Andrew McCulloch (footballer)

Andy McCulloch
Personal information
Full name Andrew McCulloch[1]
Date of birth (1950-01-03) 3 January 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Northampton, England
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Fleet Town
19??–1970 Walton & Hersham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1972 Queens Park Rangers 41 (10)
1972–1974 Cardiff City 58 (24)
1974–1976 Oxford United 41 (9)
1976–1979 Brentford 127 (48)
1978Oakland Stompers (loan) 18 (3)
1979–1983 Sheffield Wednesday 125 (44)
1983–1984 Crystal Palace 25 (3)
1984–1985 Aldershot 16 (2)
Total 433 (140)
International career
1973 Scotland U23 1 (0)
Managerial career
19??–2008 Esher United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew McCulloch (born 3 January 1950) is an English former professional footballer who played for Queens Park Rangers, Cardiff City, Oxford United, Brentford, Sheffield Wednesday, Crystal Palace and Aldershot. He played a total of 475 games in all competitions for his seven league clubs, scoring 153 goals in a career which lasted from 1970 until 1985. McCulloch was a centre forward in the "target man" mould, being 6 ft 2in (1.88 m) tall, he was good in the air, using his strong physique to hold off defenders and lay the ball off to teammates. He made one appearance for the Scotland national under 23 team.[2]

McCulloch was born in Northampton on 3 January 1950. He was the son of Adam McCulloch who played over 200 league games for Northampton Town, Shrewsbury Town and Aldershot.[3] Andy was brought up in Hampshire, the family moving there when his father signed for Aldershot in 1953. On leaving school he attended university and obtained a Civil engineering degree before playing full-time football.

  1. ^ "Andrew McCulloch". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference FitbaStats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Players of Interest". Auchinleck Talbot Football Club. Retrieved 16 November 2022.