Andy Walker (footballer, born 1965)

Andy Walker

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Francis Walker
Date of birth	(1965-04-06) 6 April 1965
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Baillieston
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1987	Motherwell	77	(17)
1987–1991	Celtic	108	(30)
1991	→ Newcastle United (loan)	2	(0)
1991–1994	Bolton Wanderers	67	(44)
1994–1996	Celtic	42	(9)
1996–1998	Sheffield United	52	(20)
1998	→ Hibernian (loan)	8	(3)
1998	→ Raith Rovers (loan)	7	(2)
1998–1999	Ayr United	33	(15)
1999	Carlisle United	3	(0)
1999	Partick Thistle	4	(0)
1999–2000	Kilwinning Rangers	0	(0)
1999	Isernia	?	(?)
2000	Alloa Athletic	8	(3)
International career
1987	Scotland U21	1	(1)
1988–1994	Scotland	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew "Andy" Walker (born 6 April 1965 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former footballer and current TV pundit.

Football career

Motherwell and Celtic

Walker started his career with Motherwell in 1984 before moving to Celtic in the summer of 1987. His first season at Celtic Park was hugely successful, as the Bhoys won the double in their centenary season and Walker himself earned a first Scotland cap against Colombia. The following 3 seasons were less fruitful however and by 1991–92 Walker was out of the first team picture.

Bolton

After loan spells with Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers, he joined the Burnden Park side permanently in 1992.

At Bolton, Walker returned to his form of 1987–88, establishing a prolific partnership with John McGinlay as the Lancashire side earned promotion to the First Division in 1992–93. That same season, he famously scored at Anfield to help the Trotters knock holders Liverpool out of the FA Cup. Walker continued in the same vein the following season until sustaining a serious knee injury against Swansea City.

Glasgow

Upon his recovery, Walker was the subject of a surprise bid from Celtic and he returned to Glasgow in 1994.

1994–95 was a mixed season for Walker. On the positive side, he won a Scotland recall and earned his third (and last) cap in October, while his Celtic side won the Scottish Cup in May 1995. In between these events though were the negatives, as the Hoops struggled in the League and suffered a shock defeat by Raith Rovers in the League Cup final. Due to the arrival of Andreas Thom in the summer of 1995, Walker was again deemed surplus to requirements at Parkhead and joined Sheffield United for £500,000 in early 1996. Walker's time in the Steel City was relatively productive; his goals tally a respectable 24.

Lower leagues

Nevertheless, Walker was again to quickly fall from favour, and after brief loan spells at Hibernian, where he scored in an Edinburgh derby, and Raith Rovers in 1998, he ended his career in the lower leagues. This period encompassed short spells with Ayr United, Carlisle United, Partick Thistle and Alloa Athletic.

TV career

Since his playing retirement, Walker has worked as a pundit for STV on their Scotsport highlights programme, which he became the main presenter of, alongside Grant Stott, due to Jim Delahunt's departure. The programme was axed in May 2008, due to increasing competition from BBC Scotland's Sportscene. Walker is also writing a column for the Glasgow-based Sunday Mail newspaper.

In 2007/08, Walker began presenting STV's coverage of the Champions League, as well the station's UEFA Cup matches, taking over from Jim White.

Walker now regularly features on Sky Sports as a color commentator for Scottish Premiership and Cup games.

External links

• Newcastle Fans profile
• Walker's Wager at stv.tv
• Andy Walker career statistics at Soccerbase
• Andy Walker at scottishfa.co.uk
• Bolton Wanderers Interview
• Scotland U21 stats at Fitbastats