Career
Dick also represented Scotland at schoolboys and youth level Ally Dick joined Spurs as an apprentice and played in 17 league matches and scored two goals between 1981 and 1986. Dick had the distinction of becoming the youngest first team player in Spurs history, when appearing at the age of 16 years and 301 days when he made his debut at White Hart Lane against Manchester City on 20 February 1982, a record since broken by John Bostock.
Johan Cruyff signed Dick for Ajax Amsterdam in 1986.
Dick featured again in the following season"s European campaign and went on to play in the 1st leg of the 1987 European Super Cup Final. Dick went on to play in Australia for three clubs and also for one club in South Africa before injury ended his career at Scottish club Alloa Athletic in 1997 at the age of thirty two.
Dick worked for Associated Newspapers (Daily Mail & Mail on Sunday). He also holds a Union of European Football Associations B coaching license.
In 2011, Dick was appointed as one of the head coaches in Stirling Albion"s youth academy.