought by Rangers in 1991 for £1m and went on to become a Rangers legend, helping the club to nine Scottish League titles in a row between 1989 and 1997. He was also instrumental in Rangers' run in the European Cup in 1992-93 as they came to within one match of reaching the final.
He was also an important player for Scotland, winning 48 caps.
He ended his career with Queen of the South F.C. and Elgin City F.C.
When he was diagnosed as schizophrenic, opposing fans chanted "Two Andy Gorams! There's only two Andy Gorams". This is an example of the commonplace confusion between Schizophrenia and Dissociative identity disorder.
In March 2006, Goram joined Airdrie United as goalkeeping coach.
Cricket
Also a talented cricketer, Goram represented the Scottish cricket team four times: twice (1989 and 1991) in the annual first-class game against Ireland and twice (again in 1989 and 1991) in the NatWest Trophy.
A left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler, he never achieved any great success, and his most significant act was probably to bowl England Test player Richard Blakey in a NatWest Trophy game against Yorkshire in 1989.
He was also a talented league cricketer appearing as a wicket-keeper and batsman for various Oldham clubs in the Saddleworth League including Delph & Dobcross, Moorside and East Lancashire Paper Mills.
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