BOOZER GORAM HAS TO SCRAPE BY ON pounds 1000 A WEEK; Court claim puts him on pounds 15,000 less than Ibrox pal.
Booze-shame soccer star Andy Goram yesterday claimed he struggled by on pounds 1000 a week.The Scotland keeper said he earned pounds 15,000 a week LESS than bad-boy Paul Gascoigne.
But Goram's pay packet is topped up by a pounds 250-a-week sponsorship deal.
His earnings were revealed at Linlithgow Sheriff Court, where he became the third Rangers player in three months to be fined and banned for drink- driving.
Goram, 32, was convicted of driving while two-and-a-half times the legal limit in his top- of-the-range club car.
The Honda - which will now almost certainly be taken from him by chairman David Murray - was seen weaving about the road as Goram made his way home.
Police were tipped off when he got into his car after a function at Linlithgow's West Port Hotel in October last year.
June Gilchrist, prosecuting, said: "His breath smelled of alcohol and his eyes were glazed."
Sheriff Grahame Fleming fined Goram, of Penicuik, Midlothian, pounds 1000 and banned him from driving for 18 months.
After hearing what he earned, the sheriff gave him three months to pay.
Goram's wages are well down on those of other international players at Ibrox. Gazza is top of the pile on pounds 16,000 a week.
Brian Laudrup picks up around pounds 10,000, with skipper Richard Gough on about pounds 8000.
New signings Jorge Albertz, Jocky Bjorklund and Erik Bo Andersen all earn pounds 5000 a week - the same as veteran striker Ally McCoist gets under his new deal.
But these sums pale next to the bumper pay packet Gianluca Vialli gets from Chelsea - he's paid a staggering pounds 27,000 a week.
Last night, a top Scots-based soccer agent, who didn't want to be named, said: "Andy is well down the league in terms of salary.
"If I was negotiating a deal for an up-and-coming star with one of the bigger clubs, I'd be looking for around pounds 2000- plus a week.
"I suggest that Andy negotiates a new deal."
l McCoist was fined pounds 2500 and banned for 15 months in August for early-morning drink-driving in Glasgow city centre.
John Brown got a pounds 1500 fine and a 15-month ban in August. He was twice the legal limit as he drove home from watching a game at STV studios in Glasgow.
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| Author: | Britten, Nick; Dow, Ian |
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| Publication: | Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Date: | Nov 5, 1996 |
| Words: | 385 |
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