Ian Westwater

Football player infobox
playername = Ian Westwater
fullname = Ian Westwater
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1963|11|08|mf=y
cityofbirth = Loughborough
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position = Goalkeeper
years = 1980–1985
1985–1991
1991–1994
1994
1994–2000
2000–2004
clubs = Hearts
Dunfermline
Falkirk
Dundee
Dunfermline
Hibernian
caps(goals) = 002 0(0)
192 0(0)
067 0(0)
000 0(0)
111 0(0)
000 0(0)
pcupdate = 12:31, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Ian Westwater (born November 8 1963, Loughborough) is a former English professional football goalkeeper who spent the majority of his career with Scottish side Dunfermline Athletic.

Career

Playing

Westwater started his career with Scottish Premier Division side Hearts, making his debut for the Tynecastle side at just 16 years of age.cite web|url=http://www.dafc.net/index2.php?ID=1086&CATEGORY2=|title=Ian Westwater|publisher=dafc.net|accessdate=October 1|accessyear=2008] He went on to play only one other game for the side, before being signed by Dunfermline Athletic for £4,000 in March 1985. It was with Dunfermline that Westwater would be most prosperous, playing in over 190 games in his first spell at the club. His debut came against Stranraer in April 1985.cite web|url=http://parsdatabase.co.uk/|title=Westwater, Ian|publisher=parsdatabase.co.uk|accessdate=October 1|accessyear=2008]

Westwater moved to local rivals Falkirk in a player swap deal in August 1991, where in his first season he helped the club gain promotion to the Scottish Premier Division. After being relegated in 1993, he again helped the side in 1994 in their promotion winning season before moving on a short term deal to Dundee.

After playing no games for Dundee, Westwater moved back to Dunfermline Athletic for his spell with the club, signing for £15,000. He stayed with the Pars, helping them achieve promotion to the Scottish Premier Division in 1996. He played in over 110 league games in his second spell but towards the end of his Dunfermline career, he was ousted by younger goalkeeper. At the start of the new Millenium, he made the short move acorss the River Forth to Easter Road side Hibernian, where he would fail to play any matches before hanging up his gloves in 2004.

Coaching

During his spell with Hibernian, Westwater was the goalkeeping coach for the Leith side.

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