Andy Murdoch (footballer, born 1968)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Murdoch | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Greenock, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Johnstone Burgh | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1991 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 1990 | → Hamilton Academical (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1991–1995 | Partick Thistle | 75 | (0) |
| Total | 105 | (0) | |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Andrew "Andy" Murdoch (born 20 July 1968) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for Celtic, Partick Thistle and Hamilton Academical.[1]
Career
Murdoch began his career with Celtic and had two separate loan spells with Partick Thistle[1] before becoming their record signing in February 1991 for a fee of £85,000.[2] Murdoch moved out of the senior game in 1995 to join the police[3] and spent time with Greenock Juniors[4] before returning to Thistle for a final short spell.[3] He also played with Johnstone Burgh.
Murdoch was involved in one of Scottish football's more bizarre moments when Paddy Connolly was denied a hat-trick during his time at Dundee United, when referee Les Mottram failed to notice his shot had come back from the inside stanchion in a February 1993 match against Partick.[5]
Despite defender Martin Clark handing the ball back to Murdoch to restart, Mottram missed the goal and handball to wave play on, with Connolly scoring twice in the match in a 4-0 win. Mottram went on to referee in the 1994 World Cup the following year.
References
- 1 2 Andy Murdoch career at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
- ↑ "Partick Thistle all time records". Soccerbase.com. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
- 1 2 "Players of the 90s". Ptfc.net. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
- ↑ "Supporter's [sic] views". Over Land and Sea. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
- ↑ "Dundee United A-Z (P): Partick Thistle". Dundee United FC.