Andrew McGuigan (24 February 1878 – 1948) was a Scottish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

, described as "speedy and tricky". He began his career with Hibernian before signing with

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

in 1900. With Liverpool, he won a First Division champions medal in 1900–01. He was sold to

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the a ...

in December 1902. He then struggled with injury and wound down his career in brief spells at

Southport Central Southport Central is an 18,130 m² mixed Use, multi-purpose development at the corner of Scarborough and Lawson Streets in Southport, Queensland, Australia. It comprises three towers with integrated shopping and commercial precincts with a tota ...

, Accrington Stanley,

Burslem Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley of ...

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

Barrow Barrow may refer to: Places England * Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria ** Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, local authority encompassing the wider area ** Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency) * Barrow, Cheshire * Barrow, Gloucestershire * Barro ...

, and Exeter City. He was later on the board of directors at Liverpool.

Career

Hibernian

McGuigan started his professional career in 1898 with Hibernian in Division One of the

Scottish Football League The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km south ...

, following a move from local side Newton Stewart (where he was playing when selected for an international trial match in 1897). He made his Hibs debut against

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...

on 3 September, scoring in the 4–1 win. He went on to score seven goals in 19 games in the 1898–99 season. He was the club's top scorer in the 1899–1900 campaign, hitting 12 goals in 19 games. During his time at Easter Road, the club managed two top-four finishes within a few points of second place but some distance from the dominant

Rangers A Ranger is typically someone in a military/paramilitary or law enforcement role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called “ranging”. The term most often refers to: * Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...

Liverpool

He signed with

for the 1900–01 season and made his debut against Derby County on 6 October. He scored five goals in 14 First Division games, as the "Reds" were crowned champions of English football for the first time. He then scored nine goals in eighteen league games in 1901–02; five of his goals came in one game at

Anfield Anfield is a football stadium in Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, which has a seating capacity of 53,394, making it the seventh largest football stadium in England. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892. ...

, in a 7–0 win over

Stoke Stoke is a common place name in the United Kingdom. Stoke may refer to: Places United Kingdom The largest city called Stoke is Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. See below. Berkshire * Stoke Row, Berkshire Bristol * Stoke Bishop * Stok ...

on 4 January 1902, the first time a Liverpool player accomplished such a feat in a competitive match. He scored 14 goals in 37 games in all competitions for Liverpool.

Later career

He was signed by

for a £300 fee in December 1902, but injury problems limited to just a single league appearance. He then spent a season with Brynn Central, scoring nearly 30 goals as the pivot of the club's forward line. He moved on to

, Accrington Stanley,

(without playing a game),

and

. He joined Exeter City in the summer of 1908 as the club turned professional. He finished as the club's top-scorer with 16 Southern League goals. He retired the following season and spent time coaching in

Bilbao ) , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = 275 px , map_caption = Interactive map outlining Bilbao , pushpin_map = Spain Basque Country#Spain#Europe , pushpin_map_caption ...

, Spain. He returned to Liverpool as a

scout Scout may refer to: Youth movement *Scout (Scouting), a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement **Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom **Scouts BSA, sectio ...

Style of play

McGuigan was a "speedy and tricky"

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

that was described by the ''

Lancashire Evening Post The ''Lancashire Evening Post'' is a daily newspaper based in Fulwood, a suburb of the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. According to the British Library The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and is one of th ...

'' as having "capital control of the ball, and accurate feeding... his methods are characterised by sound judgment and artistic execution".

Later life

He later became a club director at

, serving on the club's board when Liverpool won the championship two consecutive years ( 1921–22 and 1922–23).

Career statistics

Honours

Liverpool *

Football League First Division The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...

: 1900–01

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mcguigan, Andy 1878 births People from Newton Stewart Footballers from Dumfries and Galloway 1948 deaths Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Newton Stewart F.C. players Hibernian F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players Brynn Central F.C. players Southport F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players Port Vale F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Association football scouts Liverpool F.C. non-playing staff Scottish Football League players English Football League players Southern Football League players English expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Spain