Andy Winter (footballer)
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Andrew Winter (born 10 March 2002) is a Scottish professional
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who plays for
Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish association football, football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championshi ...
, as a
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.


Club career

Winter began his career with
Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish association football, football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championshi ...
, joining the club aged 10.Winter hopes to shine on field despite seeing referee dad criticised in the past
Evening Express, 17 January 2020
Andrew Winter Insists 'I Will Be Ready When Accies Chance Comes'
Hamilton Academical F.C. Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the 2020–21 Scotti ...
, 18 January 2020
He played and scored in the
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and the
Scottish Challenge Cup The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup,Edinburgh City in the
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fourth round in which he entered as a substitute and scored the fourth goal. He then made his first
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appearance the following week, again coming off the bench in a 4–2 defeat away to
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. His first start soon followed in the Scottish Cup, playing the entirety of a 4–1 home defeat for Hamilton at the hands of Rangers.


International career

He has represented Scotland at under-16, under-17 and under-18 youth levels.


Personal life

His father
Brian Winter Brian Winter (born 21 January 1968) is a Scottish former football referee. In September 2010 he had to be talked out of quitting as a referee after he failed to send off Steven Anderson despite showing two yellow cards to the player in the sp ...
is a former football
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.


Honours

Hamilton Academical *
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Raith Rovers 0–1 Hamilton Academical
Andrew Petrie,
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, 26 March 2023


References

2002 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Hamilton Academical F.C. players Men's association football forwards Scotland men's youth international footballers Scottish Professional Football League players Footballers from Wishaw {{Scotland-footy-forward-2000s-stub