Andy Ritchie

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For the English footballer, see Andrew Ritchie.

Andy Ritchie is a Scottish former professional footballer. He was known famously for both a less than slimline figure and an expertise in free-kicks. He learned his expertise in free kicks through observing the Brazilians train for the 1974 World Cup. He enjoyed a long career at Greenock Morton F.C., where his favourite move was to bend the ball into the net from a corner kick, something which he did on several occasions to the delight of the local support. He also famously almost broke a leg falling over a tele photographer, Jim Sinclair, after failing to stop on a long run up the field. He played briefly for Celtic F.C. before joining Morton. He was transferred from Morton to Motherwell F.C. He was player manager for Albion Rovers F.C. for a period in the late 1970s and although considerably overweight at the time still had a far amount of ball skills. Later, he took up a coaching/scouting role at Celtic Park.

Andy Ritchie was undeniably the best Scottish footballer never to be capped by the Scotland national football team.

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