Andy Stirling (footballer)

Andy Stirling (born 5 March 1990 in Paisley, Scotland) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Stranraer. Stirling has previously played for Stenhousemuir, East Stirlingshire, Kitsap Pumas, Dunfermline Athletic, Stirling Albion, Dumbarton, Queen of the South and Alloa Athletic.

Andy Stirling

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Stirling
Date of birth	(1990-03-05) 5 March 1990
Place of birth	Paisley,[1] Scotland
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Stranraer
Number	77
Youth career
2006–2009	St Mirren
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	Stenhousemuir	39	(1)
2011–2013	East Stirlingshire	55	(9)
2013	Kitsap Pumas	6	(1)
2013–2014	Stranraer	36	(4)
2014–2015	Dunfermline Athletic	15	(2)
2015	→ Stirling Albion (loan)	10	(2)
2015–2016	Stranraer	32	(5)
2016–2017	Dumbarton	34	(3)
2017–2019	Queen of the South	48	(2)
2018	→ Dumbarton (loan)	12	(0)
2019	Alloa Athletic	2	(0)
2019–	Stranraer	14	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:40, 8 September 2019 (UTC)~

Career

Born in Paisley, Stirling signed a full-time contract with his local club St Mirren at sixteen years old[1] and was released by the Buddies three years later.

Stirling signed for Scottish Second Division club Stenhousemuir[2] and made over 40 appearances in two seasons.

Stirling then moved to local rivals East Stirlingshire.[3] He was with the Shire for two seasons also. During this time, Stirling had a brief spell with Washington state club Kitsap Pumas.[1]

Stirling returned to Scotland in July 2013 and signed for Scottish League One club Stranraer. After an impressive season at Stair Park he was included in the 2013–14 Scottish League One Team of the Year.[4]

Stirling was then given the option to return to full-time football with League One rivals Dunfermline Athletic. In May 2014, Stirling became the Pars manager Jim Jefferies' third signing of the 2014 close season.[1] After 15 appearances for the side, Stirling was sent out on loan to Stirling Albion with manager John Potter confirming the move had been sanctioned to give Stirling more first-team football.[5] After an unsuccessful season with Dunfermline, Stirling was released by the East End Park club.[6]

Stirling signed once again for Stranraer in May 2015.[7] His first appearance after re-signing for the Stair Park club was in a 2-0 defeat versus Queen of the South in the Scottish Challenge Cup.[8] Stirling's first goal for Stranraer was versus Ayr United in August 2015.[9] After just one season with the Blues Stirling again moved on.

Stirling then signed for Scottish Championship club Dumbarton on a one-year contract.[10] He scored his first goal for the Sons in a 1–1 draw versus his first club St Mirren in September 2016.[11]

After impressing during the 2016-17 season against Queen of the South, Stirling signed a pre-contract with the Dumfries club on 24 April 2017, agreeing a two-year deal from the summer of 2017.[12] Stirling scored his first league goal for the Doonhamers on 9 September 2017 in a 2-2 draw away to Livingston.

On 30 January 2018, Stirling returned to the Sons on loan from Queens until the end of the 2017-18 season.[13]

On 19 June 2019, Stirling signed a one-year contract with Alloa Athletic.[14] He left the club on 3 September 2019.[15]

Career statistics

As of 24 August 2019

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stenhousemuir	2008–09[16]	Scottish Third Division	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
	2009–10[17][18]	Scottish Second Division	15	0	1	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	18	0
	2010–11[19][18]		20	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	23	1
	Total		39	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	45	2
East Stirlingshire	2011–12[20][18]	Scottish Third Division	35	5	3	2	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	40	7
	2012–13[21]		20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	4
	Total		55	9	3	2	1	0	1	0	60	11
Kitsap Pumas	2013	PDL Northwest Division	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Stranraer	2013–14[22][18]	Scottish League One	36	4	6	1	1	0	3[lower-alpha 2]	0	46	5
Dunfermline Athletic	2014–15[23]		15	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	18	2
Stirling Albion (loan)	2014–15[23]		10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
Stranraer	2015–16[24]		32	5	1	0	2	0	5[lower-alpha 3]	1	40	6
Dumbarton	2016–17[25]	Scottish Championship	34	3	2	0	4	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	41	3
Queen of the South	2017–18[26]		13	1	2	0	4	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	23	1
	2018-19[27]		35	1	4	0	5	1	6[lower-alpha 4]	0	50	2
	Total		48	2	6	0	9	1	10	0	73	3
Dumbarton (loan)	2017–18[26]	Scottish Championship	12	0	0	0	0	0	4[lower-alpha 5]	0	16	0
Alloa Athletic	2019–20[28]		2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
Career total			289	29	22	4	23	1	26	1	360	35

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
2. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two appearances in the Championship play-offs
3. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and four appearances and one goal in the Scottish Championship play-offs
4. Three appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and three appearances in the Scottish Championship play-offs
5. Appearances in the Scottish Championship play-offs

References

1. "Stirling comes to Dunfermline". DAFC.co.uk. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
2. "Stenny snap up ex-Saint Stirling". BBC Sport. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
3. "John Adds Four More". eaststirlingshire.com. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
4. "Falkirk and Rangers dominate team of the year voting". BBC Sport. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
5. "Manager on Thursday". DAFC.co.uk. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
6. "18 Pars players released". DAFC.co.uk. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
7. "First Signing of the summer". stranraerfc.org. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
8. "Queen of the South 2 – 0 Stranraer". BBC Sport. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
9. "Stranraer 1 – 2 Ayr United". BBC Sport. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
10. "Andy Stirling signs". Dumbarton FC. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
11. "Dumbarton 1-1 St Mirren". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
12. Thomas, Adam. "Dumbarton winger Andy Stirling agrees two-year deal with Scottish Championship rivals Queen of the South". Dumbarton Reporter. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
13. Galloway, Andy (30 January 2018). "Breaking news: Stirling returns on loan". Dumbarton FC. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
14. "DOUBLE DEAL FOR ALLOA". Scottish Professional Football League. 19 June 2019.
15. "Andrew Stirling". Alloa Athletic F.C. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
16. "Games played by Andy Stirling in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
17. "Games played by Andy Stirling in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
18. Andy Stirling at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
19. "Games played by Andy Stirling in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
20. "Games played by Andy Stirling in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
21. "Games played by Andy Stirling in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
22. "Games played by Andy Stirling in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
23. "Games played by Andy Stirling in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
24. "Games played by Andy Stirling in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
25. "Games played by Andy Stirling in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
26. "Games played by Andy Stirling in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
27. "Games played by Andy Stirling in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
28. "Games played by Andy Stirling in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

External links

• Andy Stirling at Soccerbase
• Andy Stirling profile at dafc.co.uk