Peter Andrews (10 November 1845 – 24 July 1916) was a Scottish

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, who played for Glasgow Eastern, Sheffield Heeley and

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. It is thought that Andrews was the first Scottish player to move to England to play football, although he moved for reasons of work rather than football itself as professionalism had not yet been established. Andrews played once for a Sheffield representative team against

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, and for both teams in the Sheffield v

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series.Glasgow v Sheffield: A Tale of Two Footballing Cities 1874 – 1960,Tommy Malcolm, 2010

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1845 births 1916 deaths Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Eastern F.C. players Men's association football wingers Heeley F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-stub