Andy Murdoch

Infobox Football biography
playername = Andy Murdoch


fullname = Andrew Murdoch
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|6|25
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countryofbirth = Scotland
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position = Goalkeeper
currentclub = Albion Rovers
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youthclubs = Hamilton Thistle
years = 1986–96
1988–1989
1989–1990
1991–1995
clubs = Celtic
→ Partick Thistle (loan)
→ Partick Thistle (loan)
Partick Thistle
caps(goals) = 00 (0)
13 (0)
13 (0)
75 (0)
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Andrew (Andy) Murdoch is a Scottish former footballer who spent most of his career as a goalkeeper for Partick Thistle. Murdoch Began his career with Celtic and had two separate loan spells with Partick [cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/partick/partick.htm|title=PARTICK THISTLE : 1946/47 - 2006/07|publisher=neilbrown.newcastlefans.com|accessdate=2008-07-17] before becoming their record signing in February 1991 for a fee of £85,000. [cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/team_records.sd?teamid=2081|title=Partick Thistle all time records|publisher=Soccerbase.com|accessdate=2008-07-17] Murdoch moved out of the senior game in 1995 to join the policecite web|url=http://www.ptfc.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=110&Itemid=59&limit=1&limitstart=7|title=Players of the 90s|publisher=Ptfc.net|accessdate=2008-07-17] and spent time with Greenock Juniors [cite web|url=http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/~johnm/thistle/support/August2000.html|title=Supporter's ["sic"] views|publisher=Over Land and Sea|accessdate=2008-07-17] before returning to Thistle for a final short spell. 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.cite web|url=http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=298|title=Dundee United A-Z (P): Partick Thistle|publisher=Dundee United FC] Despite defender Martin Clarke 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.

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